County Championship, 1953
Essex v Somerset
County Ground, Chelmsford
29,30 July 1953 (3-day match)
Result: Essex won by an innings and 70 runs
Points:
Toss:
Umpires: AE Pothecary and WFF Price
Close of play:
Day 1:
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds b Mitchell 34
AV Avery b Langford 75
+PA Gibb c & b Langford 2
R Horsfall c Mitchell b Lawrence 44
*DJ Insole c Stephenson b Hall 137
TE Bailey not out 68
R Smith b Hall 1
WT Greensmith not out 4
Extras (b 14, lb 7, w 3, nb 3) 27
Total (6 wickets declared, 123 overs) 392
DNB: FH Vigar, KC Preston, P Cousens.
FoW: 1-68, 2-74, 3-162, 4-167, 5-369, 6-379.
Bowling O M R W
Hall 16 2 78 2
Buse 22 5 45 0
Mitchell 13 2 41 1
Langford 36 5 103 2
Lawrence 24 5 64 1
Tordoff 9 2 17 0
Baker 3 1 17 0
Somerset 1st innings
H Gimblett c Gibb b Preston 5
J Lawrence c Gibb b Bailey 25
*BG Brocklehurst b Bailey 62
R Smith c Avery b Smith 11
GG Tordoff run out 4
HFT Buse c Gibb b Cousens 1
J Baker b Cousens 0
+HW Stephenson b Bailey 45
TA Hall b Insole 6
BA Langford c Horsfall b Bailey 1
CG Mitchell not out 1
Extras (b 4, lb 8, nb 2) 14
Total (all out, 66.3 overs) 175
FoW: 1-10, 2-98, 3-105, 4-114, 5-118,
6-118, 7-132, 8-173, 9-174, 10-175.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 10 2 18 1
Smith 18 7 50 1
Bailey 15.3 4 38 4
Greensmith 7 2 23 0
Cousens 12 5 31 2
Insole 4 3 1 1
Somerset 2nd innings (following on)
H Gimblett b Preston 0
J Lawrence c & b Greensmith 32
*BG Brocklehurst b Bailey 44
R Smith c Horsfall b Bailey 0
GG Tordoff c & b Bailey 15
HFT Buse not out 21
J Baker b Bailey 0
+HW Stephenson c Avery b Smith 20
TA Hall b Bailey 0
BA Langford st Gibb b Greensmith 7
CG Mitchell lbw b Bailey 1
Extras (lb 5, nb 2) 7
Total (all out, 55.1 overs) 147
FoW: 1-0, 2-46, 3-80, 4-113, 5-117,
6-122, 7-122, 8-122, 9-146, 10-147.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 7 0 17 1
Smith 12 0 39 1
Bailey 15.1 4 39 6
Greensmith 9 0 29 2
Cousens 10 7 14 0
Insole 2 0 2 0
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