County Championship, 1953
Leicestershire v Essex
Grace Road, Leicester
19,20,21 August 1953 (3-day match)
Result: Leicestershire won by 2 wickets
Points:
Toss:
Umpires: Harold Elliott and AE Pothecary
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c Lester b Goodwin 25
AV Avery c Firth b Walsh 28
+PA Gibb b Goodwin 0
R Horsfall c Smithson b Palmer 42
*DJ Insole b Goodwin 0
WT Greensmith c Palmer b Spencer 3
FH Vigar st Firth b Walsh 42
D Watkins hit wicket b Walsh 10
R Smith not out 64
KC Preston c Lester b Goodwin 5
JA Bailey run out 0
Extras (b 2, lb 5, nb 1) 8
Total (all out, 73 overs) 227
FoW: 1-29, 2-52, 3-52, 4-57, 5-99,
6-136, 7-147, 8-179, 9-196, 10-227.
Bowling O M R W
Spencer 12 1 51 1
Goodwin 16 2 62 4
Palmer 9 5 5 1
Walsh 25 2 87 3
Munden 8 5 9 0
Jackson 3 1 5 0
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester b Smith 25
MR Hallam c Gibb b Preston 0
M Tompkin lbw b Preston 5
*CH Palmer b Bailey 0
VE Jackson lbw b Greensmith 50
GA Smithson c Preston b Smith 6
VS Munden c Insole b Smith 0
JE Walsh c Dodds b Greensmith 22
+J Firth c Vigar b Greensmith 5
CT Spencer c Vigar b Greensmith 0
TJ Goodwin not out 0
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 5) 8
Total (all out, 63.1 overs) 121
FoW: 1-3, 2-25, 3-36, 4-38, 5-45,
6-45, 7-108, 8-120, 9-120, 10-121.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 20 8 24 2
Smith 19 6 41 3
Bailey 18 4 30 1
Greensmith 6.1 2 18 4
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds b Spencer 26
AV Avery c Firth b Goodwin 5
+PA Gibb b Spencer 4
R Horsfall c Walsh b Munden 27
*DJ Insole b Jackson 35
WT Greensmith b Jackson 2
FH Vigar lbw b Jackson 0
D Watkins lbw b Jackson 4
R Smith c Palmer b Jackson 25
KC Preston b Jackson 1
JA Bailey not out 0
Extras (b 5, lb 1, nb 1) 7
Total (all out, 43.4 overs) 136
FoW: 1-27, 2-31, 3-41, 4-78, 5-91,
6-95, 7-105, 8-110, 9-135, 10-136.
Bowling O M R W
Spencer 6 2 21 2
Goodwin 5 1 23 1
Munden 16 4 45 1
Jackson 16.4 3 40 6
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 243 runs)
G Lester b Greensmith 36
MR Hallam lbw b Bailey 12
M Tompkin c Gibb b Bailey 49
*CH Palmer c Dodds b Bailey 12
VE Jackson not out 65
GA Smithson lbw b Preston 14
VS Munden c Avery b Smith 37
JE Walsh lbw b Preston 7
+J Firth b Preston 0
CT Spencer not out 4
Extras (b 5, lb 1, nb 1) 7
Total (8 wickets, 101 overs) 243
DNB: TJ Goodwin.
FoW: 1-28, 2-96, 3-109, 4-112, 5-142, 6-207, 7-230, 8-230.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 21 3 48 3
Smith 31 8 80 1
Bailey 28 6 59 3
Greensmith 21 3 49 1
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