County Championship, 1953
Somerset v Essex
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare
8,10,11 August 1953 (3-day match)
Result: Essex won by 7 wickets
Points:
Toss:
Umpires: D Davies and LH Gray
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Essex 1st innings
AV Avery st Stephenson b Lawrence 59
TC Dodds lbw b Hall 9
+PA Gibb c Stephenson b Hall 5
R Horsfall c Brocklehurst b Buse 140
*DJ Insole c Evans b Walker 21
TE Bailey b Buse 54
WT Greensmith c Walker b Buse 2
FH Vigar not out 14
R Smith c Gimblett b Walker 7
KC Preston c Walker b Langford 13
P Cousens st Stephenson b Lawrence 2
Extras (b 7, lb 7, w 3) 17
Total (all out, 99.4 overs) 343
FoW: 1-15, 2-32, 3-116, 4-170, 5-302,
6-306, 7-307, 8-316, 9-335, 10-343.
Bowling O M R W
Hall 14 0 61 2
Buse 25 5 51 3
Langford 20 2 80 1
Smith 9 3 33 0
Walker 17 2 49 2
Lawrence 10.4 0 34 2
Evans 4 0 18 0
Somerset 1st innings
H Gimblett c Gibb b Preston 35
MM Walford c Greensmith b Insole 70
R Smith c Gibb b Preston 1
+HW Stephenson st Gibb b Insole 22
*BG Brocklehurst c Horsfall b Preston 9
GHD Evans b Preston 0
J Lawrence c Vigar b Preston 0
HFT Buse c Insole b Smith 13
M Walker b Insole 16
TA Hall b Smith 12
BA Langford not out 2
Extras (b 6) 6
Total (all out, 67.1 overs) 186
FoW: 1-82, 2-108, 3-118, 4-135, 5-137,
6-137, 7-145, 8-167, 9-181, 10-186.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 18 3 61 0
Preston 24 6 60 5
Smith 10.1 1 19 2
Insole 15 6 40 3
Somerset 2nd innings (following on)
H Gimblett b Bailey 51
MM Walford c Vigar b Bailey 10
R Smith b Bailey 21
+HW Stephenson st Gibb b Greensmith 6
*BG Brocklehurst b Bailey 15
GHD Evans c Horsfall b Preston 42
J Lawrence c Gibb b Smith 64
HFT Buse c Bailey b Smith 23
M Walker lbw b Smith 9
TA Hall c Preston b Smith 15
BA Langford not out 6
Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 1) 8
Total (all out, 90.1 overs) 270
FoW: 1-28, 2-85, 3-89, 4-95, 5-115,
6-201, 7-235, 8-242, 9-253, 10-270.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 38 11 88 4
Preston 19 3 57 1
Smith 12.1 2 58 4
Insole 5 2 17 0
Greensmith 14 3 37 1
Dodds 2 1 5 0
Essex 2nd innings (target: 114 runs)
AV Avery lbw b Hall 18
TC Dodds c & b Buse 6
+PA Gibb c Walker b Buse 0
R Horsfall not out 56
*DJ Insole not out 32
Extras (lb 4) 4
Total (3 wickets, 24.4 overs) 116
DNB: TE Bailey, WT Greensmith, FH Vigar, R Smith, KC Preston,
P Cousens.
FoW: 1-20, 2-20, 3-24.
Bowling O M R W
Hall 10 0 36 1
Buse 10 1 34 2
Walker 2 0 20 0
Lawrence 2 0 9 0
Brocklehurst 0.4 0 13 0
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