f20222 cc10084	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 26th, 27th, 28th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Gloucestershire 4
Umpires	E Cooke, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 64/1 (Vigar 23*, Smith 38*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 29/0 (Avery 10*, Vigar 19*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Emmett	b Preston	44
DM Young	b Smith	95
TW Graveney	c Insole b Smith	4
*JF Crapp	lbw b Bailey	26
+AE Wilson	c Savill b Bailey	21
GEE Lambert	c Preston b Smith	23
CJ Scott	b Smith	1
JVC Griffiths	c Insole b Bailey	13
DA Allen	not out	12
C Cook	c and b Bailey	0
FP McHugh	b Bailey	18
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-68, 3-116, 4-152, 5-201, 6-219, 7-222, 8-244, 9-244, 10-266 (99 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	24	4	69	1	-	-
Smith	32	5	68	4	-	-
Bailey	27	5	71	5	-	-
Greensmith	7	1	20	0	-	-
Vigar	9	2	29	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PA Gibb	b Lambert	2
FH Vigar	b McHugh	50
R Smith	c Scott b Lambert	39
R Horsfall	c Graveney b Lambert	0
*DJ Insole	b McHugh	7
AV Avery	b McHugh	0
TC Dodds	b Lambert	4
WT Greensmith	c Wilson b McHugh	3
LA Savill	c Wilson b Scott	8
KC Preston	b McHugh	1
JA Bailey	not out	6
Extras	(12 b, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 44.3 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-66, 3-66, 4-81, 5-81, 6-94, 7-105, 8-116, 9-118, 10-133 (44.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	22	5	74	4	-	-
McHugh	18	3	38	5	-	-
Scott	4.3	0	8	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Emmett	c Insole b Bailey	40
DM Young	c Gibb b Smith	8
TW Graveney	c Vigar b Preston	17
*JF Crapp	b Preston	20
+AE Wilson	b Preston	11
GEE Lambert	c Horsfall b Smith	17
CJ Scott	b Bailey	18
JVC Griffiths	c Gibb b Preston	17
DA Allen	run out	10
C Cook	not out	4
FP McHugh	b Preston	5
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-54, 3-82, 4-91, 5-98, 6-135, 7-137, 8-158, 9-167, 10-175 (70.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	21.3	3	56	5	-	-
Smith	21	3	62	2	-	-
Bailey	24	9	36	2	-	-
Vigar	4	0	13	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	retired hurt	71
FH Vigar	lbw b Scott	39
+PA Gibb	c Graveney b Lambert	68
R Horsfall	not out	57
*DJ Insole	retired hurt	12
TC Dodds	not out	37
R Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
LA Savill	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	27
Total	(2 wickets, 92.5 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-169

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	22	5	76	1	-	-
McHugh	21	6	65	0	-	-
Scott	28	6	89	1	-	-
Allen	13	3	33	0	-	-
Cook	8	5	11	0	-	-
Emmett	0.5	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FP McHugh (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> FP McHugh (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> JF Crapp (2) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> GEE Lambert (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> JVC Griffiths (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> AV Avery (2) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 31
--> AV Avery retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 71 (team score 215/2)
--> DJ Insole retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 12 (team score 244/2)

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