f20448 cc10155	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 5th, 7th, 8th June 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Worcestershire 4
Umpires	JJ Hills, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 422/5 (Hughes 26*, Devereux 2*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 25/0 (Kenyon 8*, Richardson 13*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Horsfall b Cousens	187
PE Richardson	c Vigar b Smith	23
LF Outschoorn	lbw b Smith	51
G Dews	c Insole b Bailey	104
+NK Hughes	not out	26
RG Broadbent	b Smith	17
LN Devereux	not out	2
RO Jenkins	did not bat
CWC Grove	did not bat
*RTD Perks	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 134 overs)	422
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-184, 3-353, 4-381, 5-409

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	28	8	66	1	-	-
Preston	23	4	80	0	-	-
Smith	33	4	106	3	-	-
Greensmith	22	4	74	0	-	-
Cousens	24	6	61	1	-	-
Vigar	4	1	23	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Grove	48
AV Avery	lbw b Perks	0
+PA Gibb	c Kenyon b Perks	131
R Horsfall	b Grove	6
*DJ Insole	c Hughes b Perks	25
TE Bailey	lbw b Perks	63
FH Vigar	c Richardson b Grove	31
WT Greensmith	lbw b Grove	3
R Smith	not out	10
KC Preston	b Perks	0
P Cousens	b Perks	0
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 104 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-76, 3-89, 4-145, 5-256, 6-311, 7-320, 8-325, 9-330, 10-330 (104 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	30	4	109	6	-	-
Flavell	16	1	49	0	-	-
Grove	36	11	72	4	-	-
Jenkins	9	1	45	0	-	-
Devereux	9	2	31	0	-	-
Outschoorn	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	not out	15
PE Richardson	c sub (B Taylor) b Bailey	19
LF Outschoorn	not out	0
G Dews	did not bat
+NK Hughes	did not bat
RG Broadbent	did not bat
LN Devereux	did not bat
RO Jenkins	did not bat
CWC Grove	did not bat
*RTD Perks	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 18 overs)	38
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Richardson)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	3	1	4	1	-	-
Preston	6	1	14	0	-	-
Smith	9	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Kenyon (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 102
--> NK Hughes (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> PA Gibb (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 24
--> D Kenyon (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> RTD Perks reached 1850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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