f20601 cc10277	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 31st July, 2nd, 3rd August 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 61/4 (Vigar 23*, Insole 4*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 60/1 (Kenyon 41*, Outschoorn 14*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	lbw b TE Bailey	8
PE Richardson	c and b JA Bailey	17
LF Outschoorn	b TE Bailey	0
G Dews	c Dodds b TE Bailey	40
*RE Bird	b JA Bailey	11
NK Hughes	lbw b TE Bailey	95
RO Jenkins	c Gibb b Insole	34
+H Yarnold	b JA Bailey	15
RTD Perks	b TE Bailey	30
GH Chesterton	b JA Bailey	0
JA Flavell	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 98 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-28, 4-52, 5-115, 6-193, 7-224, 8-262, 9-262, 10-265 (98 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	21	3	76	5	-	-
Smith	16	6	36	0	-	-
JA Bailey	22	4	44	4	-	-
Greensmith	18	4	43	0	-	-
Insole	7	1	13	1	-	-
Cousens	10	4	23	0	-	-
Vigar	4	1	18	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Flavell	26
RE Evans	c Yarnold b Flavell	2
+PA Gibb	lbw b Jenkins	2
FH Vigar	c Dews b Chesterton	65
JA Bailey	b Jenkins	0
*DJ Insole	b Perks	31
CCP Williams	c Outschoorn b Hughes	10
TE Bailey	lbw b Chesterton	14
R Smith	b Perks	23
WT Greensmith	not out	23
P Cousens	b Flavell	13
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 103.2 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-33, 3-50, 4-50, 5-93, 6-123, 7-157, 8-172, 9-182, 10-218 (103.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	34	20	53	2	-	-
Flavell	15.2	3	64	3	-	-
Jenkins	22	9	34	2	-	-
Chesterton	27	13	51	2	-	-
Hughes	5	1	7	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	not out	41
PE Richardson	c Greensmith b JA Bailey	5
LF Outschoorn	not out	14
G Dews	did not bat
*RE Bird	did not bat
NK Hughes	did not bat
RO Jenkins	did not bat
+H Yarnold	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
GH Chesterton	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 20 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Richardson)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	5	0	23	0	-	-
Smith	5	3	11	0	-	-
JA Bailey	10	3	26	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> G Dews (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 22
--> NK Hughes (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> NK Hughes (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> NK Hughes (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> TE Bailey reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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