f21885 cc10960	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 24th, 25th, 26th July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 209 runs
Points	Middlesex 14 (Batting 2); Essex 0
Umpires	JF Crapp, W Place
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 10/2 (Dodds 5*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 141/6 (Murray 21*, Bennett 1*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	not out	201
RA Gale	lbw b Ralph	13
AC Walton	c Insole b Ralph	0
DO Baldry	st Taylor b Greensmith	30
*WJ Edrich	c Bear b Insole	38
FJ Titmus	st Taylor b Ralph	28
+JT Murray	lbw b Bailey	20
D Bennett	not out	0
JJ Warr	did not bat
RJ Hurst	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 103.1 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-50, 3-118, 4-191, 5-275, 6-333

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	33	3	88	0	-	1
Ralph	28	8	82	3	-	-
Bailey	7	0	49	1	-	-
King	13	3	32	0	-	-
Greensmith	15	1	42	1	-	-
Insole	7.1	0	37	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Murray b Moss	22
G Barker	c Murray b Warr	0
LHR Ralph	c Edrich b Moss	5
+B Taylor	c Titmus b Moss	7
*DJ Insole	c Walton b Bennett	90
LA Savill	b Moss	24
MJ Bear	c Edrich b Bennett	18
WT Greensmith	c Murray b Bennett	3
KC Preston	b Bennett	0
JA Bailey	c Murray b Bennett	5
IM King	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-10, 3-34, 4-35, 5-125, 6-157, 7-169, 8-169, 9-179, 10-186 (65.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	8	2	26	1	-	-
Moss	15	4	42	4	-	-
Baldry	8	4	22	0	-	-
Bennett	11.1	1	36	5	-	-
Titmus	6	1	15	0	-	-
Hurst	15	8	30	0	-	-
Gale	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c and b Preston	25
RA Gale	c and b Preston	66
AC Walton	c Greensmith b King	17
DO Baldry	b Bailey	5
FJ Titmus	b Bailey	0
+JT Murray	not out	21
*WJ Edrich	b Preston	2
D Bennett	not out	1
JJ Warr	did not bat
RJ Hurst	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 41 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-76, 3-91, 4-91, 5-129, 6-137

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	14	3	39	3	-	-
Ralph	7	1	21	0	-	-
Bailey	13	2	51	2	-	-
King	7	1	26	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Edrich b Warr	11
G Barker	c Murray b Moss	0
+B Taylor	c Gale b Moss	19
*DJ Insole	c Moss b Titmus	22
LA Savill	c Titmus b Moss	0
MJ Bear	c Robertson b Titmus	4
WT Greensmith	lbw b Titmus	12
LHR Ralph	b Titmus	1
KC Preston	c Hurst b Titmus	0
JA Bailey	c Robertson b Hurst	1
IM King	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 37 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-32, 3-32, 4-42, 5-54, 6-73, 7-76, 8-76, 9-81, 10-83 (37 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	7	2	17	1	-	-
Moss	8	2	29	3	-	-
Titmus	11	5	15	5	-	-
Hurst	7	4	7	1	-	-
Edrich	4	2	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AC Walton made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 23000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> LHR Ralph reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> D Bennett reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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