f24326 cc12123	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1962
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1962 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Middlesex 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, HE Hammond
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 164/5 (Knight 16*, Luckin 1*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 165/3 (Hooker 38*, Smith 9*)

---

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	lbw b Knight	6
WE Russell	b Preston	0
SEJ Russell	c Taylor b Knight	10
RW Hooker	b Knight	6
FJ Titmus	c Taylor b Edmeades	48
RA White	c Greensmith b Edmeades	16
MJ Smith	c Knight b Edmeades	8
+JT Murray	b Knight	2
D Bennett	not out	14
*PI Bedford	b Knight	1
AE Moss	c Preston b Knight	4
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 42.4 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-14, 3-16, 4-41, 5-78, 6-86, 7-95, 8-109, 9-111, 10-115 (42.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	17.4	3	50	6	-	-
Preston	15	2	42	1	-	-
Edmeades	10	1	23	3	-	-

---

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Murray b Moss	25
MJ Bear	c White b Titmus	27
GJ Smith	c Murray b Bennett	56
BEA Edmeades	c Hooker b Titmus	11
+B Taylor	c Murray b Hooker	25
BR Knight	c White b Smith	165
RAG Luckin	c Murray b Moss	82
PA Spicer	not out	27
WT Greensmith	not out	1
JC Laker	did not bat
*KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 137 overs)	425
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-67, 3-87, 4-136, 5-162, 6-368, 7-424

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	33	6	71	2	-	-
Bennett	17	3	56	1	-	-
Hooker	33	5	110	1	-	-
Titmus	26	7	72	2	-	-
Smith	19	7	59	1	-	-
Bedford	9	2	51	0	-	-

---

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	b Greensmith	29
WE Russell	st Taylor b Greensmith	80
SEJ Russell	c Smith b Laker	6
RW Hooker	b Knight	102
MJ Smith	c and b Greensmith	41
FJ Titmus	lbw b Greensmith	0
RA White	lbw b Greensmith	1
+JT Murray	c Taylor b Greensmith	32
D Bennett	not out	24
*PI Bedford	c Taylor b Greensmith	4
AE Moss	c Edmeades b Greensmith	2
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 114.4 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-91, 3-152, 4-222, 5-228, 6-230, 7-296, 8-310, 9-320, 10-334 (114.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	21	3	78	1	-	-
Preston	13	1	45	0	-	-
Edmeades	7	1	10	0	-	-
Greensmith	39.4	8	116	8	-	-
Laker	34	5	72	1	-	-

---

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	not out	11
MJ Bear	not out	15
GJ Smith	did not bat
BEA Edmeades	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
RAG Luckin	did not bat
PA Spicer	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
*KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 6.3 overs)	27

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gale	3.3	1	16	0	-	-
Smith	3	0	10	0	-	-

---

Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/? (Knight 122*, [unknown] ?*)
--> GJ Smith (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> BR Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 120 in County Championship matches
--> BR Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 120 in First-Class matches
--> RAG Luckin (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> RAG Luckin (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in First-Class matches
--> WE Russell (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> BEA Edmeades achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-87)
--> BR Knight reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> BEA Edmeades achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-87)
--> FJ Titmus reached 1000 wickets in County Championship matches 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 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 8th wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles