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| Venue | Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 7th, 9th, 10th July 1951 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essex 4; Lancashire 0 |
| Umpires | JT Bell, HL Parkin |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 337/7 (Vigar 23*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Lancashire (1) 221/6 (Edrich 97*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Edrich b Hilton | 57 | |||||
| AV Avery | c Wilson b Highton | 7 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | b Grieves | 19 | |||||
| R Horsfall | lbw b Grieves | 0 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | st Wilson b Hilton | 19 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Booth b Berry | 92 | |||||
| R Smith | c Howard b Wharton | 103 | 17 | - | |||
| FH Vigar | not out | 52 | |||||
| TPB Smith | b Hilton | 1 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 15 | |||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 3 lb, 2 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 173 overs) | 384 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-78, 3-78, 4-108, 5-113, 6-291, 7-337, 8-338 | |||||||
| Lancashire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wharton | 40 | 9 | 97 | 1 | - | - | |
| Highton | 10 | 1 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Berry | 40 | 20 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grieves | 36 | 9 | 95 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 47 | 25 | 67 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lancashire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Washbrook | b TPB Smith | 22 | |||||
| A Wharton | b TPB Smith | 42 | |||||
| GA Edrich | lbw b TPB Smith | 142 | 340 | 15 | - | ||
| W Place | b Bailey | 17 | |||||
| KJ Grieves | c TPB Smith b Greensmith | 28 | |||||
| *ND Howard | b Bailey | 10 | |||||
| A Booth | lbw b Greensmith | 1 | |||||
| EFW Highton | c and b Greensmith | 6 | |||||
| MJ Hilton | b Preston | 5 | |||||
| R Berry | c Preston b Bailey | 1 | |||||
| +A Wilson | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 142.5 overs) | 286 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-110, 3-145, 4-205, 5-218, 6-221, 7-239, 8-263, 9-274, 10-286 (142.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 30 | 12 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Preston | 17 | 2 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| TPB Smith | 41.5 | 15 | 83 | 3 | - | - | |
| R Smith | 28 | 14 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 26 | 8 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Howard b Hilton | 8 | |||||
| AV Avery | not out | 12 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c Highton b Hilton | 0 | |||||
| R Horsfall | not out | 18 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | did not bat | ||||||
| TE Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| R Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| FH Vigar | did not bat | ||||||
| TPB Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| WT Greensmith | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 25 overs) | 40 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-10 | |||||||
| Lancashire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wharton | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Berry | 12 | 6 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 11 | 6 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> EFW Highton made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EFW Highton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EFW Highton made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> GA Edrich (1) passed his previous highest score of 136 in County Championship matches
--> GA Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> EFW Highton made his debut for Lancashire in First-Class matches
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
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