f20113 cc9986	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 11th, 13th, 14th July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Lancashire 4
Umpires	F Chester, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 92/1 (Washbrook 46*, Edrich 12*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Edrich b Statham	20
AV Avery	c Howard b Smith	14
+PA Gibb	b Statham	0
R Horsfall	c Edrich b Tattersall	6
*DJ Insole	c Smith b Grieves	31
WT Greensmith	not out	60
FH Vigar	c Edrich b Berry	5
LA Savill	c and b Berry	0
R Smith	c Howard b Berry	15
KC Preston	c Grieves b Smith	0
P Cousens	st Parr b Berry	3
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-27, 3-38, 4-42, 5-90, 6-113, 7-115, 8-141, 9-144, 10-164 (75.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	22	8	56	2	-	-
Smith	11	2	29	2	-	-
Tattersall	13	5	22	1	-	-
Berry	21.4	10	26	4	-	-
Ikin	1	0	2	0	-	-
Grieves	7	3	19	1	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Gibb b Preston	68
JT Ikin	st Gibb b Insole	28
GA Edrich	not out	41
W Place	not out	24
KJ Grieves	did not bat
*ND Howard	did not bat
CS Smith	did not bat
+FD Parr	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 48.2 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-119

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	14	0	63	1	-	-
Smith	16.2	3	49	0	-	-
Insole	8	3	11	1	-	-
Greensmith	6	0	29	0	-	-
Cousens	4	1	9	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	not out	1
AV Avery	not out	2
+PA Gibb	did not bat
R Horsfall	did not bat
*DJ Insole	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
LA Savill	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 2.3 overs)	3

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	1.3	0	3	0	-	-
Smith	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> C Washbrook (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 35
--> DJ Insole reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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