f23901 cc11954	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 2nd, 3rd, 4th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 82 runs
Points	Lancashire 0; Essex 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	JG Langridge, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 15/0 (Barber 4*, Pullar 10*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 53/0 (Barber 32*, Pullar 19*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Clayton b Higgs	8
GJ Smith	b Statham	74
MJ Bear	c and b Higgs	38
J Milner	c Barber b Higgs	14
*TE Bailey	lbw b Marner	15
BR Knight	c Collins b Green	24
+B Taylor	c Booth b Green	19
WT Greensmith	c Higgs b Marner	23
LHR Ralph	not out	26
KC Preston	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 103 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-121, 3-137, 4-144, 5-177, 6-198, 7-208, 8-252 (103 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	22	8	34	1	-	-
Higgs	27	7	54	3	-	-
Marner	27	6	56	2	-	-
Collins	9	2	38	0	-	-
Barber	3	1	16	0	-	-
Green	15	1	43	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	not out	32
G Pullar	not out	19
BJ Booth	did not bat
KJ Grieves	did not bat
R Collins	did not bat
JD Bond	did not bat
PT Marner	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
DM Green	did not bat
+G Clayton	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(no wicket, declared, 28 overs)	53

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	12	2	27	0	-	-
Preston	14	5	19	0	-	-
Ralph	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	not out	23
GJ Smith	c Clayton b Higgs	12
+B Taylor	c Bond b Higgs	0
LHR Ralph	not out	23
MJ Bear	did not bat
J Milner	did not bat
*TE Bailey	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 17.1 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-32

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	6	2	7	0	-	-
Higgs	8.1	1	31	2	-	-
Marner	3	1	20	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	c Milner b Preston	11
G Pullar	c Knight b Bailey	7
BJ Booth	b Greensmith	30
KJ Grieves	c Barker b Phelan	29
R Collins	c Preston b Greensmith	41
JD Bond	c Taylor b Greensmith	3
PT Marner	not out	31
JB Statham	c Milner b Greensmith	5
DM Green	b Greensmith	10
+G Clayton	c Bear b Greensmith	6
K Higgs	b Greensmith	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-28, 3-77, 4-79, 5-101, 6-134, 7-148, 8-163, 9-173, 10-176 (52.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	9	0	24	1	-	-
Preston	14	2	44	1	-	-
Ralph	3	0	10	0	-	-
Phelan	12	4	49	1	-	-
Greensmith	14.5	3	46	7	-	-

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Notes
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 22
--> RW Barber (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> KC Preston reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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