f24704 cc12285	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 8th, 9th, 10th May 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Lancashire 2
Umpires	WH Copson, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 86/1 (Barker 43*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 199/6 (Pilling 89*, Clayton 56*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Booth	c Knight b Laker	71
R Entwistle	c Taylor b Hobbs	31
JD Bond	b Laker	3
*KJ Grieves	c and b Greensmith	56
PT Marner	run out	5
J Dyson	run out	9
H Pilling	b Laker	25
+G Clayton	not out	61
JB Statham	c Fletcher b Hobbs	12
K Higgs	c Taylor b Laker	0
T Greenhough	c and b Knight	2
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 105 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-74, 3-147, 4-163, 5-173, 6-203, 7-212, 8-235, 9-246, 10-281 (105 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	12	1	37	1	-	-
Bailey	13	3	20	0	-	-
Preston	6	0	29	0	-	-
Laker	39	11	90	4	-	-
Hobbs	25	5	75	2	-	-
Greensmith	10	2	24	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Bond b Dyson	88
MJ Bear	b Greenhough	39
GJ Smith	c Grieves b Dyson	14
BR Knight	c Grieves b Dyson	0
*TE Bailey	c Entwistle b Dyson	8
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Dyson	0
+B Taylor	c Marner b Grieves	39
WT Greensmith	not out	37
RNS Hobbs	b Statham	0
JC Laker	c Bond b Statham	22
KC Preston	b Greenhough	1
Extras	(5 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-117, 3-117, 4-135, 5-149, 6-158, 7-213, 8-214, 9-257, 10-258 (83.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	23	8	32	2	-	-
Higgs	9	2	24	0	-	-
Greenhough	18.3	7	53	2	-	-
Dyson	17	3	83	5	-	-
Grieves	16	3	56	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Booth	b Knight	16
R Entwistle	c Smith b Knight	3
JD Bond	c Taylor b Knight	3
*KJ Grieves	c Fletcher b Laker	22
PT Marner	b Knight	0
J Dyson	c Taylor b Knight	5
H Pilling	not out	89
+G Clayton	not out	56
JB Statham	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
T Greenhough	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 77 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-19, 3-39, 4-39, 5-45, 6-51

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	23	4	61	5	-	-
Bailey	16	3	46	0	-	-
Preston	9	2	25	0	-	-
Laker	15	4	17	1	-	-
Hobbs	9	3	26	0	-	-
Greensmith	5	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> R Entwistle (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in first-class matches
--> R Entwistle (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> H Pilling (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in first-class matches
--> H Pilling (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in County Championship matches
--> T Greenhough reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JB Statham reached 1100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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