f19673 cc9746	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 9th, 10th, 11th July 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, JS Buller
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 349/5 (Grieves 31*, Howard 24*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 72/2 (Ikin 44*, Place 3*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Insole b Preston	1
JT Ikin	lbw b Bailey	34
GA Edrich	c Horsfall b Smith	74
W Place	st Gibb b Greensmith	99
A Wharton	c Preston b Greensmith	71
KJ Grieves	not out	33
*ND Howard	not out	24
+A Wilson	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 122 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-88, 3-148, 4-292, 5-292

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	24	10	49	1	-	-
Preston	17	2	49	1	-	-
Smith	35	6	101	1	-	-
Greensmith	31	8	73	2	-	-
Insole	10	0	40	0	-	-
Vigar	5	0	24	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	lbw b Statham	0
TC Dodds	run out	53
+PA Gibb	c Wilson b Wharton	18
R Horsfall	c Wilson b Berry	49
*DJ Insole	st Wilson b Berry	27
TE Bailey	b Statham	22
FH Vigar	b Statham	19
C Griffiths	b Wharton	14
R Smith	not out	12
WT Greensmith	c Edrich b Ikin	8
KC Preston	c Wilson b Ikin	6
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 87.4 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-58, 3-81, 4-134, 5-152, 6-186, 7-205, 8-205, 9-223, 10-231 (87.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	25	5	66	3	-	-
Wharton	14	0	57	2	-	-
Berry	20	12	28	2	-	-
Tattersall	14	5	35	0	-	-
Ikin	14.4	2	42	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Avery b Preston	16
JT Ikin	b Insole	85
GA Edrich	b Greensmith	8
W Place	c and b Insole	54
A Wharton	not out	11
KJ Grieves	not out	7
*ND Howard	did not bat
+A Wilson	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 40.2 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-46, 3-164, 4-166

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	8.2	0	41	0	-	-
Preston	15	3	46	1	-	-
Insole	6	0	35	2	-	-
Greensmith	11	2	59	1	-	-

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Notes
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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