f20532 cc10218	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1954
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 7th, 8th, 9th July 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	K McCanlis, WFF Price
Scorers	WH Hansford (Essex), WH Price (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 41/2 (Smith 5*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 96/4 (Insole 18*, TE Bailey 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Walsh b Munden	20
+PA Gibb	c Lester b Munden	27
CCP Williams	c Firth b Munden	26
R Horsfall	c Hallam b Munden	1
*DJ Insole	b Spencer	5
TE Bailey	b Jackson	28
B Taylor	c Spencer b Munden	56
R Smith	c Spencer b Jackson	0
WT Greensmith	b Jackson	15
JA Bailey	b Jackson	0
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-59, 3-71, 4-80, 5-80, 6-167, 7-167, 8-175, 9-183, 10-188 (83.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	15	5	38	1	-	-
Goodwin	3	0	5	0	-	-
Munden	34	18	60	5	-	-
Jackson	26.1	14	48	4	-	-
Walsh	5	0	27	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Gibb b TE Bailey	11
MR Hallam	run out	25
MJK Smith	c Gibb b JA Bailey	26
M Tompkin	c and b Greensmith	5
*CH Palmer	c Williams b TE Bailey	107
VE Jackson	c JA Bailey b Cousens	38
VS Munden	c Horsfall b Smith	0
JE Walsh	b Greensmith	10
+J Firth	c and b Greensmith	3
CT Spencer	b Greensmith	5
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 123.4 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-41, 3-48, 4-87, 5-170, 6-173, 7-212, 8-218, 9-232, 10-243 (123.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	29.4	10	56	2	-	-
JA Bailey	13	2	35	1	-	-
Smith	19	2	36	1	-	-
Greensmith	31	10	49	4	-	-
Cousens	28	10	46	1	-	-
Insole	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Goodwin	11
+PA Gibb	b Spencer	0
CCP Williams	c Walsh b Munden	43
R Horsfall	c Lester b Jackson	20
*DJ Insole	b Spencer	19
TE Bailey	b Munden	7
B Taylor	c Jackson b Munden	12
R Smith	lbw b Jackson	47
WT Greensmith	b Jackson	2
JA Bailey	b Munden	0
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-60, 4-90, 5-98, 6-112, 7-131, 8-147, 9-158, 10-168 (65.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	18	3	58	2	-	-
Goodwin	5	1	20	1	-	-
Munden	28	15	51	4	-	-
Jackson	14.3	7	32	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Smith	22
MR Hallam	lbw b TE Bailey	3
MJK Smith	c Dodds b Cousens	32
M Tompkin	c Williams b Cousens	22
*CH Palmer	c TE Bailey b Cousens	19
VE Jackson	not out	14
VS Munden	not out	1
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 43.5 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-37, 3-70, 4-95, 5-104

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	7	4	11	1	-	-
Smith	17	2	40	1	-	-
Greensmith	11	2	37	0	-	-
Cousens	8.5	3	25	3	-	-

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Notes
--> CCP Williams made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MJK Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> CCP Williams made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> VS Munden reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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