County Championship, 1953
Essex v Gloucestershire
Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea
26,27,28 August 1953 (3-day match)
Result: Essex won by 8 wickets
Points: Essex 12, Gloucestershire 4
Toss: Gloucestershire
Umpires: E Cooke and H Palmer
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Gloucestershire 1st innings
GM Emmett b Preston 44
DM Young b Smith 95
TW Graveney c Insole b Smith 4
*JF Crapp lbw b Bailey 26
+AE Wilson c Savill b Bailey 21
GEE Lambert c Preston b Smith 23
CJ Scott b Smith 1
JVC Griffiths c Insole b Bailey 13
DA Allen not out 12
C Cook c & b Bailey 0
FP McHugh b Bailey 18
Extras (b 5, lb 4) 9
Total (all out, 99 overs) 266
FoW: 1-50, 2-68, 3-116, 4-152, 5-201,
6-219, 7-222, 8-244, 9-244, 10-266.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 24 4 69 1
Smith 32 5 68 4
Bailey 27 5 71 5
Greensmith 7 1 20 0
Vigar 9 2 29 0
Essex 1st innings
+PA Gibb b Lambert 2
FH Vigar b McHugh 50
R Smith c Scott b Lambert 39
R Horsfall c Graveney b Lambert 0
*DJ Insole b McHugh 7
AV Avery b McHugh 0
TC Dodds b Lambert 4
WT Greensmith c Wilson b McHugh 3
LA Savill c Wilson b Scott 8
KC Preston b McHugh 1
JA Bailey not out 6
Extras (b 12, w 1) 13
Total (all out, 44.3 overs) 133
FoW: 1-2, 2-66, 3-66, 4-81, 5-81,
6-94, 7-105, 8-116, 9-118, 10-133.
Bowling O M R W
Lambert 22 5 74 4
McHugh 18 3 38 5
Scott 4.3 0 8 1
Gloucestershire 2nd innings
GM Emmett c Insole b Bailey 40
DM Young c Gibb b Smith 8
TW Graveney c Vigar b Preston 17
*JF Crapp b Preston 20
+AE Wilson b Preston 11
GEE Lambert c Horsfall b Smith 17
CJ Scott b Bailey 18
JVC Griffiths c Gibb b Preston 17
DA Allen run out 10
C Cook not out 4
FP McHugh b Preston 5
Extras (b 4, lb 4) 8
Total (all out, 70.3 overs) 175
FoW: 1-38, 2-54, 3-82, 4-91, 5-98,
6-135, 7-137, 8-158, 9-167, 10-175.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 21.3 3 56 5
Smith 21 3 62 2
Bailey 24 9 36 2
Vigar 4 0 13 0
Essex 2nd innings (target: 309 runs)
AV Avery retired hurt 71
FH Vigar lbw b Scott 39
+PA Gibb c Graveney b Lambert 68
R Horsfall not out 57
*DJ Insole retired hurt 12
TC Dodds not out 37
Extras (b 16, lb 4, w 4, nb 3) 27
Total (2 wickets, 92.5 overs) 311
DNB: R Smith, WT Greensmith, LA Savill, KC Preston, JA Bailey.
FoW: 1-70, 2-169.
Bowling O M R W
Lambert 22 5 76 1
McHugh 21 6 65 0
Scott 28 6 89 1
Allen 13 3 33 0
Cook 8 5 11 0
Emmett 0.5 0 10 0
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