County Championship, 1956
Essex v Leicestershire
Valentine's Park, Ilford
12,14,15 May 1956 (3-day match)
Result: Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Points:
Toss:
Umpires: Harold Elliott and WF Shipston
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c Jackson b Munden 28
G Barker c van Geloven b Goodwin 157
PA Gibb c Hallam b Jackson 6
*DJ Insole b Jackson 18
TE Bailey c Firth b Spencer 55
LA Savill b Palmer 36
+B Taylor c Hallam b van Geloven 35
R Smith b Palmer 10
WT Greensmith not out 18
LHR Ralph not out 3
Extras (b 13, lb 8, w 1, nb 2) 24
Total (8 wickets declared, 101 overs) 390
DNB: KC Preston.
FoW: 1-103, 2-127, 3-171, 4-252, 5-287, 6-343, 7-356, 8-375.
Bowling O M R W
Spencer 24 6 92 1
Goodwin 15 1 71 1
van Geloven 18 4 72 1
Palmer 7 2 36 2
Jackson 14 2 50 2
Munden 15 8 26 1
Lester 8 2 19 0
Leicestershire 1st innings
MR Hallam b Ralph 72
G Lester c Insole b Bailey 63
M Tompkin c Bailey b Greensmith 25
*CH Palmer b Greensmith 10
VE Jackson c Bailey b Preston 2
GA Smithson st Gibb b Greensmith 22
VS Munden c Insole b Greensmith 4
J van Geloven not out 42
+J Firth b Preston 9
CT Spencer c Gibb b Bailey 4
TJ Goodwin c Smith b Bailey 0
Extras (b 2, lb 2) 4
Total (all out, 82.4 overs) 257
FoW: 1-110, 2-140, 3-173, 4-174, 5-186,
6-200, 7-215, 8-225, 9-249, 10-257.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 20.4 2 65 3
Smith 11 3 43 0
Ralph 11 2 26 1
Preston 17 6 38 2
Greensmith 23 1 81 4
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds c Smithson b Spencer 17
G Barker b Goodwin 14
PA Gibb b Spencer 39
*DJ Insole b Munden 20
TE Bailey b Spencer 9
LA Savill b Spencer 0
+B Taylor not out 58
WT Greensmith c Lester b Spencer 19
R Smith not out 8
Extras (b 12, nb 5) 17
Total (7 wickets declared, 53 overs) 201
DNB: LHR Ralph, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-21, 2-35, 3-86, 4-87, 5-103, 6-114, 7-166.
Bowling O M R W
Spencer 26 5 102 5
Goodwin 7 1 39 1
Munden 19 0 43 1
Lester 1 1 0 0
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 335 runs)
MR Hallam c & b Greensmith 33
G Lester st Taylor b Dodds 71
M Tompkin lbw b Greensmith 8
*CH Palmer c Taylor b Bailey 120
VE Jackson c Preston b Insole 11
GA Smithson not out 50
VS Munden c Smith b Bailey 19
J van Geloven not out 17
Extras (b 3, lb 3, nb 2) 8
Total (6 wickets, 85.4 overs) 337
DNB: +J Firth, CT Spencer, TJ Goodwin.
FoW: 1-62, 2-72, 3-187, 4-210, 5-253, 6-295.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 21 2 87 2
Smith 10 1 45 0
Ralph 8 1 34 0
Preston 6 0 26 0
Greensmith 28.4 0 104 2
Insole 8 2 24 1
Dodds 4 1 9 1
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