County Championship, 1957
Essex v Leicestershire
Old County Ground, Brentwood
15,17,18 June 1957 (3-day match)
Result: Essex won by 181 runs
Points:
Toss:
Umpires: RS Lay and TW Spencer
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c & b Spencer 1
G Barker b Spencer 5
+B Taylor c Firth b Boshier 10
*DJ Insole c & b Boshier 65
TE Bailey c Firth b Boshier 0
MJ Bear c Spencer b Boshier 8
GJ Smith c Hallam b Boshier 0
WT Greensmith lbw b Boshier 1
LHR Ralph c Firth b Boshier 31
KC Preston c Palmer b Boshier 25
IM King not out 2
Extras (lb 1) 1
Total (all out, 39.2 overs) 149
FoW: 1-4, 2-7, 3-31, 4-43, 5-67,
6-67, 7-73, 8-100, 9-138, 10-149.
Bowling O M R W
Spencer 17 1 93 2
Boshier 19.2 4 45 8
Palmer 3 0 10 0
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester c Taylor b Ralph 67
MR Hallam b Greensmith 39
LR Gardner c King b Preston 14
*CH Palmer not out 102
RA Diment c Ralph b Greensmith 0
J van Geloven b Greensmith 1
VS Munden c Insole b Preston 8
+J Firth b Preston 12
CT Spencer c Bailey b King 13
JS Savage c Barker b Greensmith 0
BS Boshier run out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 3) 6
Total (all out, 103.5 overs) 262
FoW: 1-92, 2-120, 3-120, 4-127, 5-135,
6-181, 7-206, 8-236, 9-237, 10-262.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 11 3 15 0
Preston 29 6 83 3
Ralph 18 4 59 1
Greensmith 32.5 9 85 4
King 13 5 14 1
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds run out 57
G Barker b Palmer 44
+B Taylor c Firth b Boshier 31
*DJ Insole c Hallam b Munden 43
TE Bailey c Firth b Munden 5
MJ Bear st Firth b Palmer 13
GJ Smith c Palmer b van Geloven 59
WT Greensmith lbw b van Geloven 40
LHR Ralph not out 17
KC Preston c Diment b Boshier 6
IM King not out 5
Extras (b 6, lb 12, nb 1) 19
Total (9 wickets declared, 127 overs) 339
FoW: 1-88, 2-130, 3-139, 4-164, 5-193,
6-211, 7-304, 8-311, 9-324.
Bowling O M R W
Spencer 27 1 61 0
Boshier 31 6 71 2
Palmer 13 2 25 2
Munden 26 7 85 2
Savage 20 8 58 0
van Geloven 8 4 15 2
Lester 2 0 5 0
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 227 runs)
G Lester c Greensmith b Bailey 1
MR Hallam c Ralph b Bailey 4
LR Gardner lbw b Preston 13
*CH Palmer c Taylor b Bailey 0
RA Diment c King b Bailey 4
J van Geloven c Greensmith b Preston 8
VS Munden b Bailey 0
+J Firth c Ralph b Preston 9
CT Spencer c King b Bailey 1
JS Savage not out 4
BS Boshier b Preston 0
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (all out, 19.2 overs) 45
FoW: 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-9, 5-30, 6-31, 7-37, 8-41, 9-45, 10-45.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 10 1 28 6
Preston 9.2 4 16 4
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