First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

WARWICKSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 6, 7, 8, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Warwickshire 0, Essex 4) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds b Grove 7 c Taylor b Pritchard 23 2 A.V.Avery st Spooner b Hollies 35 b Pritchard 3 3 †P.A.Gibb lbw b Grove 56 run out 74 4 R.Horsfall lbw b Pritchard 23 c Spooner b Grove 51 5 *D.J.Insole run out 34 b Hollies 14 6 R.Smith c Spooner b Pritchard 132 not out 22 7 C.Griffiths b Hollies 9 b Grove 0 8 D.C.Levick b Hollies 0 st Spooner b Hollies 0 9 W.T.Greensmith lbw b Pritchard 11 not out 0 10 T.P.B.Smith c and b Grove 53 11 K.C.Preston not out 4 Extras b 1, nb 1 2 b 7, lb 1 8 —— —— 366 (7 wickets, declared) 195 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-68, 3-97, 4-144, 5-165, 6-191, 7-203, 8-246, 9-356, 10-366 FoW (2): 1-25, 2-26, 3-152, 4-159, 5-177, 6-184, 7-189 WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner run out 60 b Preston 8 2 †R.T.Spooner c Horsfall b T.P.B.Smith 12 c Gibb b Preston 7 3 D.D.Taylor lbw b T.P.B.Smith 84 c Gibb b T.P.B.Smith 15 4 J.S.Ord c Preston b Insole 45 b T.P.B.Smith 16 5 *H.E.Dollery c Gibb b T.P.B.Smith 24 c Dodds b T.P.B.Smith 25 6 A.V.G.Wolton b Preston 1 not out 44 7 R.E.Hitchcock c Gibb b Greensmith 39 b T.P.B.Smith 0 8 T.L.Pritchard b Preston 4 (9) not out 10 9 C.W.C.Grove c Greensmith b T.P.B.Smith 15 10 R.T.Weeks not out 10 (8) c R.Smith b T.P.B.Smith 4 11 W.E.Hollies not out 7 Extras b 7, lb 5, w 1 13 b 2 2 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 314 (7 wickets) 131 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-148, 3-165, 4-228, 5-243, 6-258, 7-258, 8-287, 9-301 FoW (2): 1-15, 2-16, 3-42, 4-63, 5-80, 6-80, 7-114 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 40 8 87 3 11 2 54 2 Grove 30.4 4 85 3 16 0 56 2 Hollies 57 18 93 3 27 9 47 2 Weeks 11 4 20 0 13 2 30 0 Hitchcock 9 0 45 0 Wolton 6 1 24 0 Ord 2 0 10 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 18 3 65 2 9 2 46 2 R.Smith 19 5 48 0 (4) 14 5 34 0 T.P.B.Smith 51 18 100 4 20 3 49 5 Greensmith 36 11 71 1 (5) 2 2 0 0 Insole 7 1 17 1 (2) 4 4 0 0 Umpires: A.E.Boulton-Carter and A.Skelding. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 327-8 (R.Smith 120*, T.P.B.Smith 30*); 2nd day: Warwickshire (1) 314-9 (Weeks 10*, Hollies 7*). R.Smith’s 132 took 240 minutes. 220