First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, July 14, 16, 17, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 4, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds b Nutter 55 b Brice 2 2 A.V.Avery c Fiddling b Brice 33 b Starkie 33 3 †P.A.Gibb c Fiddling b Broderick 27 st Fiddling b Barrick 138 4 R.Horsfall b Broderick 7 b Liddell 69 5 *D.J.Insole b Broderick 71 c Fiddling b Jakeman 67 6 R.Smith b Brice 29 c Fiddling b Starkie 16 7 F.H.Vigar b Nutter 1 b Jakeman 13 8 E.A.W.Stanley b Nutter 0 not out 7 9 W.T.Greensmith b Starkie 29 not out 0 10 T.P.B.Smith not out 19 11 K.C.Preston b Starkie 0 Extras b 2, lb 3, nb 2 7 b 8, lb 3, nb 1 12 —— —— 278 (7 wickets) 357 FoW (1): 1-93, 2-98, 3-126, 4-127, 5-198, 6-199, 7-199, 8-246, 9-266, 10-278 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-86, 3-211, 4-289, 5-320, 6-349, 7-354 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 *D.Brookes c T.P.B.Smith b Preston 7 2 N.Oldfield c Gibb b Preston 18 3 E.Davis b Preston 0 4 F.Jakeman not out 258 5 D.W.Barrick b Greensmith 28 6 V.Broderick lbw b Greensmith 48 7 A.E.Nutter b Insole 39 8 G.H.J.Brice b Greensmith 8 9 S.Starkie b Greensmith 0 10 A.W.G.Liddell not out 7 11 †K.Fiddling Extras b 11, w 1, nb 2 14 —— (8 wickets, declared) 427 FoW (1): 1-24, 2-24, 3-38, 4-78, 5-212, 6-314, 7-369, 8-369 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Nutter 26 4 80 3 23 7 52 0 Liddell 19 1 68 0 (3) 13 1 60 1 Brice 21 2 73 2 (2) 16 1 68 1 Broderick 30 15 42 3 (5) 11 3 14 0 Starkie 3 1 8 2 (4) 32 9 82 2 Barrick (6) 14 0 61 1 Jakeman (7) 3 1 8 2 Essex Bowling O M R W Preston 24 4 71 3 R.Smith 27 2 140 0 T.P.B.Smith 30 7 100 0 Greensmith 26 6 68 4 Insole 8.1 1 34 1 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and F.Chester. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 15-0 (Brookes 5*, Oldfield 10*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 24-1 (Avery 13*, Gibb 7*). F.Jakeman’s 258 took 320 minutes and included 35 fours and 4 sixes. P.A.Gibb’s 138 included 16 fours. 318