First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

KENT v ESSEX Played at The Rectory Field, Blackheath, July 28, 30, 31, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Kent 0, Essex 4) KENT 1 A.E.Fagg b Insole 178 (4) c Vigar b R.Smith 54 2 J.G.W.Davies c Greensmith b R.Smith 6 (1) c Greensmith b Preston 5 3 P.Hearn c T.P.B.Smith b Insole 16 b T.P.B.Smith 27 4 H.A.Pawson c Gibb b Preston 30 (5) c Gibb b Greensmith 36 5 B.R.Edrich c Greensmith b Preston 41 (6) c Eve b Greensmith 9 6 R.Mayes c Gibb b Preston 1 (7) c Gibb b R.Smith 31 7 *D.G.Clark c Eve b T.P.B.Smith 22 (2) c Preston b Greensmith 27 8 †T.G.Evans c T.P.B.Smith b Insole 6 c Insole b Greensmith 15 9 L.Hellmuth b T.P.B.Smith 3 c Gibb b R.Smith 5 10 R.R.Dovey not out 6 b R.Smith 7 11 J.W.Martin c Vigar b Insole 11 not out 0 Extras b 14, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 19 b 3, lb 1, nb 1 5 —— —— 339 221 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-42, 3-105, 4-202, 5-215, 6-250, 7-261, 8-292, 9-327, 10-339 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-46, 3-105, 4-125, 5-156, 6-172, 7-192, 8-213, 9-216, 10-221 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Edrich b Martin 30 c Fagg b Martin 0 2 A.V.Avery b Edrich 34 (8) not out 4 3 †P.A.Gibb c Clark b Hellmuth 141 (7) c Evans b Martin 0 4 R.Horsfall c Hellmuth b Edrich 206 (3) c Evans b Dovey 0 5 R.Smith st Evans b Edrich 7 (4) c Fagg b Dovey 0 6 T.P.B.Smith not out 4 (5) c Hellmuth b Martin 0 7 *D.J.Insole (2) c Hellmuth b Dovey 3 8 S.C.Eve (6) b Dovey 5 9 F.H.Vigar not out 0 10 W.T.Greensmith 11 K.C.Preston Extras b 4, lb 7, w 1, nb 1 13 w 1 1 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 435 (7 wickets) 13 FoW (1): 1-42, 2-74, 3-417, 4-426, 5-435 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-3, 5-8, 6-9, 7-9 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 24 4 74 3 15 2 36 1 R.Smith 29 8 80 1 29.1 9 60 4 Insole 18.2 5 53 4 (5) 6 2 13 0 T.P.B.Smith 35 12 64 2 (3) 28 10 57 1 Greensmith 10 2 49 0 (4) 20 8 31 4 Dodds (6) 3 0 19 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Martin 35 5 105 1 9 5 4 3 Dovey 39 8 98 0 8 5 8 4 Davies 10 3 20 0 Hellmuth 31 8 86 1 Edrich 20.3 4 60 3 Hearn 8 1 38 0 Pawson 2 0 15 0 Umpires: F.Chester and F.S.Lee. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 12-0 (Dodds 7*, Dodds 4*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 13-1 (Clark 6*, Hearn 2*). A.E.Fagg’s 178 took 360 minutes. P.A.Gibb’s 141 took 320 minutes. R.Horsfall’s 206 took 265 minutes and included 26 fours. 350