First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v ESSEX Played at Fenner’s, Cambridge, May 7, 8, 9, 1952. Match drawn. ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Sheppard b Subba Row 50 c Moore b Warr 56 2 A.V.Avery lbw b McCarthy 0 lbw b McCarthy 4 3 †P.A.Gibb b MacGinty 46 c MacGinty b Marlar 62 4 R.Horsfall lbw b McCarthy 10 not out 56 5 *D.J.Insole lbw b Warr 19 (6) st Alexander b Marlar 0 6 T.E.Bailey b MacGinty 9 (7) not out 14 7 R.Smith b McCarthy 5 (5) lbw b Marlar 0 8 F.H.Vigar not out 41 9 W.T.Greensmith lbw b Warr 9 10 C.J.M.Kenny c Sheppard b Subba Row 16 11 K.C.Preston b Marlar 30 Extras lb 6, nb 1 7 b 2, lb 3 5 —— —— 242 (5 wickets, declared) 197 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-84, 3-107, 4-108, 5-122, 6-137, 7-144, 8-160, 9-195, 10-242 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-103, 3-158, 4-158, 5-158 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 *D.S.Sheppard lbw b Bailey 113 c Insole b Greensmith 64 2 M.H.Bushby st Gibb b Greensmith 27 b Kenny 13 3 P.B.H.May b Bailey 1 not out 104 4 G.G.Tordoff c and b Smith 31 c Kenny b Greensmith 13 5 N.H.Moore c Gibb b Greensmith 13 c Bailey b Greensmith 1 6 R.SubbaRow c Gibb b Kenny 16 7 J.J.Warr run out 1 (6) b Preston 1 8 †F.C.M.Alexander b Bailey 1 (7) c Dodds b Bailey 13 9 R.J.A.MacGinty b Kenny 0 not out 0 10 R.G.Marlar run out 1 (8) c Bailey b Greensmith 5 11 C.N.McCarthy not out 1 Extras b 1, nb 2 3 b 5, lb 1 6 —— —— 208 (7 wickets) 220 FoW (1): 1-64, 2-75, 3-139, 4-162, 5-203, 6-205, 7-205, 8-206, 9-207, 10-208 FoW (2): 1-35, 2-105, 3-166, 4-174, 5-180, 6-208, 7-214 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 21 5 38 3 (2) 14 3 27 1 Warr 16 3 55 2 (1) 19 4 55 1 Marlar 22.1 4 67 1 (4) 26 4 83 3 MacGinty 19 7 36 2 (3) 8 2 27 0 Subba Row 9 2 39 2 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 14 2 36 0 11 1 42 1 Bailey 18 6 24 3 (3) 12 5 32 1 Kenny 15 3 34 2 (2) 8 0 35 1 Smith 17 3 42 1 11 0 42 0 Greensmith 13 1 40 2 12 1 63 4 Vigar 11 3 29 0 Umpires: F.S.Lee and H.L.Palmer. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Cambridge University (1) 75-2 (Sheppard 45*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 25-1 (Dodds 15*, Gibb 6*). D.S.Sheppard’s 113 took 235 minutes. P.B.H.May’s 104 took 150 minutes and included 13 fours. R.G.Marlar completed a hat-trick in the Essex second innings (Gibb, Smith, Insole). 135