First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, May 17, 19, 20, 1952. Match drawn. (Points: Nottinghamshire 4, Essex 0) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 R.J.Giles lbw b Greensmith 35 c Vigar b Preston 3 2 E.J.Martin b Greensmith 48 not out 71 3 J.D.Clay c Greensmith b Smith 9 lbw b Smith 36 4 *J.Hardstaff b Greensmith 105 not out 2 5 C.J.Poole c Preston b Smith 14 6 F.W.Stocks c Dodds b Vigar 11 7 P.F.Harvey c Preston b Greensmith 22 8 A.Jepson b Smith 3 9 †E.A.Meads st Gibb b Smith 10 10 H.J.Butler c Greensmith b Smith 0 11 C.S.Matthews not out 0 Extras b 10, lb 1 11 b 4, lb 1, w 1 6 —— —— 268 (2 wickets) 118 FoW (1): 1-63, 2-84, 3-99, 4-130, 5-165, 6-231, 7-240, 8-252, 9-257, 10-268 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-112 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Meads b Stocks 37 2 A.V.Avery b Butler 2 3 †P.A.Gibb c Stocks b Butler 4 4 R.Horsfall c sub b Harvey 19 5 *D.J.Insole b Stocks 85 6 R.Smith c Meads b Butler 9 7 F.H.Vigar b Butler 0 8 C.Griffiths c and b Stocks 20 9 E.A.W.Stanley lbw b Harvey 17 10 W.T.Greensmith not out 7 11 K.C.Preston c Hardstaff b Jepson 20 Extras b 3, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 7 —— 227 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-33, 3-63, 4-63, 5-94, 6-94, 7-140, 8-189, 9-202, 10-227 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 14 1 51 0 13.5 3 40 1 Smith 51 15 96 5 25 6 43 1 Insole 3 0 23 0 Greensmith 34 12 62 4 (3) 12 6 29 0 Vigar 11 3 25 1 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W Butler 20 4 60 4 Jepson 9.3 0 38 1 Matthews 4 0 6 0 Stocks 32 8 66 3 Harvey 25 11 50 2 Umpires: P.Corrall and W.F.F.Price. Toss: Nottinghamshire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 33-2 (Dodds 26*); 2nd day: Nottinghamshire (2) 96-1 (Martin 63*, Clay 25*). J.Hardstaff’s 105 took 190 minutes and included 15 fours. 161