First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

LEICESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Coventry Road, Hinckley, June 7, 9, 10, 1952. Essex won by 107 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Essex 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Munden b Spencer 23 b Spencer 2 2 A.V.Avery b Sperry 4 lbw b Munden 22 3 †P.A.Gibb lbw b Walsh 5 b Spencer 7 4 R.Horsfall st Firth b Munden 54 c Firth b Spencer 20 5 *D.J.Insole st Firth b Munden 7 lbw b Sperry 9 6 T.E.Bailey lbw b Sperry 41 not out 43 7 R.Smith c Munden b Sperry 40 b Munden 4 8 F.H.Vigar not out 63 c and b Munden 2 9 C.Griffiths b Spencer 0 b Munden 17 10 W.T.Greensmith b Walsh 79 c Firth b Munden 9 11 K.C.Preston not out 12 not out 9 Extras b 6, lb 3, nb 1 10 b 6, lb 3, nb 1 10 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 338 (9 wickets, declared) 154 FoW (1): 1-27, 2-30, 3-47, 4-80, 5-107, 6-175, 7-180, 8-185, 9-319 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-26, 3-51, 4-65, 5-69, 6-80, 7-88, 8-112, 9-122 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.Lester b Preston 2 lbw b Greensmith 25 2 M.R.Hallam st Gibb b Smith 3 b Preston 33 3 M.Tompkin b Bailey 90 lbw b Greensmith 5 4 *C.H.Palmer b Bailey 14 st Gibb b Greensmith 0 5 G.A.Smithson c Gibb b Bailey 9 c Horsfall b Greensmith 0 6 V.S.Munden c Gibb b Smith 31 c Horsfall b Greensmith 45 7 M.A.J.Sargent c Smith b Preston 8 st Gibb b Greensmith 1 8 †J.Firth not out 24 c Gibb b Smith 5 9 J.E.Walsh b Greensmith 14 lbw b Vigar 18 10 C.T.Spencer c Griffiths b Bailey 3 c Preston b Vigar 19 11 J.Sperry b Bailey 0 not out 20 Extras b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 12 b 2, lb 1, nb 1 4 —— —— 210 175 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-7, 3-47, 4-74, 5-133, 6-161, 7-177, 8-204, 9-207, 10-210 FoW (2): 1-53, 2-58, 3-62, 4-62, 5-63, 6-65, 7-81, 8-131, 9-135, 10-175 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Spencer 28 10 70 2 29 9 65 3 Sperry 23 9 43 3 8 3 14 1 Walsh 14 4 81 2 (5) 2 0 7 0 Palmer 12 4 22 0 (3) 8.5 3 17 0 Munden 33 14 80 2 (4) 24 15 41 5 Lester 18 7 32 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 19 7 43 2 10 1 31 1 Smith 36 17 81 2 16 8 36 1 Bailey 30 10 50 5 8 2 20 0 Greensmith 13 5 24 1 22 12 44 6 Vigar (5) 8.3 0 40 2 Umpires: F.S.Lee and G.S.Mobey. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 5-0 (Lester 2*, Hallam 1*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 69-5 (Bailey 3*, Smith 0*). 212