First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

ESSEX v LANCASHIRE Played at Old County Ground, Brentwood, June 21, 23, 24, 1952. Match tied. (Points: Essex 4, Lancashire 8) LANCASHIRE 1 A.Wharton lbw b Smith 85 c Avery b Smith 16 2 J.G.Lomax c Gibb b Smith 10 c Bailey b Greensmith 47 3 G.A.Edrich c Insole b Smith 35 st Insole b Smith 69 4 W.Place c Avery b Preston 63 5 K.J.Grieves b Preston 34 (4) c and b Smith 0 6 *N.D.Howard c Avery b Preston 0 (5) b Smith 5 7 P.Greenwood b Smith 14 (6) b Smith 8 8 M.J.Hilton b Preston 8 (7) not out 48 9 R.Tattersall b Smith 1 not out 7 10 J.B.Statham b Preston 1 (8) c Greensmith b Smith 15 11 †A.Wilson not out 0 Extras b 10, lb 3, nb 2 15 b 9, w 1, nb 1 11 —— —— 266 (7 wickets, declared) 226 FoW (1): 1-20, 2-111, 3-153, 4-237, 5-237, 6-240, 7-255, 8-265, 9-266, 10-266 FoW (2): 1-32, 2-103, 3-104, 4-114, 5-138, 6-175, 7-208 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Howard b Lomax 46 c Tattersall b Lomax 26 2 A.V.Avery c Wilson b Lomax 41 st Wilson b Hilton 4 3 †P.A.Gibb c Edrich b Hilton 13 c Grieves b Tattersall 33 4 R.Horsfall c Edrich b Hilton 3 lbw b Statham 10 5 *D.J.Insole b Lomax 2 b Statham 18 6 T.E.Bailey c Wharton b Hilton 34 c Howard b Hilton 52 7 R.Smith run out 27 c Wharton b Tattersall 48 8 F.H.Vigar not out 25 not out 1 9 C.Griffiths c Edrich b Tattersall 6 c Wilson b Tattersall 19 10 W.T.Greensmith b Statham 56 b Statham 5 11 K.C.Preston b Statham 1 c Grieves b Tattersall 10 Extras b 4, lb 2, nb 1 7 b 3, lb 2 5 —— —— 261 231 FoW (1): 1-86, 2-89, 3-92, 4-104, 5-111, 6-164, 7-181, 8-187, 9-259, 10-261 FoW (2): 1-33, 2-50, 3-61, 4-89, 5-150, 6-156, 7-167, 8-183, 9-206, 10-231 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 21 6 44 0 14 3 34 0 Preston 20.3 2 49 5 11 2 26 0 Smith 39 5 105 5 33 4 122 6 Greensmith 24 12 30 0 12 5 33 1 Insole 4 0 23 0 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Statham 24.4 3 50 2 12 1 59 3 Lomax 21 4 37 3 3 0 14 1 Tattersall 25 5 46 1 (5) 18 3 61 4 Hilton 37 15 47 3 (3) 10.4 0 69 2 Grieves 22 7 44 0 Wharton 3 0 11 0 Greenwood 12 4 19 0 (4) 3 0 23 0 Umpires: T.W.Spencer and C.H.Welch. Toss: Lancashire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 8-0 (Dodds 5*, Avery 3*); 2nd day: Essex (1) 260-9 (Vigar 25*, Preston 0*). 246