First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

KENT v ESSEX Played at The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells, June 25, 26, 1952. Essex won by an innings and 143 runs. (Points: Kent 0, Essex 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Fagg b Wright 52 2 A.V.Avery lbw b Smith 11 3 †P.A.Gibb c Evans b Wright 22 4 R.Horsfall st Evans b Wright 48 5 *D.J.Insole b Murray-Wood 9 6 T.E.Bailey not out 155 7 R.Smith b Smith 3 8 F.H.Vigar c Evans b Wright 31 9 C.Griffiths st Evans b Murray-Wood 105 10 W.T.Greensmith not out 7 11 K.C.Preston Extras b 9, lb 1, nb 3 13 —— (8 wickets, declared) 456 FoW (1): 1-46, 2-81, 3-96, 4-122, 5-152, 6-161, 7-247, 8-430 KENT 1 A.E.Fagg b Smith 6 c Gibb b Preston 31 2 A.H.Phebey b Smith 18 c Gibb b Smith 8 3 P.Hearn c Preston b Greensmith 55 c Gibb b Bailey 19 4 †T.G.Evans c Gibb b Preston 19 c Gibb b Preston 11 5 S.O’Linn c Gibb b Preston 0 c Vigar b Smith 41 6 R.Mayes b Bailey 7 c Gibb b Greensmith 16 7 *W.Murray-Wood b Bailey 15 b Greensmith 0 8 G.Smith c Dodds b Preston 2 c Bailey b Smith 8 9 R.R.Dovey b Greensmith 10 c sub (J.M.Prodger) b Smith 16 10 D.V.P.Wright st Gibb b Greensmith 3 c sub (J.M.Prodger) b Smith 5 11 J.C.T.Page not out 1 not out 3 Extras b 5, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 9 b 9, nb 1 10 —— —— 145 168 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-30, 3-65, 4-67, 5-79, 6-124, 7-124, 8-134, 9-137, 10-145 FoW (2): 1-27, 2-54, 3-66, 4-99, 5-135, 6-135, 7-143, 8-143, 9-155, 10-168 Kent Bowling O M R W Smith 28 5 89 2 Page 26 3 99 0 Wright 34 4 139 4 Dovey 13 1 60 0 Murray-Wood 8 0 33 2 Hearn 3 0 23 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 16 3 40 3 (3) 7 1 13 2 Smith 24 6 53 2 17 2 72 5 Bailey 15 3 31 2 (1) 9 1 27 1 Greensmith 6 2 12 3 17 6 32 2 Vigar (5) 5 2 14 0 Umpires: F.Chester and H.Elliott. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 7-0 (Fagg 2*, Phebey 3*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. T.E.Bailey’s 155 took 240 minutes and included 16 fours and 2 sixes. C.Griffiths’s 105 took 90 minutes and included 14 fours and 2 sixes. 256