First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

WARWICKSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 28, 30, July 1, 1952. Warwickshire won by ten wickets. (Points: Warwickshire 12, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds b Grove 5 b Grove 12 2 E.A.W.Stanley b Grove 0 b Grove 20 3 †P.A.Gibb c Grove b Townsend 54 b Hollies 37 4 R.Horsfall c Pritchard b Hollies 72 st Spooner b Hollies 2 5 *D.J.Insole run out 3 c Spooner b Townsend 60 6 T.E.Bailey b Pritchard 26 c Dollery b Hollies 6 7 R.Smith b Townsend 3 c Townsend b Bromley 32 8 F.H.Vigar not out 46 c Dollery b Weeks 4 9 C.Griffiths c Ord b Weeks 2 st Spooner b Hollies 10 10 W.T.Greensmith c Ord b Weeks 6 not out 11 11 K.C.Preston st Spooner b Hollies 6 b Weeks 1 Extras lb 1 1 b 4, lb 3, nb 2 9 —— —— 224 204 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-7, 3-120, 4-129, 5-140, 6-150, 7-192, 8-199, 9-213, 10-224 FoW (2): 1-14, 2-55, 3-69, 4-79, 5-107, 6-154, 7-167, 8-184, 9-204, 10-204 WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner c Gibb b Bailey 15 not out 40 2 †R.T.Spooner c and b Preston 33 3 J.S.Ord c Gibb b Bailey 34 4 P.H.Bromley not out 121 5 *H.E.Dollery c Bailey b Preston 10 6 R.E.Hitchcock st Gibb b Smith 58 (2) not out 34 7 A.Townsend c and b Smith 30 8 C.W.C.Grove not out 20 9 R.T.Weeks 10 T.L.Pritchard 11 W.E.Hollies Extras b 16, lb 6, w 1, nb 2 25 b 9, lb 1 10 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 346 (no wicket) 84 FoW (1): 1-38, 2-76, 3-118, 4-132, 5-246, 6-322 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 13 1 50 1 10 2 30 0 Grove 23 7 55 2 14 3 39 2 Townsend 16 1 40 2 (5) 10 2 19 1 Weeks 20 9 28 2 14.2 6 18 2 Hollies 26.3 12 44 2 (3) 27 11 67 4 Bromley 2 1 6 0 3 0 22 1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 28 5 49 2 2 1 4 0 Preston 26 7 70 2 Smith 52 14 139 2 (2) 4 1 15 0 Greensmith 22 7 50 0 2 0 9 0 Vigar 4 0 13 0 Insole (3) 6 1 12 0 Griffiths (5) 3 0 22 0 Horsfall (6) 2 0 4 0 Stanley (7) 0.3 0 8 0 Umpires: P.Corrall and D.Davies. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 56-1 (Spooner 22*, Ord 11*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 38-1 (Stanley 12*, Gibb 14*). P.H.Bromley’s 121 took 300 minutes. The match was played for the benefit of T.L.Pritchard. 272