First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

LANCASHIRE v ESSEX Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, July 9, 10, 11, 1952. Match drawn. (Points: Lancashire 4, Essex 0) LANCASHIRE 1 C.Washbrook c Insole b Preston 1 c Avery b Preston 16 2 J.T.Ikin lbw b Bailey 34 b Insole 85 3 G.A.Edrich c Horsfall b Smith 74 b Greensmith 8 4 W.Place st Gibb b Greensmith 99 c and b Insole 54 5 A.Wharton c Preston b Greensmith 71 not out 11 6 K.J.Grieves not out 33 not out 7 7 *N.D.Howard not out 24 8 †A.Wilson 9 J.B.Statham 10 R.Tattersall 11 R.Berry Extras b 5, lb 7, nb 1 13 lb 1, w 1 2 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 349 (4 wickets, declared) 183 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-88, 3-148, 4-292, 5-292 FoW (2): 1-29, 2-46, 3-164, 4-166 ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery lbw b Statham 0 2 T.C.Dodds run out 53 3 †P.A.Gibb c Wilson b Wharton 18 4 R.Horsfall c Wilson b Berry 49 5 *D.J.Insole st Wilson b Berry 27 6 T.E.Bailey b Statham 22 7 F.H.Vigar b Statham 19 8 C.Griffiths b Wharton 14 9 R.Smith not out 12 10 W.T.Greensmith c Edrich b Ikin 8 11 K.C.Preston c Wilson b Ikin 6 Extras b 2, nb 1 3 —— 231 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-58, 3-81, 4-134, 5-152, 6-186, 7-205, 8-205, 9-223, 10-231 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 24 10 49 1 8.2 0 41 0 Preston 17 2 49 1 15 3 46 1 Smith 35 6 101 1 Greensmith 31 8 73 2 11 2 59 1 Insole 10 0 40 0 (3) 6 0 35 2 Vigar 5 0 24 0 Lancashire Bowling O M R W Statham 25 5 66 3 Wharton 14 0 57 2 Berry 20 12 28 2 Tattersall 14 5 35 0 Ikin 14.4 2 42 2 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and J.S.Buller. Toss: Lancashire Close of Play: 1st day: Lancashire (1) 349-5 (Grieves 31*, Howard 24*); 2nd day: Lancashire (2) 72-2 (Ikin 44*, Place 3*). 295