First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, July 12, 14, 15, 1952. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 4, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery c Barrick b Starkie 224 not out 62 2 T.C.Dodds c Oldfield b Clarke 2 b Brice 56 3 †P.A.Gibb b Brown 132 c and b Starkie 14 4 R.Horsfall c Reynolds b Clarke 6 b Barrick 13 5 *D.J.Insole c and b Broderick 18 6 T.E.Bailey c Jakeman b Broderick 1 7 K.C.Preston c Broderick b Starkie 4 8 F.H.Rist b Broderick 18 9 F.H.Vigar b Starkie 9 (6) not out 3 10 W.T.Greensmith not out 4 (5) st Reynolds b Barrick 4 11 C.J.M.Kenny Extras b 2, lb 5, w 1, nb 2 10 b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 428 (4 wickets) 158 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-300, 3-313, 4-384, 5-386, 6-396, 7-402, 8-418, 9-428 FoW (2): 1-87, 2-112, 3-139, 4-149 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes not out 204 2 V.Broderick b Preston 7 3 E.Davis b Greensmith 22 4 N.Oldfield b Preston 6 5 F.Jakeman b Kenny 26 6 D.W.Barrick c Rist b Greensmith 211 7 *F.R.Brown c Vigar b Rist 38 8 †B.L.Reynolds 9 G.H.J.Brice 10 S.Starkie 11 R.W.Clarke Extras b 7, lb 3, w 3, nb 5 18 —— (6 wickets, declared) 532 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-69, 3-76, 4-125, 5-472, 6-532 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Brown 34 7 94 1 3 2 1 0 Clarke 28 6 88 2 7 1 37 0 Brice 19 1 88 0 9 0 47 1 Starkie 28 3 99 3 13 3 29 1 Broderick 15 0 49 3 8 1 14 0 Barrick (6) 4 0 17 2 Jakeman (7) 3 0 7 0 Essex Bowling O M R W Bailey 24 2 79 0 Preston 34 5 89 2 Kenny 39 4 116 1 Insole 24 4 95 0 Greensmith 32 5 109 2 Vigar 4 0 18 0 Rist 4.1 2 8 1 Umpires: G.S.Mobey and T.W.Spencer. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 428-9 (Greensmith 4*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (1) 336-3 (Brookes 136*, Barrick 128*). A.V.Avery’s 224 took 345 minutes and included 23 fours. P.A.Gibb’s 132 took 255 minutes and included 16 fours. D.Brookes’s 204 took 540 minutes and included 17 fours. D.W.Barrick’s 211 included 33 fours. D.J.Insole was no-balled for throwing in the Northamptonshire first innings. 303