First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Ashley Down Ground, Bristol, July 23, 24, 25, 1952. Essex won by 29 runs. (Points: Gloucestershire 0, Essex 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds hit wkt b Lambert 20 c Young b Lambert 7 2 *A.V.Avery c Scott b Griffiths 89 c Milton b Scott 94 3 †P.A.Gibb c Wilson b Scott 18 c Wilson b Scott 76 4 R.Horsfall c Wilson b Cook 44 not out 14 5 F.H.Vigar lbw b Lambert 40 6 R.Smith c Wilson b Cook 2 (5) not out 16 7 E.A.W.Stanley lbw b Cook 4 8 F.H.Rist b Bailey 10 9 W.T.Greensmith b Bailey 3 10 K.C.Preston not out 9 11 C.J.M.Kenny c Wilson b Cook 1 Extras b 20, lb 6, w 1 27 b 2 2 —— —— 267 (3 wickets, declared) 209 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-70, 3-186, 4-186, 5-196, 6-206, 7-230, 8-238, 9-258, 10-267 FoW (2): 1-17, 2-173, 3-182 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 *D.T.L.Bailey lbw b Greensmith 74 b Kenny 51 2 D.M.Young c Greensmith b Preston 13 c Gibb b Kenny 44 3 J.F.Crapp c Horsfall b Greensmith 16 lbw b Kenny 10 4 C.A.Milton c and b Smith 60 c Gibb b Smith 7 5 †A.E.Wilson c Greensmith b Smith 0 b Vigar 90 6 R.A.Diment b Smith 0 (7) c Preston b Kenny 3 7 G.E.E.Lambert c and b Smith 3 (6) c Avery b Smith 7 8 C.J.Scott c and b Greensmith 2 c Horsfall b Kenny 16 9 D.G.Hawkins c and b Smith 5 run out 9 10 J.V.C.Griffiths c Greensmith b Smith 0 c Smith b Vigar 2 11 C.Cook not out 3 not out 0 Extras b 16, lb 6 22 b 8, lb 1, nb 1 10 —— —— 198 249 FoW (1): 1-41, 2-80, 3-161, 4-162, 5-162, 6-170, 7-179, 8-191, 9-195, 10-198 FoW (2): 1-99, 2-100, 3-117, 4-125, 5-139, 6-162, 7-182, 8-226, 9-228, 10-249 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Lambert 24 4 63 2 14 3 45 1 Bailey 9 1 21 2 4 1 12 0 Scott 21 5 53 1 (4) 22 3 56 2 Milton 8 1 29 0 (3) 4 0 18 0 Cook 27 14 36 4 21 10 39 0 Griffiths 12 2 34 1 8 1 26 0 Hawkins 3 1 4 0 3 0 11 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 17 6 37 1 5 0 17 0 Smith 29.2 10 42 6 35 9 84 2 Greensmith 34 14 70 3 (4) 20 5 44 0 Kenny 15 5 27 0 (3) 26 3 80 5 Vigar (5) 6.5 3 14 2 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and D.Davies. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Gloucestershire (1) 56-1 (Bailey 28*, Crapp 1*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 200-3 (Horsfall 13*, Smith 8*). 327