First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

WORCESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, August 2, 4, 5, 1952. Match drawn. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Essex 0) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.Kenyon c Gibb b Bailey 8 2 P.E.Richardson c Gibb b Preston 102 3 L.F.Outschoorn c Gibb b Smith 1 4 R.G.Broadbent b Preston 76 5 N.H.Whiting c Avery b Greensmith 6 6 P.J.Whitcombe c Smith b Kenny 73 7 R.O.Jenkins lbw b Kenny 27 8 L.N.Devereux not out 10 9 R.T.D.Perks c Insole b Kenny 0 10 †H.Yarnold c Horsfall b Kenny 5 11 G.H.Chesterton b Preston 1 Extras b 4, lb 6, nb 1 11 —— 320 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-19, 3-166, 4-238, 5-249, 6-295, 7-308, 8-308, 9-315, 10-320 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Whiting b Jenkins 73 2 A.V.Avery c Jenkins b Chesterton 51 3 †P.A.Gibb lbw b Perks 21 4 R.Horsfall c Richardson b Jenkins 7 5 *D.J.Insole st Yarnold b Jenkins 12 6 T.E.Bailey run out 15 7 R.Smith not out 33 8 F.H.Vigar 9 W.T.Greensmith 10 K.C.Preston 11 C.J.M.Kenny Extras b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 8 —— (6 wickets) 220 FoW (1): 1-113, 2-137, 3-158, 4-171, 5-171, 6-220 Essex Bowling O M R W Bailey 37 14 80 1 Preston 26.3 13 35 3 Smith 33 6 81 1 Kenny 21 6 51 4 Greensmith 21 7 62 1 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Perks 16.5 0 83 1 Chesterton 13 3 57 1 Broadbent 1 0 8 0 Jenkins 20 3 64 3 Umpires: A.E.Boulton-Carter and T.W.Spencer. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 161-2 (Richardson 74*, Broadbent 76*); 2nd day: Essex (1) 220-6 (Bailey 15*, Smith 33*). There was no play on the final day. P.E.Richardson’s 102 took 360 minutes. 360