First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

MIDDLESEX v ESSEX Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 20, 21, 22, 1952. Essex won by 111 runs. (Points: Middlesex 0, Essex 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds b Young 100 c Brown b D.C.S.Compton 55 2 A.V.Avery c D.C.S.Compton b Warr 24 3 †P.A.Gibb lbw b Warr 2 (2) st L.H.Compton b Young 22 4 R.Horsfall lbw b Warr 5 c Brown b D.C.S.Compton 0 5 *D.J.Insole st L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 29 c L.H.Compton b Young 17 6 T.E.Bailey lbw b Young 8 7 R.Smith run out 0 (3) b D.C.S.Compton 34 8 F.H.Vigar b Warr 12 (7) not out 2 9 W.T.Greensmith b Young 48 (8) lbw b D.C.S.Compton 0 10 K.C.Preston not out 56 (6) b D.C.S.Compton 18 11 C.J.M.Kenny not out 4 Extras b 5, lb 2, nb 5 12 b 4, lb 4 8 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 300 (7 wickets, declared) 156 FoW (1): 1-74, 2-81, 3-99, 4-161, 5-171, 6-174, 7-179, 8-203, 9-281 FoW (2): 1-72, 2-86, 3-95, 4-128, 5-146, 6-156, 7-156 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Gibb b Preston 83 (7) c Greensmith b Smith 2 2 S.M.Brown c and b Kenny 52 (1) b Preston 1 3 W.J.Edrich b Preston 26 (2) c sub b Smith 78 4 *D.C.S.Compton b Preston 0 (6) c Preston b Smith 2 5 H.P.H.Sharp b Bailey 7 lbw b Kenny 0 6 W.Knightley-Smith b Preston 1 (8) b Smith 9 7 D.Bennett not out 26 (4) c Greensmith b Kenny 2 8 †L.H.Compton b Bailey 7 (3) b Bailey 22 9 J.J.Warr b Preston 2 b Vigar 0 10 J.A.Young b Vigar 0 11 A.E.Moss not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 1, w 1, nb 5 14 b 9, lb 2 11 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 218 127 FoW (1): 1-107, 2-153, 3-153, 4-177, 5-179, 6-185, 7-211, 8-218 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-55, 3-62, 4-65, 5-82, 6-92, 7-123, 8-127, 9-127, 10-127 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Warr 29 5 75 4 (2) 4 0 20 0 Moss 8 0 23 0 (1) 5 0 18 0 Young 50 24 74 3 19 6 42 2 D.C.S.Compton 21 6 61 1 (5) 13.5 1 52 5 Edrich 10 0 35 0 Bennett 7.3 1 20 0 (4) 5 0 16 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 28 9 57 2 8 1 17 1 Preston 19 4 48 5 5 0 31 1 Smith 13 2 41 0 (4) 11 2 19 4 Greensmith 5 0 19 0 Kenny 18 6 39 1 (3) 9 1 31 2 Vigar (5) 4.5 1 18 2 Umpires: J.S.Buller and A.E.Pothecary. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 199-7 (Vigar 9*, Greensmith 12*); 2nd day: Middlesex (1) 185-6 (Bennett 3*). 396