First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

ESSEX v YORKSHIRE Played at Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea, August 27, 28, 29, 1952. Yorkshire won by ten wickets. (Points: Essex 0, Yorkshire 12) YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton c Vigar b Bailey 58 2 F.A.Lowson hit wkt b Preston 1 3 J.V.Wilson c Gibb b Bailey 26 4 H.Halliday c Gibb b Smith 41 5 W.Watson not out 107 6 W.H.H.Sutcliffe c and b Smith 0 7 D.B.Close b Smith 38 8 *N.W.D.Yardley c Gibb b Bailey 8 9 J.H.Wardle not out 16 (1) not out 5 10 †D.V.Brennan (2) not out 10 11 C.W.Foord Extras b 4, lb 4, nb 8 16 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 311 (no wicket) 15 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-65, 3-102, 4-177, 5-177, 6-253, 7-274 ESSEX 1 †P.A.Gibb c Watson b Yardley 3 c Hutton b Yardley 1 2 *D.J.Insole c Wilson b Halliday 62 lbw b Yardley 60 3 R.Smith c Wilson b Foord 0 (7) lbw b Wardle 4 4 R.Horsfall c Hutton b Foord 2 c Brennan b Yardley 7 5 T.E.Bailey c Brennan b Foord 0 lbw b Yardley 0 6 C.Griffiths b Wardle 4 b Wardle 1 7 F.H.Vigar run out 10 (3) c Hutton b Yardley 58 8 A.B.Quick b Foord 1 st Brennan b Wardle 57 9 W.T.Greensmith lbw b Halliday 6 b Wardle 22 10 K.C.Preston not out 12 b Halliday 4 11 C.J.M.Kenny b Wardle 0 not out 1 Extras b 4, lb 3 7 lb 3 3 —— —— 107 218 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-7, 3-11, 4-11, 5-28, 6-64, 7-74, 8-91, 9-96, 10-107 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-82, 3-108, 4-112, 5-113, 6-117, 7-169, 8-199, 9-206, 10-218 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 28 6 58 3 Preston 21 3 62 1 Smith 30 4 109 3 Kenny 17 1 38 0 Greensmith 3 0 23 0 Insole 3 1 5 0 Quick (1) 1.5 0 10 0 Vigar (2) 1 0 5 0 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Foord 12 4 21 4 17 6 42 0 Yardley 12 2 25 1 31 10 57 5 Wardle 20 8 42 2 23.4 6 68 4 Halliday 10 4 12 2 15 6 36 1 Close (5) 5 1 12 0 Umpires: F.Chester and F.S.Lee. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 311-7 (Watson 107*, Wardle 16*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 206-9 (Greensmith 11*). W.Watson’s 107 included 14 fours. 411