misc199839	Devon v Royal Navy
	Other matches in England 1953
Venue	The Fortfield, Sidmouth on 17th, 18th July 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Royal Navy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	Gerry, FH Powell
Scorers	DG Ashfield, E Blowey
Close of play day 1

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Royal Navy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Walton	b Coldwell	2			-	-
ALSS Thackara	c Taylor b Coldwell	19			3	-
MLY Ainsworth	c Fairclough b Haines	83			11	-
FC Boys	c Rippon b Fairclough	8			-	-
ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie	not out	210			27	3
BIS Gourlay	b Fairclough	1			-	-
MDM Sellar	st Taylor b Haines	5			1	-
Jones	b Haines	8			2	-
GD Steer	b Haines	0			-	-
JM Vernon	not out	19			2	-
GG Tordoff	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 77 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-21, 3-48, 4-218, 5-219, 6-234, 7-264, 8-290

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	19	4	63	2
Irish	3	1	18	0
Fairclough	15	0	77	2
Haines	23	3	103	4
Ellis	7	0	40	0
Rippon	9	1	43	0
Humphries	1	0	11	0

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NH Humphries	b Tordoff	33			6	-
HD Fairclough	not out	54			5	-
AF Irish	lbw b Steer	0			-	-
RV Turner	b Tordoff	21			3	-
CS Taylor	b Jones	5			1	-
RD Hawkes	not out	22			4	-
TJ Wood	did not bat
DL Haines	did not bat
DJ Rippon	did not bat
DR Ellis	did not bat
LJ Coldwell	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 57 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-85, 3-113, 4-118

Royal Navy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tordoff	22	5	49	2	-
Steer	17	8	32	1	-
Vernon	4	0	22	0	-
Jones	14	4	32	1	-

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