minc3723	Surrey Second XI v Essex Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1948
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 22nd, 24th May 1948 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey Second XI 5; Essex Second XI 3
Umpires	WJ Goodchild, DH Tregear
Close of play day 1

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Thornton	b Wait	2
WG Spencer	run out	124
EC Tedder	c Brown b Smith	33
RM Taylor	c Wait b Miell	39
*FS Unwin	c Constable b Wait	94
WB Morris	b Miell	70
WT Greensmith	not out	25
+RFT Paterson	c Kirby b Smith	12
BR Dowsing	not out	3
RB King	did not bat
GR Pullinger	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	419
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-62, 3-131, 4-254, 5-333, 6-378, 7-407

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	33	3	88	2	-	-
Wait	19	1	116	2	-	-
Pratt	15	1	80	0	-	-
Miell	31	4	96	2	-	-
Constable	4	0	22	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Greensmith	95
TH Clark	c Paterson b Pullinger	31
AJ Brown	b Morris	14
GJ Whittaker	b Pullinger	80
B Constable	c Spencer b Dowsing	132
JL Miell	not out	104
G Smith	c and b Pullinger	3
*RR Blades	c King b Dowsing	3
+GNG Kirby	not out	6
DE Pratt	did not bat
OJ Wait	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 130 overs)	483
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-93, 3-198, 4-246, 5-444, 6-456, 7-461

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pullinger	32	6	106	3	-	-
Dowsing	16	2	70	2	-	-
Morris	40	10	114	1	-	-
Taylor	21	7	58	0	-	-
Greensmith	13	3	55	1	-	-
King	7	0	48	0	-	-
Spencer	1	0	17	0	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Thornton	c Brown b Smith	4
WG Spencer	c Pratt b Clark	46
EC Tedder	c Miell b Smith	0
RM Taylor	not out	45
WB Morris	c Wait b Clark	8
*FS Unwin	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
+RFT Paterson	did not bat
BR Dowsing	did not bat
RB King	did not bat
GR Pullinger	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 28.3 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-82, 4-108 (28.3 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	8	1	36	2	-	-
Wait	7	1	28	0	-	-
Pratt	2	0	9	0	-	-
Clark	6.3	2	8	2	-	-
Fletcher	5	2	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> VJ Thornton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WG Spencer made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EC Tedder made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FS Unwin made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WB Morris made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WT Greensmith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RFT Paterson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BR Dowsing made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RB King made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Pullinger made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JL Miell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DE Pratt made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> VJ Thornton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RFT Paterson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BR Dowsing made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RB King made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WG Spencer (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DGW Fletcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Brown (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> B Constable (1) passed his previous highest score of 124 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JL Miell (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches

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