minc3773	Essex Second XI v Surrey Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1948
Venue	Palmer's School Ground, Grays on 28th, 29th July 1948 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex Second XI won by 9 wickets
Points	Essex Second XI 10; Surrey Second XI 0
Umpires	AE Bradford, JG Galley
Close of play day 1

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	b Morris	47
DE Young	c Pullinger b Dines	59
B Constable	b Preston	24
EA Watts	c Dines b Morris	2
JL Miell	c Rist b Pullinger	9
G Smith	c Preston b Pullinger	14
REC Pratt	c Rist b Pullinger	5
RR Blades	b Morris	5
DF Cox	c Unwin b Pullinger	16
LM Fisher	c Preston b Pullinger	8
P Westerman	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 58.5 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-126, 3-134, 4-143, 5-161, 6-168, 7-173, 8-178, 9-190, 10-200 (58.5 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	8	0	40	1	-	-
Pullinger	11.5	3	31	5	-	-
Montgomery	4	0	21	0	-	-
Dines	15	2	40	1	-	-
Morris	20	5	58	3	-	-

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Rist	c Watts b Westerman	14
SJ Cray	lbw b Young	67
WB Morris	c Miell b Young	42
RM Taylor	c Westerman b Constable	42
FS Unwin	b Constable	24
WJ Dines	c Westerman b Watts	91
SW Montgomery	b Westerman	11
AB Lavers	b Westerman	5
T Royall	c Fisher b Young	36
GR Pullinger	not out	13
KC Preston	b Young	0
Extras	(12 b, 13 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 101.3 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-79, 3-149, 4-187, 5-221, 6-262, 7-280, 8-328, 9-370, 10-370 (101.3 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	18	3	43	0	-	-
Westerman	18	2	67	3	-	-
Young	28.3	7	102	4	-	-
Cox	4	0	17	0	-	-
Watts	16	3	68	1	-	-
Constable	11	3	38	2	-	-
Miell	6	2	10	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	c and b Lavers	41
DE Young	c Morris b Preston	1
B Constable	c Taylor b Pullinger	28
EA Watts	c Unwin b Morris	0
JL Miell	b Pullinger	4
G Smith	b Preston	50
REC Pratt	not out	14
RR Blades	b Preston	2
DF Cox	b Preston	6
LM Fisher	lbw b Morris	0
P Westerman	hit wkt b Morris	8
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-65, 3-66, 4-72, 5-115, 6-151, 7-157, 8-161, 9-166, 10-174 (44.4 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	10	4	31	4	-	-
Pullinger	9	2	31	2	-	-
Montgomery	5	0	23	0	-	-
Morris	13.4	3	43	3	-	-
Lavers	3	0	12	1	-	-
Taylor	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Preston	lbw b Blades	0
FH Rist	not out	3
SJ Cray	not out	2
WB Morris	did not bat
RM Taylor	did not bat
FS Unwin	did not bat
WJ Dines	did not bat
SW Montgomery	did not bat
AB Lavers	did not bat
T Royall	did not bat
GR Pullinger	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 1.4 overs)	5
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Preston)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blades	1	1	0	1	-	-
Clark	0.4	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LM Fisher made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SW Montgomery made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LM Fisher made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM Taylor made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Royall made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TH Clark (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 30
--> SJ Cray (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Dines (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Royall (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Pullinger achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Surrey Second XI first innings (previous best was 3-106)
--> GR Pullinger achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Surrey Second XI first innings
--> WB Morris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Surrey Second XI first innings (previous best was 1-114)
--> KC Preston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Surrey Second XI second innings (previous best was 1-20)
--> WB Morris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Surrey Second XI second innings (previous best was 3-58)

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