minc3954	Essex Second XI v Suffolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1949
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 5th, 6th August 1949 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex Second XI 5; Suffolk 3
Umpires	JG Galley, HL Palmer
Scorers	DF Durham, SE Miles
Close of play day 1

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HP Crabtree	c Sharples b Crannis	51
WG Spencer	c Belle b Crannis	66
R Horsfall	c Perkins b Sharples	63
WB Morris	c Perkins b Donaldson	64
HA Faragher	b Sharples	0
FS Unwin	not out	42
WJ Dines	c Crannis b Sharples	28
B Taylor	c Digings b Sharples	1
JA Hughes	c Towns b Crannis	23
KC Preston	lbw b Sharples	24
IJ Skinner	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 100.4 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-118, 2-119, 3-246, 4-246, 5-246, 6-292, 7-294, 8-324, 9-366 (100.4 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sharples	22.4	4	68	5	-	-
Donaldson	14	2	53	1	-	-
Perkins	33	10	90	0	-	-
Belle	3	0	12	0	-	-
Crannis	22	0	108	3	-	-
Digings	6	1	31	0	-	-

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Towns	c Skinner b Preston	39
HL Porter	c Preston b Morris	52
BH Belle	b Skinner	14
MR Ricketts	b Skinner	9
GC Perkins	lbw b Spencer	47
TH Digings	c Crabtree b Hughes	104
ER Baker	not out	52
JE Ricketts	lbw b Hughes	3
M Crannis	lbw b Crabtree	2
OJ Donaldson	b Hughes	2
W Sharples	c Skinner b Hughes	1
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 125.1 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-104, 3-117, 4-119, 5-213, 6-311, 7-319, 8-324, 9-329, 10-335 (125.1 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	27	7	85	1	-	-
Skinner	28	7	80	2	-	-
Crabtree	18	4	42	1	-	-
Dines	15	5	27	0	-	-
Hughes	18.1	4	38	4	-	-
Morris	9	0	24	1	-	-
Unwin	3	0	8	0	-	-
Spencer	7	1	21	1	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Faragher	not out	8
B Taylor	not out	7
HP Crabtree	did not bat
WG Spencer	did not bat
R Horsfall	did not bat
WB Morris	did not bat
FS Unwin	did not bat
WJ Dines	did not bat
JA Hughes	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
IJ Skinner	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(no wicket, 5 overs)	17

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sharples	3	0	12	0	-	-
MR Ricketts	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Sharples made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Ricketts made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> OJ Donaldson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Horsfall (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Dines (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 20
--> GC Perkins (1) equalled his previous highest score of 47 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TH Digings (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TH Digings (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Sharples achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Essex Second XI first innings

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