minc4086	Essex Second XI v Middlesex Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1950
Venue	Forest Side, Chingford on 19th, 20th July 1950 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex Second XI won by 9 wickets
Points	Essex Second XI 10; Middlesex Second XI 0
Umpires	AE Bradford, JH Turner
Close of play day 1

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Middlesex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Brearley	c Leiper b Smith	32
RB Hawkey	c Taylor b Smith	2
RS Cooper	c Taylor b Leiper	12
AW Thompson	c Byrne b Cousens	66
DL Newman	c Spencer b Morris	20
D Bennett	b Cousens	0
RP Deller	b Cousens	0
DHK Rata	b Morris	6
WS Ashmore	b Cousens	0
PM Ellis	not out	0
LB Thompson	c Byrne b Cousens	5
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-47, 3-47, 4-107, 5-122, 6-122, 7-139, 8-143, 9-143, 10-148 (53.1 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	12	3	39	2	-	-
Watkins	4	1	15	0	-	-
Leiper	9	4	25	1	-	-
Cousens	14.1	5	29	5	-	-
Morris	14	1	35	2	-	-
Hughes	0	0	0	0	-	-
Spencer	0	0	0	0	-	-

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Evans	b Hawkey	78
RA Byrne	c Ashmore b Deller	5
D Watkins	c Cooper b Deller	3
WB Morris	lbw b Bennett	58
SC Eve	b Bennett	45
JM Leiper	c Newman b Bennett	80
JA Hughes	c AW Thompson b Hawkey	5
WG Spencer	b Bennett	5
B Taylor	b Bennett	19
GJ Smith	not out	0
P Cousens	b Bennett	0
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 74.2 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-139, 4-167, 5-246, 6-282, 7-282, 8-288, 9-314, 10-314 (74.2 ov)

Middlesex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bennett	21.2	3	67	6	-	-
Deller	14	2	65	2	-	-
Ashmore	3	0	17	0	-	-
Ellis	5	0	39	0	-	-
AW Thompson	8	2	21	0	-	-
Rata	6	1	29	0	-	-
Cooper	9	1	34	0	-	-
Hawkey	8	1	26	2	-	-

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Middlesex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Brearley	c Hughes b Smith	20
RB Hawkey	c Taylor b Smith	4
RS Cooper	not out	144
AW Thompson	c Taylor b Leiper	5
DL Newman	c Smith b Hughes	11
D Bennett	c Leiper b Hughes	3
RP Deller	lbw b Hughes	4
DHK Rata	b Morris	0
WS Ashmore	c Hughes b Morris	1
PM Ellis	c Watkins b Spencer	5
LB Thompson	lbw b Spencer	5
Extras	(17 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-28, 3-43, 4-67, 5-91, 6-103, 7-110, 8-136, 9-211, 10-227 (73 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	11	5	25	2	-	-
Watkins	0.1	0	0	0	-	-
Leiper	14	4	52	1	-	-
Cousens	15	5	50	0	-	-
Morris	12	6	14	2	-	-
Hughes	16	2	40	3	-	-
Spencer	4.5	1	21	2	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Evans	not out	21
RA Byrne	b Bennett	4
WB Morris	not out	29
D Watkins	did not bat
SC Eve	did not bat
JM Leiper	did not bat
JA Hughes	did not bat
WG Spencer	did not bat
B Taylor	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(1 wicket, 15.3 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Byrne)

Middlesex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bennett	7	1	24	1	-	-
Deller	3	0	14	0	-	-
Hawkey	1	0	3	0	-	-
LB Thompson	4.3	1	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WS Ashmore made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WS Ashmore made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Evans (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SC Eve (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RS Cooper (2) passed his previous highest score of 57 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RS Cooper (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DL Newman (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> P Cousens achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Middlesex Second XI first innings (previous best was 1-11)
--> P Cousens achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Middlesex Second XI first innings
--> D Bennett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Essex Second XI first innings (previous best was 1-63)
--> D Bennett achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Essex Second XI first innings

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