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| Venue | County Ground, Lakenham on 10th, 11th August 1951 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Norfolk 3; Essex Second XI 1 |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Essex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RE Evans | c Pearson b Boswell | 48 | |||||
| RA Byrne | lbw b Walmsley | 2 | |||||
| HA Faragher | c Mitchell b Pearson | 17 | |||||
| DC Levick | st Edrich b Boswell | 22 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c Mitchell b Clements | 57 | |||||
| WG Spencer | b Boswell | 13 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Barrett b Clements | 32 | |||||
| P Griffiths | b Clements | 25 | |||||
| CJM Kenny | not out | 3 | |||||
| BC Flinders | c Clements b Boswell | 3 | |||||
| RC Harvey | c Thistleton-Smith b Drinkwater | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84.5 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-33, 3-85, 4-98, 5-114, 6-173, 7-212, 8-225, 9-228, 10-229 (84.5 ov) | |||||||
| Norfolk bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pearson | 12 | 3 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Walmsley | 16 | 3 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moore | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boswell | 25 | 13 | 49 | 4 | - | - | |
| Drinkwater | 13.5 | 3 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clements | 8 | 0 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Norfolk first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PG Powell | b Kenny | 4 | |||||
| NH Moore | c Evans b Harvey | 7 | |||||
| JC Thistleton-Smith | b Levick | 17 | |||||
| WL Drinkwater | c Faragher b Kenny | 75 | |||||
| G Mitchell | c Byrne b Kenny | 81 | |||||
| EH Edrich | c and b Kenny | 3 | |||||
| BA Clements | b Kenny | 58 | |||||
| LA Barrett | not out | 65 | |||||
| CSR Boswell | b Levick | 28 | |||||
| JM Pearson | not out | 10 | |||||
| PG Walmsley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 116 overs) | 357 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-11, 3-42, 4-121, 5-129, 6-252, 7-259, 8-312 | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kenny | 37 | 13 | 78 | 5 | - | - | |
| Harvey | 23 | 6 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Levick | 18 | 5 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 15 | 2 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Faragher | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bear | 13 | 0 | 68 | 0 | - | - | |