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| Venue | Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 25th, 26th July 1952 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essex Second XI 3; Norfolk 1 |
| Umpires | LAC D'Arcy, PJ Franklin |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Norfolk first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WO Thomas | c Taylor b Lynch | 24 | |||||
| PG Powell | b Faragher | 84 | |||||
| BA Clements | c Savill b Cousens | 43 | |||||
| BGW Stevens | b Watkins | 48 | |||||
| LA Barrett | b Ralph | 14 | |||||
| DD Carter | b Ralph | 2 | |||||
| CSR Boswell | c Byrne b Faragher | 5 | |||||
| WL Drinkwater | b Cousens | 28 | |||||
| PG Walmsley | b Ralph | 4 | |||||
| JL Fielding | b Cousens | 7 | |||||
| JC Beare | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 104.2 overs) | 280 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-73, 2-152, 3-162, 4-182, 5-198, 6-207, 7-250, 8-267, 9-275, 10-280 (104.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watkins | 16 | 2 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 33 | 7 | 97 | 3 | - | - | |
| Faragher | 11 | 3 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cousens | 36.2 | 10 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lynch | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WG Spencer | b Beare | 8 | |||||
| RA Byrne | b Clements | 68 | |||||
| GHS West | c Clements b Fielding | 21 | |||||
| +B Taylor | b Walmsley | 2 | |||||
| HA Faragher | lbw b Beare | 64 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | c and b Drinkwater | 29 | |||||
| RV Lynch | b Boswell | 4 | |||||
| D Watkins | b Drinkwater | 86 | |||||
| GJ Smith | lbw b Powell | 57 | |||||
| LA Savill | not out | 13 | |||||
| P Cousens | b Boswell | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 9 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 115.2 overs) | 376 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-74, 3-83, 4-134, 5-180, 6-190, 7-232, 8-333, 9-355, 10-376 (115.2 ov) | |||||||
| Norfolk bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Walmsley | 31 | 6 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Beare | 10 | 0 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Boswell | 28.2 | 13 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Clements | 18 | 2 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fielding | 12 | 3 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Drinkwater | 11 | 3 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Carter | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Powell | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Norfolk second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WO Thomas | not out | 51 | |||||
| PG Powell | st Taylor b Savill | 78 | |||||
| BA Clements | did not bat | ||||||
| BGW Stevens | did not bat | ||||||
| LA Barrett | did not bat | ||||||
| DD Carter | did not bat | ||||||
| CSR Boswell | did not bat | ||||||
| WL Drinkwater | did not bat | ||||||
| PG Walmsley | did not bat | ||||||
| JL Fielding | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Beare | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 2 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 45 overs) | 136 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-135 (Powell) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watkins | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 9 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Faragher | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cousens | 14 | 6 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lynch | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| West | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Savill | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |