minc4829	Suffolk v Essex Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Town Ground, Felixstowe on 1st, 2nd August 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Suffolk 1; Essex Second XI 3
Umpires	LAC D'Arcy, AED Smith
Close of play day 1

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Gunary	c Girkin b Hargreaves	2
RE Evans	b Hargreaves	37
GJ Smith	b Stevens	5
R Horsfall	c Girkin b Henley-Welch	11
JV Wright	c Girkin b Wilson	75
BR Knight	b Henley-Welch	19
JF Taylor	b Stevens	9
R Vickers	c Downing b Hargreaves	19
AB Quick	c Girkin b Hargreaves	22
EJ Palmer	not out	13
P Cousens	c Girkin b Hargreaves	0
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-46, 4-69, 5-96, 6-119, 7-174, 8-189, 9-214, 10-224 (75.3 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stevens	20	5	42	2	-	-
Hargreaves	20.3	4	61	5	-	-
Henley-Welch	14	1	54	2	-	-
Perkins	13	6	27	0	-	-
Downing	3	1	7	0	-	-
Wilson	5	2	21	1	-	-

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Downing	run out	34
KC Girkin	c Vickers b Palmer	6
BH Belle	b Knight	1
CBT Gibbons	b Palmer	31
MD Corke	c Quick b Cousens	20
DF Henley-Welch	c Quick b Cousens	3
BA Wilson	c Taylor b Knight	11
RF Clark	b Knight	12
GC Perkins	c Smith b Palmer	0
JN Stevens	b Knight	0
HS Hargreaves	not out	1
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-37, 3-66, 4-89, 5-96, 6-119, 7-137, 8-137, 9-137, 10-138 (45.4 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	17	8	30	3	-	-
Vickers	8	1	22	0	-	-
Knight	11.4	3	31	4	-	-
Cousens	4	1	25	2	-	-
Smith	5	2	11	0	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Gunary	c Henley-Welch b Perkins	101
RE Evans	c Perkins b Downing	31
GJ Smith	c Clark b Hargreaves	8
R Horsfall	c Girkin b Perkins	1
JV Wright	not out	21
BR Knight	c Downing b Hargreaves	4
JF Taylor	not out	13
R Vickers	did not bat
AB Quick	did not bat
EJ Palmer	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-89, 2-110, 3-125, 4-146, 5-158

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stevens	7	2	25	0	-	-
Hargreaves	19	3	68	2	-	-
Henley-Welch	2	0	13	0	-	-
Perkins	11	6	34	2	-	-
Downing	6	0	26	1	-	-
Wilson	3	1	13	0	-	-

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Suffolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Downing	b Vickers	0
KC Girkin	c Smith b Knight	39
BH Belle	st Taylor b Cousens	27
CBT Gibbons	c Horsfall b Quick	73
MD Corke	c Taylor b Palmer	21
DF Henley-Welch	c Taylor b Palmer	65
RF Clark	not out	12
HS Hargreaves	not out	0
BA Wilson	did not bat
GC Perkins	did not bat
JN Stevens	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, 64 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-54, 3-60, 4-161, 5-217, 6-251

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	15	2	54	2	-	-
Vickers	6	1	29	1	-	-
Knight	12	3	44	1	-	-
Cousens	9	2	22	1	-	-
Smith	15	6	59	0	-	-
Quick	7	2	29	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JV Wright made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Gunary made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Evans made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Horsfall made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Vickers (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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