minc4887	Hertfordshire v Suffolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Letchworth Corner, Letchworth on 24th, 25th August 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Suffolk won by 7 wickets
Points	Hertfordshire 0; Suffolk 10
Umpires	F Berry, AE Bradford
Close of play day 1

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A O'Neill	b Henley-Welch	12
*TW Tyrwhitt-Drake	b Perkins	37
CM Clapham	b Henley-Welch	10
GF Webb	b Hargreaves	0
DJ Carnill	b Collinge	92
GM Ellis	c Perkins b Henley-Welch	6
RG Simons	lbw b Henley-Welch	7
TGA Morley	c Girkin b Collinge	58
RC Hughes	c Downing b Collinge	0
G Meadowcroft	not out	13
R Vine	b Perkins	2
Extras	(19 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	26
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-63, 3-64, 4-82, 5-121, 6-137, 7-248, 8-248, 9-248, 10-263 (79.5 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	15	4	47	3	-	-
Hargreaves	19	3	67	1	-	-
Henley-Welch	25	7	70	4	-	-
Downing	3	0	6	0	-	-
Perkins	10.5	3	22	2	-	-
Wilson	4	1	14	0	-	-
Girkin	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Downing	b Meadowcroft	30
KC Girkin	lbw b Vine	26
BH Belle	c Tyrwhitt-Drake b Morley	44
*MD Corke	c Vine b Morley	85
DF Henley-Welch	c Clapham b Morley	9
CBT Gibbons	not out	24
RA Collinge	st Simons b Carnill	24
BA Wilson	not out	8
GC Perkins	did not bat
CHC Piper	did not bat
HS Hargreaves	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-78, 3-182, 4-205, 5-210, 6-256

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hughes	5	1	15	0	-	-
Meadowcroft	24	4	76	1	-	-
Morley	19	6	70	3	-	-
Vine	19	6	39	1	-	-
Tyrwhitt-Drake	4	0	25	0	-	-
Carnill	3	0	25	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A O'Neill	c Girkin b Collinge	43
*TW Tyrwhitt-Drake	b Perkins	56
CM Clapham	b Perkins	3
GF Webb	b Perkins	2
DJ Carnill	c Downing b Girkin	2
GM Ellis	run out	14
RG Simons	b Girkin	1
TGA Morley	b Perkins	10
RC Hughes	b Perkins	1
G Meadowcroft	b Collinge	0
R Vine	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-76, 3-83, 4-95, 5-96, 6-97, 7-118, 8-133, 9-138, 10-140 (45.2 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	10	1	35	2	-	-
Hargreaves	6	2	24	0	-	-
Henley-Welch	3	1	19	0	-	-
Perkins	15.2	4	28	5	-	-
Girkin	11	1	27	2	-	-

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Suffolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Downing	c Simons b Morley	36
KC Girkin	c Tyrwhitt-Drake b Vine	46
*MD Corke	not out	28
CBT Gibbons	not out	20
BA Wilson	b Morley	2
RA Collinge	did not bat
BH Belle	did not bat
DF Henley-Welch	did not bat
GC Perkins	did not bat
CHC Piper	did not bat
HS Hargreaves	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 32.4 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-80, 3-84

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meadowcroft	4	0	20	0	-	-
Morley	13	2	40	2	-	-
Vine	13	2	53	1	-	-
Tyrwhitt-Drake	1.4	0	14	0	-	-
Webb	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BH Belle (1) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 34
--> A O'Neill (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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