minc5038	Middlesex Second XI v Suffolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	John Walker's Ground, Southgate on 22nd, 23rd August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex Second XI 3; Suffolk 1
Umpires	LAC D'Arcy, C Fairservice
Close of play day 1

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Middlesex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Girkin b Perkins	70
PH Parfitt	b Perkins	21
RW Hooker	c Prior b Upson	12
RA Gale	not out	109
SEJ Russell	not out	50
DL Newman	did not bat
AJ Card	did not bat
HW Tilly	did not bat
LH Compton	did not bat
ST Ilsley	did not bat
T Angus	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 81.5 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-84, 3-122

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Upson	22.5	1	84	1	-	-
Dinwiddy	12	2	55	0	-	-
Perkins	29	7	56	2	-	-
Girkin	14	0	47	0	-	-
Wilson	4	1	20	0	-	-

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Girkin	b Angus	4
ID Prior	c Angus b Tilly	7
BH Belle	b Tilly	8
CBT Gibbons	st Compton b WE Russell	83
MD Corke	c Hooker b WE Russell	89
BA Wilson	b WE Russell	0
PR Downing	not out	19
CHC Piper	c Tilly b WE Russell	1
GC Perkins	b Gale	2
RC Upson	st Compton b WE Russell	0
JR Dinwiddy	st Compton b WE Russell	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-30, 4-183, 5-184, 6-209, 7-217, 8-222, 9-223, 10-223 (87 ov)

Middlesex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Angus	15	4	38	1	-
Tilly	20	11	28	2	-
Ilsley	12	5	28	0	-
Hooker	4	1	10	0	-
Card	14	2	53	0	-
Gale	11	2	30	1	-
WE Russell	11	3	26	6	-

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Middlesex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	not out	11
PH Parfitt	lbw b Perkins	51
RW Hooker	st Prior b Perkins	51
RA Gale	run out	0
SEJ Russell	not out	12
AJ Card	b Upson	2
DL Newman	did not bat
HW Tilly	did not bat
LH Compton	did not bat
ST Ilsley	did not bat
T Angus	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 39 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-96, 3-115, 4-121

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Upson	17	3	65	1	-	-
Dinwiddy	3	0	17	0	-	-
Perkins	14	5	20	2	-	-
Girkin	3	0	22	0	-	-
Downing	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Suffolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Girkin	c Tilly b Gale	22
ID Prior	run out	12
BH Belle	b Ilsley	2
CBT Gibbons	not out	58
MD Corke	b Ilsley	3
BA Wilson	not out	16
PR Downing	b Angus	5
CHC Piper	did not bat
GC Perkins	did not bat
RC Upson	did not bat
JR Dinwiddy	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 44 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-26, 3-33, 4-41, 5-80

Middlesex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Angus	5	0	12	1	-
Tilly	5	4	2	0	-
Ilsley	9	1	29	2	-
Hooker	1	0	4	0	-
Card	6	0	19	0	-
Gale	8	4	14	1	-
WE Russell	7	0	33	0	-
Parfitt	3	1	5	0	-

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Notes
--> SEJ Russell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Gale made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SEJ Russell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LH Compton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Gale (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Gale (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Russell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Suffolk first innings (previous best was 1-26)
--> WE Russell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Suffolk first innings

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