minc5145	Essex Second XI v Somerset Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1957
Venue	Long Ley Ground, Harlow on 23rd, 24th July 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset Second XI won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex Second XI 0; Somerset Second XI 10
Close of play day 1

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Durley	b Eele	72
KW Wallace	c Whitehead b Biddulph	3
JF Cadman	b Lomax	0
GJ Smith	c Greetham b Whitehead	30
PA Spicer	c Bryant b Whitehead	10
GJ Nolan	b Eele	18
M Eastman	c Davies b Eele	12
AB Quick	b Eele	0
DW Bryant	not out	2
DT Daniels	c Davies b Whitehead	5
CW Wheatley	b Harris	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-14, 3-58, 4-82, 5-139, 6-148, 7-148, 8-153, 9-160, 10-160 (72 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	10	2	31	1	-	-
Lomax	14	4	18	1	-	-
Hilton	11	2	32	0	-	-
Whitehead	22	9	37	3	-	-
Harris	9	3	23	1	-	-
Eele	6	3	11	4	-	-

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	b Spicer	20
PJ Eele	c Smith b Daniels	17
GM Tripp	c and b Spicer	38
CHM Greetham	st Durley b Daniels	1
RT Virgin	st Durley b Daniels	25
A Davies	not out	35
JH Harris	not out	28
J Hilton	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
LE Bryant	did not bat
AGT Whitehead	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-48, 3-50, 4-96, 5-106

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wheatley	7	2	12	0	-	1
Bryant	3	2	9	0	-	-
Smith	6	2	11	0	-	-
Daniels	24	3	60	3	-	-
Spicer	24	5	64	2	-	-
Eastman	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Durley	c Whitehead b Hilton	23
KW Wallace	b Lomax	0
JF Cadman	c Virgin b Lomax	0
GJ Smith	c and b Lomax	5
PA Spicer	lbw b Hilton	18
GJ Nolan	c Bryant b Hilton	0
M Eastman	b Harris	28
AB Quick	c Eele b Hilton	10
DW Bryant	b Lomax	3
DT Daniels	b Lomax	4
CW Wheatley	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 46.4 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-30, 4-30, 5-32, 6-58, 7-81, 8-81, 9-85, 10-103 (46.4 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	4	2	5	0	-	2
Lomax	14	4	22	5	-	-
Hilton	15.4	6	47	4	-	-
Harris	4	1	4	1	-	2
Eele	2	0	10	0	-	-
Bryant	7	5	5	0	-	-

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Somerset Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	c Daniels b Spicer	30
GM Tripp	not out	48
CHM Greetham	c Bryant b Wheatley	4
J Hilton	not out	15
PJ Eele	did not bat
RT Virgin	did not bat
A Davies	did not bat
JH Harris	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
LE Bryant	did not bat
AGT Whitehead	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 22 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-51

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wheatley	6	0	21	1	-	2
Smith	6	0	24	0	-	-
Daniels	2	0	17	0	-	-
Spicer	5	0	18	1	-	-
Eastman	2	0	12	0	-	-
Quick	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> M Eastman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Davies made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AW Durley (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GM Tripp (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 26
--> PJ Eele achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Essex Second XI first innings

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