minc4648	Essex Second XI v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1954
Venue	Ashlyns Road, Frinton-on-Sea on 5th, 6th July 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex Second XI 3; Norfolk 1
Umpires	SH Moore, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (1) 135/5 (Drinkwater 12*, Hare 2*)

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Evans	st Stevens b Thomas	181			17	-
GW Horrex	lbw b Walmsley	59			6	-
B Taylor	c Laws b Drinkwater	56			7	-
FH Vigar	st Stevens b Powell	22
M Young	not out	15
LHR Ralph	not out	6
BR Knight	did not bat
AR Stanyard	did not bat
FH Rist	did not bat
WG Spencer	did not bat
R Vickers	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-127, 2-252, 3-321, 4-327

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walmsley	20	3	65	1	-	-
Laws	7	0	37	0	1	-
Hare	13	1	55	0	-	1
Drinkwater	21	2	67	1	-	-
Boswell	18	1	67	0	-	-
Thomas	9	1	36	1	-	-
Powell	2	0	12	1	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NH Moore	c Horrex b Knight	7
PG Powell	c Horrex b Ralph	29
WO Thomas	b Vigar	73			8	-
WL Drinkwater	c Ralph b Vigar	27
+BGW Stevens	c and b Vigar	0
JH Edrich	b Knight	3
T Hare	b Vickers	12
BM Laws	c Ralph b Vigar	2
*LA Barrett	st Taylor b Vigar	4
CSR Boswell	not out	3
PG Walmsley	c and b Vigar	0
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-99, 3-130, 4-130, 5-133, 6-147, 7-150, 8-154, 9-171, 10-171 (61.3 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vickers	18	8	32	1	-	-
Knight	13	3	34	2	-	-
Vigar	19.3	3	55	6	-	-
Ralph	10	0	37	1	-	-
Spencer	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Norfolk second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NH Moore	b Ralph	17
PG Powell	st Taylor b Vickers	15
WO Thomas	not out	14
WL Drinkwater	not out	8
+BGW Stevens	did not bat
JH Edrich	did not bat
T Hare	did not bat
BM Laws	did not bat
*LA Barrett	did not bat
CSR Boswell	did not bat
PG Walmsley	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 23 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-35

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vickers	8	2	21	1	-	-
Knight	7	2	16	0	-	-
Vigar	3	1	3	0	-	-
Ralph	5	1	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> M Young made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Edrich made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BM Laws made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Evans (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Evans (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 135
--> WO Thomas (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WL Drinkwater (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 13
--> FH Vigar achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings (previous best was 2-63)
--> FH Vigar achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings

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