minc5272	Essex Second XI v Somerset Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1958
Venue	The Park, Witham on 5th, 6th June 1958 (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; Somerset Second XI 1
Close of play day 1

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Smith	lbw b Shirreff	90
KW Wallace	lbw b Biddulph	10
RAG Luckin	lbw b Shirreff	2
BR Knight	c Biddulph b Shirreff	53
PA Spicer	lbw b Biddulph	19
GJ Nolan	b Biddulph	1
JF Taylor	c Roe b Biddulph	8
AB Quick	c Virgin b Shirreff	5
CW Wheatley	b Biddulph	4
DA Watt	b Biddulph	9
DT Daniels	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 91.5 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-30, 3-152, 4-163, 5-168, 6-182, 7-191, 8-195, 9-196, 10-207 (91.5 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	28.5	9	45	6	1	-
Harris	4	0	19	0	-	-
Shirreff	27	13	50	4	-	-
Whitehead	9	5	24	0	-	-
Tripp	1	0	8	0	-	-
Virgin	4	0	16	0	-	-
Walker	18	5	41	0	-	-

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	b Daniels	13
B Roe	b Daniels	24
G Atkinson	hit wkt b Spicer	16
AC Shirreff	c Quick b Watt	24
M Walker	lbw b Daniels	26
GM Tripp	st Taylor b Spicer	10
RT Virgin	lbw b Smith	2
GL Keith	run out	3
JH Harris	c Spicer b Smith	0
KD Biddulph	not out	29
AGT Whitehead	c Taylor b Spicer	15
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 81.1 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-59, 3-67, 4-95, 5-113, 6-123, 7-127, 8-127, 9-131, 10-176 (81.1 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	15	4	26	0	-	-
Watt	15	3	39	1	-	-
Daniels	18	2	37	3	-	-
Wheatley	4	1	16	0	-	-
Spicer	21.1	10	19	3	-	-
Smith	8	2	25	2	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Smith	c Walker b Shirreff	36
KW Wallace	c Biddulph b Whitehead	38
RAG Luckin	b Whitehead	3
BR Knight	c Virgin b Shirreff	28
PA Spicer	c and b Whitehead	0
GJ Nolan	b Shirreff	40
JF Taylor	c Virgin b Biddulph	11
AB Quick	c Roe b Biddulph	2
CW Wheatley	c Atkinson b Whitehead	0
DA Watt	not out	1
DT Daniels	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-83, 3-143, 4-148, 5-155, 6-155, 7-160, 8-160, 9-161 (46 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	15	6	46	2	-	-
Shirreff	14	4	52	3	-	-
Whitehead	12	3	38	4	-	-
Walker	5	1	23	0	-	-

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Somerset Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	b Knight	12
B Roe	not out	37
G Atkinson	lbw b Watt	2
AC Shirreff	c Watt b Knight	3
M Walker	b Spicer	2
GM Tripp	not out	7
RT Virgin	did not bat
GL Keith	did not bat
JH Harris	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
AGT Whitehead	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 34 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-18, 3-29, 4-36

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	7	2	16	2	-	-
Watt	5	0	15	1	1	-
Daniels	6	2	13	0	-	-
Wheatley	4	1	3	0	-	-
Spicer	6	3	7	1	-	-
Smith	6	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GJ Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 85 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PA Spicer reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset Second XI first innings

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