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| Venue | Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 5th, 6th August 1949 (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 5; Suffolk 3 |
| Umpires | JG Galley, HL Palmer |
| Scorers | DF Durham, SE Miles |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Essex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HP Crabtree | c Sharples b Crannis | 51 | |||||
| WG Spencer | c Belle b Crannis | 66 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c Perkins b Sharples | 63 | |||||
| WB Morris | c Perkins b Donaldson | 64 | |||||
| HA Faragher | b Sharples | 0 | |||||
| FS Unwin | not out | 42 | |||||
| WJ Dines | c Crannis b Sharples | 28 | |||||
| B Taylor | c Digings b Sharples | 1 | |||||
| JA Hughes | c Towns b Crannis | 23 | |||||
| KC Preston | lbw b Sharples | 24 | |||||
| IJ Skinner | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 100.4 overs) | 366 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-118, 2-119, 3-246, 4-246, 5-246, 6-292, 7-294, 8-324, 9-366 (100.4 ov) | |||||||
| Suffolk bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sharples | 22.4 | 4 | 68 | 5 | - | - | |
| Donaldson | 14 | 2 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Perkins | 33 | 10 | 90 | 0 | - | - | |
| Belle | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Crannis | 22 | 0 | 108 | 3 | - | - | |
| Digings | 6 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Suffolk first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WR Towns | c Skinner b Preston | 39 | |||||
| HL Porter | c Preston b Morris | 52 | |||||
| BH Belle | b Skinner | 14 | |||||
| MR Ricketts | b Skinner | 9 | |||||
| GC Perkins | lbw b Spencer | 47 | |||||
| TH Digings | c Crabtree b Hughes | 104 | |||||
| ER Baker | not out | 52 | |||||
| JE Ricketts | lbw b Hughes | 3 | |||||
| M Crannis | lbw b Crabtree | 2 | |||||
| OJ Donaldson | b Hughes | 2 | |||||
| W Sharples | c Skinner b Hughes | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 125.1 overs) | 335 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75, 2-104, 3-117, 4-119, 5-213, 6-311, 7-319, 8-324, 9-329, 10-335 (125.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 27 | 7 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Skinner | 28 | 7 | 80 | 2 | - | - | |
| Crabtree | 18 | 4 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dines | 15 | 5 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 18.1 | 4 | 38 | 4 | - | - | |
| Morris | 9 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Unwin | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 7 | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HA Faragher | not out | 8 | |||||
| B Taylor | not out | 7 | |||||
| HP Crabtree | did not bat | ||||||
| WG Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| R Horsfall | did not bat | ||||||
| WB Morris | did not bat | ||||||
| FS Unwin | did not bat | ||||||
| WJ Dines | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Hughes | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| IJ Skinner | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 5 overs) | 17 | |||||
| Suffolk bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sharples | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| MR Ricketts | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> W Sharples made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Ricketts made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> OJ Donaldson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Horsfall (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Dines (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 20
--> GC Perkins (1) equalled his previous highest score of 47 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TH Digings (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TH Digings (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Sharples achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Essex Second XI first innings
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