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| Venue | Harecroft Road, Wisbech on 30th June, 1st July 1954 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Cambridgeshire 1; Essex Second XI 3 |
| Umpires | AE Bradford, RSM Lay |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Essex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GW Horrex | c and b JF Godfrey | 44 | 5 | - | |||
| RE Evans | lbw b Thomas | 19 | |||||
| B Taylor | c Hawes b JF Godfrey | 21 | |||||
| FH Vigar | c Crouch b Hoyles | 1 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | c Crouch b AW Godfrey | 81 | |||||
| P Gunary | c Nunn b AW Godfrey | 61 | |||||
| BR Knight | not out | 35 | |||||
| AR Stanyard | did not bat | ||||||
| G Cole | did not bat | ||||||
| WG Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| R Vickers | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (20 b, 9 lb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 84.2 overs) | 291 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37 (Evans), 2-68 (Taylor), 3-77 (Vigar), 4-147 (Horrex), 5-233 (Ralph), 6-291 (Gunary, 84.2 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridgeshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomas | 28 | 9 | 86 | 1 | - | - | |
| JF Godfrey | 35 | 11 | 104 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kingston | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hoyles | 5 | 2 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| AW Godfrey | 11.2 | 0 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cambridgeshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CJ Harrisson | c Taylor b Ralph | 13 | 1 | - | |||
| MA Crouch | b Knight | 0 | - | - | |||
| FCM Alexander | c Vigar b Knight | 0 | - | - | |||
| RF Hawes | c Ralph b Knight | 57 | 4 | - | |||
| RA Gautrey | c Taylor b Ralph | 26 | 4 | - | |||
| AW Godfrey | c Ralph b Vickers | 28 | 4 | - | |||
| J Hoyles | lbw b Knight | 7 | 1 | - | |||
| FT Kingston | b Ralph | 31 | 3 | - | |||
| JF Godfrey | b Vickers | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| R Nunn | c Taylor b Knight | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| GL Thomas | not out | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.3 overs) | 183 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Crouch), 2-6 (Alexander), 3-30 (Harrisson), 4-72 (Hawes), 5-128 (AW Godfrey), 6-135 (Hoyles), 7-142 (Gautrey), 8-151 (JF Godfrey), 9-166 (Nunn), 10-183 (Kingston, 65.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vickers | 21 | 4 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Knight | 20 | 7 | 49 | 5 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 9.3 | 2 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Vigar | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gunary | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cole | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stanyard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridgeshire second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CJ Harrisson | c Vickers b Stanyard | 25 | 3 | - | |||
| MA Crouch | lbw b Vigar | 47 | 8 | - | |||
| RF Hawes | st Taylor b Vigar | 1 | - | - | |||
| FCM Alexander | not out | 112 | 13 | - | |||
| RA Gautrey | c and b Ralph | 18 | 3 | - | |||
| AW Godfrey | b Ralph | 2 | - | - | |||
| J Hoyles | lbw b Vickers | 12 | 2 | - | |||
| FT Kingston | not out | 34 | 4 | - | |||
| JF Godfrey | did not bat | ||||||
| R Nunn | did not bat | ||||||
| GL Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 73 overs) | 261 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-56 (Crouch), 2-59 (Hawes), 3-85 (Harrisson), 4-148 (Gautrey), 5-156 (AW Godfrey), 6-173 (Hoyles) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 15 | 2 | 66 | 0 | - | - | |
| Vickers | 19 | 5 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 13 | 5 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Vigar | 17 | 2 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stanyard | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cole | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Evans | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RE Evans | c AW Godfrey b Alexander | 20 | - | - | |||
| B Taylor | b Thomas | 12 | 1 | 1 | |||
| LHR Ralph | c Nunn b Thomas | 11 | - | - | |||
| P Gunary | c Alexander b JF Godfrey | 0 | - | - | |||
| FH Vigar | not out | 4 | - | - | |||
| GW Horrex | not out | 8 | 1 | - | |||
| BR Knight | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Stanyard | did not bat | ||||||
| G Cole | did not bat | ||||||
| WG Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| R Vickers | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 7 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 15 overs) | 65 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Taylor), 2-52 (Ralph), 3-53 (Gunary), 4-53 (Evans) | |||||||
| Cambridgeshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| JF Godfrey | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 5 | 0 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Alexander | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Harrisson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> FH Vigar made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BR Knight made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FT Kingston made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FT Kingston made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Gunary (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 52
--> RF Hawes (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AW Godfrey (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MA Crouch (2) passed 5000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 19
--> FCM Alexander (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FCM Alexander (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FCM Alexander (2) 50 in 47 minutes
--> BR Knight achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cambridgeshire first innings
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