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Cambridgeshire v Essex Second XI Men Minor Counties Championship / National Counties Championship Records

Number of Matches 23 From: 09 August 1948 To: 17 August 1959
Cambridgeshire won 3
Essex Second XI won 9
Draws 11
Ties 0
1 match between these teams was abandoned

Cambridgeshire

Highest Team Total 370 for 4 declared FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1949
Lowest All-Out Team Total 50 The Park, Witham 1954
Most Runs in innings 192* MA Crouch FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1949
Best Bowling in innings 8-26 JF Godfrey Forest Side, Chingford 1952
Best Bowling in match 12-182 JF Godfrey Forest Side, Chingford 1952
1st Wkt 171 CE Coote (75) MA Crouch (192*) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1949
2nd Wkt 146* MA Crouch (88*) WB Morris (54*) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1955
3rd Wkt 116 WB Morris (83) DA Howarth (47) Harecroft Road, Wisbech 1957
4th Wkt 102 E Davis (77) WB Morris (32) Spicer's Sports Ground, Sawston 1958
5th Wkt 118 Iftikhar Bukhari (72) MA Crouch (71) The Avenue Sports Club Ground, March 1956
6th Wkt 100 MA Crouch (118) DA Howarth (41*) The Avenue Sports Club Ground, March 1959
7th Wkt 88* FCM Alexander (112*) FT Kingston (34*) Harecroft Road, Wisbech 1954
8th Wkt† 82 MA Crouch (88) R Nunn (35) The Avenue Sports Club Ground, March 1956
9th Wkt† 39 RA Gautrey (68) CB Gadsby (10) Spicer's Sports Ground, Sawston 1958
10th Wkt 34 AW Godfrey (28*) IT Craig (17) Harecroft Road, Wisbech 1957
Most Runs
Name Matches Innings Not Outs Runs HS Average
MA Crouch 22 38 7 1459 192* 47.06
Most Wickets
Name Matches Balls Maidens Runs Wickets Average BB
JF Godfrey 10 2498 109 1003 64 15.67 8/26
Most Catches
Name Matches Catches
R Nunn 10 21
Most Stumpings
Name Matches Stumpings
R Nunn 10 8

Essex Second XI

Highest Team Total 377 for 7 declared FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1948
Lowest All-Out Team Total 73 Forest Side, Chingford 1952
Most Runs in innings 150* JV Wright Spicer's Sports Ground, Sawston 1958
Best Bowling in innings 7-21 KC Preston The Park, Witham 1954
Best Bowling in match 12-69 KC Preston The Park, Witham 1954
1st Wkt 172 PA Gibb (112) LA Savill (82) The Avenue Sports Club Ground, March 1956
2nd Wkt 147 JH Purves (106) JWT Wilcox (67) Ashlyns Road, Frinton-on-Sea 1959
3rd Wkt 100 FH Rist (98) LHR Ralph (46) The Park, Witham 1955
4th Wkt 166 P Palmer (84) AR Stanyard (86*) The Avenue Sports Club Ground, March 1959
5th Wkt† 89* PA Spicer (37*) JF Taylor (50*) Ashlyns Road, Frinton-on-Sea 1958
6th Wkt 166 WJ Dines (113) JM Leiper (83) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1948
7th Wkt† 78 JV Wright (150*) WDF Dow (25) Spicer's Sports Ground, Sawston 1958
8th Wkt 70 D Watkins (73) B Taylor (23) Crittalls Ground, Braintree 1949
9th Wkt 42 WG Spencer (30) JA Bailey (15*) Frambury Lane, Newport 1953
10th Wkt 35 EAW Stanley (50) KE Sparkes (3*) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1949
Most Runs
Name Matches Innings Not Outs Runs HS Average
EAW Stanley 10 18 2 567 117* 35.43
Most Wickets
Name Matches Balls Maidens Runs Wickets Average BB
PA Spicer 5 1049 38 538 21 25.61 7/28
Most Catches
Name Matches Catches
AB Quick 9 11
B Taylor 10 11
Most Stumpings
Name Matches Stumpings
B Taylor 10 9

† The partnership record for the marked wickets may have been exceeded in other matches for which we don't have fall of wickets data.

Kevin Jones, Kevin Clement

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