minc5000	Norfolk v Suffolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 8th, 9th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Suffolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Norfolk 3; Suffolk 1
Umpires	J O'Connor, WF Simpson
Close of play day 1	Suffolk (2) 121/3 (Gibbons 24*, Wilson 15*)

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Downing	c Moore b Phipps	2
KC Girkin	c Stevens b Coomb	20
+ID Prior	c Coomb b Phipps	7
CBT Gibbons	lbw b Witherden	2
*MD Corke	b Tilney	19
DF Henley-Welch	b Witherden	9
GN Peters	lbw b Witherden	2
BA Wilson	c Tilney b Coomb	0
AH Greengrass	lbw b Witherden	7
RC Upson	b Coomb	0
GC Perkins	not out	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 42.5 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-15, 3-21, 4-42, 5-51, 6-53, 7-58, 8-61, 9-61, 10-69 (42.5 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	14	8	15	3	-	-
Phipps	13	7	10	2	-	-
Witherden	10.5	3	30	4	-	-
Tilney	5	2	14	1	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PG Powell	st Prior b Upson	1
DW Thaxter	c Girkin b Perkins	20
WO Thomas	b Henley-Welch	4
NH Moore	c Perkins b Wilson	54			6	1
EG Witherden	lbw b Perkins	18
RHG Hoff	b Upson	6
AG Coomb	c and b Perkins	14
NJ Tilney	c Henley-Welch b Upson	5
GG Fiddler	b Perkins	0
+BGW Stevens	not out	0
D Phipps	c Prior b Perkins	0
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-18, 3-36, 4-105, 5-111, 6-113, 7-132, 8-132, 9-132, 10-132 (48.3 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Henley-Welch	11	1	29	1	-	-
Upson	10	5	24	3	-	-
Perkins	19.3	11	27	5	-	-
Peters	3	0	17	0	-	-
Wilson	5	0	25	1	-	-

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Suffolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Downing	c and b Coomb	10
KC Girkin	c Powell b Witherden	40
+ID Prior	lbw b Witherden	32
CBT Gibbons	c Stevens b Witherden	35
BA Wilson	lbw b Coomb	60			4	-
DF Henley-Welch	c Witherden b Phipps	73			5	2
*MD Corke	not out	21
GN Peters	c Fiddler b Tilney	30
AH Greengrass	lbw b Witherden	6
RC Upson	did not bat
GC Perkins	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-79, 3-87, 4-142, 5-252, 6-255, 7-302, 8-313 (107 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	35	11	90	2	-	-
Phipps	17	3	73	1	-	-
Witherden	35	10	73	4	-	-
Tilney	15	4	52	1	-	-
Thomas	2	0	11	0	-	-
Fiddler	2	0	8	0	-	-
Moore	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PG Powell	c Girkin b Perkins	30
DW Thaxter	b Downing	0
NH Moore	b Perkins	25
EG Witherden	not out	56			6	-
WO Thomas	not out	48
RHG Hoff	did not bat
AG Coomb	did not bat
NJ Tilney	did not bat
GG Fiddler	did not bat
+BGW Stevens	did not bat
D Phipps	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 64 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-54, 3-59

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Upson	16	5	25	0	-	-
Downing	3	0	14	1	-	-
Perkins	24	9	43	2	-	-
Girkin	11	1	24	0	-	-
Peters	3	0	17	0	-	-
Henley-Welch	4	0	19	0	-	-
Wilson	2	0	9	0	-	-
Corke	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GG Fiddler made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GN Peters made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AG Coomb reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Suffolk first innings
--> RC Upson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings (previous best was 2-28)

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