f10707 cc4505	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1923
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 18th, 20th, 21st August 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 263 runs
Points	Essex 5; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	JH Board, LC Braund
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 70/4 (Freeman 24*, Ashton 4*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 192/3 (O'Connor 74*, Perrin 14*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FWH Nicholas	c Bellamy b Murdin	5
JR Freeman	b Clark	57
J O'Connor	b Murdin	0
CAG Russell	b PA Wright	32
PA Perrin	c Bellamy b Murdin	1
CT Ashton	c Bagnall b Clark	43
*JWHT Douglas	c Bellamy b Thomas	15
+FW Gilligan	c Bellamy b Clark	9
HWF Franklin	not out	2
LC Eastman	c Murdin b Clark	0
AB Hipkin	b Clark	0
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 79.3 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-12, 3-60, 4-66, 5-143, 6-164, 7-179, 8-179, 9-179, 10-181 (79.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murdin	21	5	67	3	1	-
Thomas	28	14	32	1	-	-
PA Wright	18	12	24	1	-	-
Clark	12.3	3	41	5	1	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CN Woolley	b Douglas	30
RL Wright	c Hipkin b Douglas	25
HF Bagnall	lbw b Douglas	1
RA Haywood	c Gilligan b Ashton	11
+BW Bellamy	b Ashton	7
FI Walden	lbw b Douglas	20
W Wells	lbw b Ashton	0
AE Thomas	b Douglas	13
PA Wright	b Ashton	0
JV Murdin	b Ashton	8
EW Clark	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 38.2 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-64, 3-67, 4-79, 5-92, 6-92, 7-109, 8-120, 9-120, 10-126 (38.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	19.2	3	55	5	-	-
Eastman	4	0	12	0	-	-
Ashton	15	5	48	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FWH Nicholas	c PA Wright b Walden	51
JR Freeman	c and b Thomas	18
J O'Connor	b Thomas	99
CAG Russell	b Thomas	21
PA Perrin	c Thomas b Murdin	14
CT Ashton	c RL Wright b Murdin	0
+FW Gilligan	not out	11
HWF Franklin	b Thomas	13
LC Eastman	not out	10
*JWHT Douglas	did not bat
AB Hipkin	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-97, 3-152, 4-192, 5-192, 6-229, 7-234

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murdin	15	3	66	2	-	-
Thomas	23	7	70	4	-	-
PA Wright	4	1	29	0	-	-
Clark	6	0	44	0	-	-
Walden	4	0	19	1	-	-
Woolley	8	3	9	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CN Woolley	b Douglas	0
RL Wright	b Ashton	0
HF Bagnall	b Douglas	12
RA Haywood	lbw b Douglas	3
+BW Bellamy	run out	4
FI Walden	b Douglas	9
W Wells	b Douglas	0
AE Thomas	c O'Connor b Ashton	1
PA Wright	c Freeman b Ashton	8
JV Murdin	not out	0
EW Clark	c Perrin b Douglas	4
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 16.4 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-7, 4-20, 5-23, 6-23, 7-26, 8-40, 9-41, 10-45 (16.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	8.4	5	14	6	-	-
Ashton	8	1	27	3	-	-

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Notes
--> FW Gilligan (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> J O'Connor (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 39
--> EW Clark reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JWHT Douglas reached 1650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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