f13440 cc6189	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1931
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 23rd, 25th, 26th May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 154 runs
Points	Essex 15; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	LC Braund, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 72/3 (Cutmore 48*, Nichols 12*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 174/9 (Gibbons 81*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Winwood b Root	64
DF Pope	b Root	1
J O'Connor	c Nichol b Perks	3
C Bray	b Root	7
MS Nichols	b Brook	21
LC Eastman	lbw b Root	3
+JR Sheffield	b Root	12
*HM Morris	not out	21
HTO Smith	b Perks	12
TPB Smith	b Perks	7
HJ Palmer	b Perks	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-32, 3-41, 4-94, 5-99, 6-110, 7-124, 8-142, 9-156, 10-156 (77 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	28	7	49	5	-	-
White	4	0	16	0	-	-
Perks	16	5	27	4	-	-
Brook	23	2	52	1	-	-
Wright	6	2	7	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BW Quaife	b Palmer	37
RH Williams	b Nichols	2
M Nichol	b Nichols	3
HHIH Gibbons	not out	87
*CF Walters	lbw b O'Connor	4
L Wright	c Palmer b Eastman	15
TL Winwood	b HTO Smith	3
CF Root	c TPB Smith b Eastman	7
GW Brook	c and b Eastman	2
RTD Perks	lbw b Eastman	8
ME White	b HTO Smith	2
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-19, 3-72, 4-83, 5-123, 6-128, 7-145, 8-153, 9-174, 10-182 (94 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	17	5	29	2	-	-
HTO Smith	17	7	22	2	-	-
Palmer	14	7	22	1	-	-
TPB Smith	19	2	52	0	-	-
Eastman	20	9	27	4	-	-
O'Connor	7	1	18	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Walters b Perks	73
DF Pope	b Root	3
J O'Connor	lbw b Root	4
C Bray	c and b Root	66
MS Nichols	c Winwood b Root	50
LC Eastman	c Root b Perks	15
+JR Sheffield	b Root	9
HTO Smith	not out	2
TPB Smith	not out	19
*HM Morris	did not bat
HJ Palmer	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-11, 3-133, 4-170, 5-217, 6-220, 7-230

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	29	5	83	5	-	-
White	5	1	20	0	-	-
Perks	20	2	88	2	-	-
Brook	6	1	34	0	-	-
Wright	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BW Quaife	c Eastman b Nichols	3
RH Williams	b Nichols	0
M Nichol	lbw b Eastman	26
HHIH Gibbons	lbw b Nichols	0
*CF Walters	run out	27
L Wright	b TPB Smith	0
TL Winwood	lbw b Eastman	0
CF Root	b Nichols	6
GW Brook	b Nichols	0
RTD Perks	b O'Connor	1
ME White	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-10, 3-10, 4-45, 5-58, 6-59, 7-66, 8-66, 9-67, 10-69 (43 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	11	3	13	5	-	-
HTO Smith	6	3	10	0	-	-
Palmer	5	2	7	0	-	-
TPB Smith	10	4	24	1	-	-
Eastman	9	6	8	2	-	-
O'Connor	2	1	1	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MS Nichols reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> MS Nichols reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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