f13455 cc6201	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1931
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 27th, 28th, 29th May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 9 wickets
Points	Middlesex 15; Essex 0
Umpires	W Bestwick, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 0/0 (Cutmore 0*, Sheffield 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 101/1 (Hearne 42*, Canning 10*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Canning b Hearne	31
DF Pope	c Durston b Peebles	13
J O'Connor	not out	53
C Bray	b Peebles	4
MS Nichols	c Hendren b Hearne	1
LC Eastman	lbw b Hearne	17
+JR Sheffield	c and b Peebles	2
*HM Morris	b Peebles	6
TPB Smith	c Durston b Peebles	4
AG Daer	b Peebles	2
HJ Palmer	b Hearne	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-50, 3-55, 4-64, 5-99, 6-110, 7-116, 8-122, 9-134, 10-135 (69.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	14	5	26	0	-	-
Haig	6	2	7	0	-	-
Peebles	27	8	60	6	-	-
Hearne	22.3	6	40	4	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Hearne	b Nichols	3
HJ Enthoven	lbw b Nichols	13
EG Canning	b Palmer	11
EH Hendren	b O'Connor	34
FJ Durston	c O'Connor b Daer	26
*NE Haig	c Nichols b Daer	27
JHA Hulme	c Smith b Palmer	15
CWH Howard	b Daer	0
R Beveridge	c Sheffield b Palmer	4
IAR Peebles	not out	2
+WFF Price	b Palmer	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-17, 3-32, 4-80, 5-106, 6-118, 7-124, 8-134, 9-139, 10-139 (57 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	11	2	23	2	-	-
Daer	10	2	21	3	-	-
Eastman	6	0	15	0	-	-
Palmer	9	2	13	4	-	-
Smith	12	1	35	0	-	-
O'Connor	9	1	28	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Price b Hearne	24
+JR Sheffield	lbw b Durston	25
J O'Connor	lbw b Peebles	0
C Bray	c Price b Peebles	38
MS Nichols	st Price b Peebles	2
LC Eastman	lbw b Durston	1
DF Pope	b Peebles	4
*HM Morris	b Peebles	15
TPB Smith	c Hulme b Durston	21
AG Daer	c Hendren b Durston	8
HJ Palmer	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-42, 3-74, 4-85, 5-96, 6-116, 7-121, 8-151, 9-151, 10-151 (51.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	15.4	1	48	4	-	-
Haig	3	2	1	0	-	-
Peebles	20	1	64	5	-	-
Hearne	8	1	12	1	-	-
Beveridge	5	0	13	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Hearne	not out	59
HJ Enthoven	c Sheffield b Eastman	45
EG Canning	not out	40
EH Hendren	did not bat
FJ Durston	did not bat
*NE Haig	did not bat
JHA Hulme	did not bat
CWH Howard	did not bat
R Beveridge	did not bat
IAR Peebles	did not bat
+WFF Price	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 49.1 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-82 (Enthoven)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	7	0	19	0	-	-
Daer	8	1	16	0	-	-
Eastman	9	1	32	1	-	-
Palmer	10	2	29	0	-	-
Smith	2	0	17	0	-	-
O'Connor	11	2	20	0	-	-
Cutmore	1.1	0	6	0	-	-
Morris	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TPB Smith (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4

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