f13483 cc6224	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1931
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 6th, 8th, 9th June 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 5; Essex 3
Umpires	JJ Bowles, RD Burrows
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 241/8 (Shepherd 134*, Brooks 10*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 227 all out

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	b Nichols	13
A Sandham	b O'Connor	8
A Ducat	c Wade b Smith	4
TF Shepherd	not out	167
HT Barling	c Sheffield b Wade	41
*PGH Fender	c Pearce b O'Connor	9
HA Peach	b Wade	10
EJ Sheffield	st Sheffield b Wade	3
JG Owen	c Cutmore b Wade	4
+EWJ Brooks	lbw b Daer	12
AR Gover	c and b Eastman	8
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 104.3 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-26, 3-40, 4-128, 5-145, 6-160, 7-172, 8-178, 9-245, 10-285 (104.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	19	3	50	1	-	-
Daer	12	5	16	1	-	-
O'Connor	23	5	55	2	-	-
Smith	21	3	74	1	-	-
Eastman	12.3	3	38	1	-	-
Wade	17	4	46	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Ducat b Gover	3
TN Pearce	c Gover b Owen	14
TH Wade	c Brooks b Gover	16
J O'Connor	lbw b Sheffield	33
C Bray	c Owen b Gover	59
MS Nichols	c Shepherd b Sheffield	50
LC Eastman	c Gover b Sheffield	10
*HM Morris	c Peach b Owen	20
+JR Sheffield	c Barling b Gover	6
AG Daer	not out	9
TPB Smith	c Hobbs b Gover	0
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-32, 3-38, 4-109, 5-146, 6-163, 7-200, 8-217, 9-221, 10-227 (99 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	31	8	50	5	-	-
Sheffield	26	9	39	3	-	-
Owen	17	4	50	2	-	-
Fender	11	1	40	0	-	-
Peach	14	3	41	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JB Hobbs (1) passed 35000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> TF Shepherd (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 97
--> JR Sheffield (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5

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