f13631 cc6342	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1931
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 5; Middlesex 3
Umpires	EJ Smith, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 352/8 (Sheffield 34*, Smith 20*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Stevens b Durston	78
DF Pope	c Stevens b Lee	40
DR Wilcox	b Stevens	19
J O'Connor	lbw b Stevens	21
C Bray	c Price b Haig	0
MS Nichols	b Stevens	9
HWF Franklin	c Canning b Lee	61
*HM Morris	c Canning b Stevens	29
+JR Sheffield	not out	34
TPB Smith	not out	20
K Farnes	did not bat
Extras	(20 b, 20 lb, 1 nb)	41
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 135 overs)	352
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-131, 3-163, 4-168, 5-176, 6-187, 7-295, 8-302

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	29	10	78	1	-	-
Durston	26	9	49	1	-	-
Peebles	28	4	64	0	-	-
Stevens	36	7	88	4	-	-
Lee	16	4	32	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GTS Stevens	c Smith b Farnes	1
HW Lee	c and b Eastman	28
EH Hendren	run out	57
HJ Enthoven	b Smith	1
JL Guise	not out	33
*NE Haig	b Nichols	0
JHA Hulme	lbw b Eastman	3
FJ Durston	b Smith	4
EG Canning	b Smith	3
+WFF Price	c Bray b Eastman	12
IAR Peebles	c and b Eastman	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-92, 3-95, 4-108, 5-108, 6-117, 7-124, 8-132, 9-155, 10-155 (72 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	14	3	29	1	-	-
Farnes	10	4	23	1	-	-
Smith	22	6	40	3	-	-
O'Connor	6	1	19	0	-	-
Eastman	20	4	31	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Guise	not out	63
GTS Stevens	b Nichols	0
HW Lee	not out	50
EH Hendren	did not bat
HJ Enthoven	did not bat
*NE Haig	did not bat
JHA Hulme	did not bat
FJ Durston	did not bat
EG Canning	did not bat
+WFF Price	did not bat
IAR Peebles	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(1 wicket, 41 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Stevens)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	8	0	24	1	-	-
Farnes	6	1	22	0	-	-
Smith	7	0	11	0	-	-
O'Connor	6	0	22	0	-	-
Eastman	10	1	19	0	-	-
Franklin	1	1	0	0	-	-
Bray	2	0	13	0	-	-
Pope	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EG Canning made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> EH Hendren (1) passed 42500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56

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