f13599 cc6313	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1931
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 22nd, 23rd, 24th July 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 64 runs
Points	Essex 15; Lancashire 0
Umpires	A Dolphin, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 395/7 (Sheffield 20*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 46/0 (Hallows 21*, Horrocks 19*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Horrocks b Hopwood	34
LC Eastman	lbw b Sibbles	3
DF Pope	b RK Tyldesley	19
J O'Connor	lbw b Paynter	122
TN Pearce	c and b Paynter	152
MS Nichols	b Paynter	17
*HM Morris	c Horrocks b Hopwood	17
+JR Sheffield	c Paynter b Sibbles	43
AG Daer	b Sibbles	10
TPB Smith	b Hodgson	9
K Farnes	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 148 overs)	438
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-56, 3-56, 4-327, 5-342, 6-365, 7-395, 8-413, 9-430, 10-438 (148 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodgson	27	3	85	1	-	-
Sibbles	36	8	111	3	-	-
Hopwood	34	7	92	2	-	-
RK Tyldesley	36	12	101	1	-	-
Iddon	6	1	16	0	-	-
Paynter	9	3	21	3	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Hallows	lbw b Daer	15
WJ Horrocks	b Nichols	33
GE Tyldesley	c Eastman b Nichols	116
J Iddon	c Sheffield b O'Connor	16
JL Hopwood	c and b Smith	4
E Paynter	st Sheffield b Daer	11
*PT Eckersley	b Nichols	0
FM Sibbles	b Nichols	0
+G Duckworth	c Nichols b Daer	9
G Hodgson	run out	16
RK Tyldesley	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-84, 3-133, 4-144, 5-167, 6-168, 7-172, 8-199, 9-226, 10-234 (87 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	24	3	52	4	-	-
Farnes	17	1	55	0	-	-
Daer	18	3	52	3	-	-
Smith	12	5	22	1	-	-
O'Connor	16	4	39	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Hallows	c Sheffield b Farnes	30
WJ Horrocks	b Farnes	24
GE Tyldesley	c Sheffield b Farnes	18
J Iddon	c Farnes b Daer	5
JL Hopwood	b Farnes	28
E Paynter	c Cutmore b Farnes	2
*PT Eckersley	b Farnes	0
FM Sibbles	not out	5
+G Duckworth	b Smith	2
G Hodgson	c O'Connor b Nichols	4
RK Tyldesley	c Pope b Smith	8
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 43.3 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-72, 3-89, 4-89, 5-91, 6-101, 7-122, 8-124, 9-130, 10-140 (43.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12	4	34	1	-	-
Farnes	20	3	57	6	-	-
Daer	8	0	32	1	-	-
Smith	1.3	0	2	2	-	-
O'Connor	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 42
--> TN Pearce (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in first-class matches
--> TN Pearce (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> TN Pearce (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in County Championship matches
--> TN Pearce (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> WJ Horrocks (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> GE Tyldesley (1) passed 31500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 73
--> G Hodgson (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in first-class matches
--> G Hodgson (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> E Paynter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 1-43)
--> E Paynter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 0-4)
--> MS Nichols reached 700 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> K Farnes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 5-36)
--> K Farnes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 5-36)

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