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f11957 cc5276	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1927
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 8th, 9th, 10th June 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 103 runs
Points	Essex 0; Middlesex 8
Umpires	HR Butt, A Nash
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 318/8 (Hendren 128, Durston 10)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 112/7 (Douglas 9, Brown 1)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HL Dales	c Russell b Nichols	12
HW Lee	st Eastman b Hipkin	58
JW Hearne	c and b Russell	36
EH Hendren	not out	201
ET Killick	c Ashton b Russell	7
*FT Mann	lbw b Douglas	36
NE Haig	c Cutmore b O'Connor	4
RN Hunt	c and b Douglas	1
JA Powell	c Cutmore b Russell	6
FJ Durston	not out	45
+EH Sweetland	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	22
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 139.4 overs)	428
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-95, 3-131, 4-161, 5-221, 6-240, 7-244, 8-268

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	31.4	6	98	1	-	-
Douglas	29	3	76	2	-	-
O'Connor	29	3	93	1	-	-
Meston	7	2	17	0	-	-
Hipkin	17	5	40	1	-	-
Russell	26	2	82	3	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	lbw b Hearne	38
AB Hipkin	b Durston	5
J O'Connor	c and b Hearne	6
CAG Russell	c Hunt b Powell	45
CT Ashton	b Hearne	0
*JWHT Douglas	b Powell	28
MS Nichols	c Sweetland b Powell	5
EC Thompson	lbw b Lee	2
GRR Brown	not out	34
AH Meston	lbw b Powell	1
+GF Eastman	c Dales b Hearne	0
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 77.5 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-48, 3-61, 4-67, 5-123, 6-131, 7-146, 8-166, 9-180, 10-181 (77.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	9	1	27	0	-	-
Durston	12	4	18	1	-	-
Hearne	21.5	7	58	4	-	-
Hunt	13	6	22	0	-	-
Powell	17	7	22	4	-	-
Lee	5	2	17	1	-	-

Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Dales b Hearne	42
AB Hipkin	c Killick b Powell	31
J O'Connor	c Hunt b Hearne	19
CAG Russell	b Powell	5
CT Ashton	c Killick b Hearne	0
*JWHT Douglas	not out	24
MS Nichols	b Powell	0
EC Thompson	b Hearne	2
GRR Brown	c and b Hearne	3
AH Meston	b Powell	3
+GF Eastman	b Hearne	5
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(all out, 65.5 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-91, 3-97, 4-100, 5-100, 6-101, 7-110, 8-116, 9-123, 10-144 (65.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	9	3	18	0	-	-
Durston	3	0	7	0	-	-
Hearne	20.5	5	26	6	-	-
Hunt	9	2	33	0	-	-
Powell	24	7	50	4	-	-

Notes
--> EH Hendren (1) passed 19000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 82
--> EH Hendren (1) passed 27500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 55
--> NE Haig (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> FJ Durston (1) equalled his previous highest score of 45 in first-class matches
--> FJ Durston (1) equalled his previous highest score of 45 in County Championship matches
--> EH Sweetland made his debut in first-class matches
--> EH Sweetland made his debut in County Championship matches