f13398 cc6160	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1931
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 2nd, 4th, 5th May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by an innings and 47 runs
Points	Kent 15; Essex 0
Umpires	J Stone, AE Street
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 156/0 (Hardinge 80*, Ashdown 56*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 397 all out

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	b Ashdown	4
DF Pope	b Watt	9
J O'Connor	lbw b Freeman	100
LC Eastman	c and b Freeman	4
MS Nichols	b Freeman	6
+JR Sheffield	b Freeman	0
C Bray	lbw b Freeman	22
*HM Morris	st Ames b Freeman	4
AB Hipkin	b Freeman	20
AG Daer	st Ames b Freeman	27
TPB Smith	not out	6
Extras	(18 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-29, 3-48, 4-74, 5-78, 6-138, 7-146, 8-181, 9-205, 10-224 (79.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	15	7	22	0	-	-
Ashdown	8	1	25	1	-	-
Freeman	33.5	7	109	8	-	-
Watt	14	5	37	1	-	-
Peach	9	5	9	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	b Eastman	128
WH Ashdown	c Hipkin b Smith	63
FE Woolley	c Hipkin b Eastman	16
+LEG Ames	lbw b O'Connor	6
LJ Todd	b Nichols	48
*BH Valentine	c Cutmore b Eastman	54
TA Pearce	st Sheffield b Smith	20
AE Watt	b Nichols	21
AC Wright	b Nichols	1
AP Freeman	lbw b Eastman	18
CW Peach	not out	3
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 5 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 134.4 overs)	397
Fall of wickets:
1-187, 2-218, 3-225, 4-225, 5-303, 6-351, 7-353, 8-362, 9-377, 10-397 (134.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	22	6	53	3	-	-
Daer	16	4	29	0	-	-
Smith	33	8	119	2	-	-
O'Connor	22	3	71	1	-	-
Hipkin	19	6	36	0	-	-
Eastman	22.4	7	70	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	b Ashdown	20
DF Pope	b Ashdown	1
J O'Connor	c Watt b Freeman	8
LC Eastman	c Wright b Freeman	2
MS Nichols	c Ames b Freeman	1
+JR Sheffield	run out	8
C Bray	b Freeman	40
*HM Morris	st Ames b Freeman	5
AB Hipkin	c Watt b Freeman	15
AG Daer	c Peach b Freeman	18
TPB Smith	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 52.3 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-29, 3-31, 4-32, 5-39, 6-47, 7-68, 8-94, 9-123, 10-126 (52.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	3	0	19	0	-	-
Ashdown	13	2	33	2	-	-
Freeman	23.3	6	33	7	-	-
Watt	4	0	9	0	-	-
Hardinge	9	3	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TA Pearce (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> TA Pearce (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> JA Cutmore (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4

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