ESSEX CRICKET

f13400	Essex v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1931
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 6th, 7th, 8th May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealanders won by an innings and 48 runs
Umpires	F Chester, J Hardstaff
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 343/6 (Dempster 201, Talbot 11)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 264 all out

New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	b Nichols	212
JE Mills	c Sheffield b Nichols	33
ML Page	lbw b Nichols	5
RC Blunt	b Daer	25
GL Weir	b Daer	0
JL Kerr	b Daer	25
*TC Lowry	st Sheffield b Eastman	33
RO Talbot	b Daer	21
+KC James	lbw b Daer	7
CFW Allcott	b Smith	18
WE Merritt	not out	35
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 137.3 overs)	425
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-89, 3-137, 4-140, 5-216, 6-291, 7-362, 8-366, 9-379, 10-425 (137.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	32	5	92	3	-	-
Daer	31	4	74	5	-	-
O'Connor	9	1	32	0	-	-
Smith	27.3	0	125	1	-	-
Hipkin	14	3	34	0	-	-
Eastman	24	4	57	1	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	lbw b Blunt	5
DF Pope	run out	20
J O'Connor	c Mills b Merritt	129
LC Eastman	b Talbot	22
MS Nichols	c Allcott b Blunt	18
+JR Sheffield	lbw b Blunt	7
C Bray	c Lowry b Merritt	12
*HM Morris	not out	12
AB Hipkin	lbw b Merritt	9
AG Daer	c James b Weir	3
TPB Smith	b Merritt	15
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 116.2 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-64, 3-118, 4-164, 5-179, 6-208, 7-227, 8-244, 9-247, 10-264 (116.2 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Talbot	17	6	49	1	-	-
Weir	22	13	32	1	-	-
Blunt	31	10	67	3	-	-
Merritt	40.2	13	89	4	-	-
Allcott	6	2	15	0	-	-

Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Allcott b Merritt	18
DF Pope	c James b Merritt	7
J O'Connor	b Merritt	23
LC Eastman	c Page b Merritt	0
MS Nichols	b Page	11
+JR Sheffield	c and b Merritt	3
C Bray	not out	24
*HM Morris	b Blunt	0
AB Hipkin	b Merritt	2
AG Daer	b Merritt	23
TPB Smith	st James b Merritt	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-26, 3-26, 4-57, 5-62, 6-67, 7-74, 8-79, 9-111, 10-113 (54.2 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Talbot	3	0	9	0	-	-
Weir	5	2	5	0	-	-
Blunt	11	3	39	1	-	-
Merritt	24.2	6	41	8	-	-
Allcott	4	1	12	0	-	-
Page	7	5	5	1	-	-

Notes
--> CS Dempster (1) passed his previous highest score of 180 in first-class matches
--> CS Dempster (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 79
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 13500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> AG Daer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the New Zealanders first innings (previous best was 4-20)
--> WE Merritt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 6-23)