f11895	Essex v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1927
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 14th, 16th, 17th May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Umpires	WA Buswell, FH Sugg
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 57/2 (Cutmore 21*, O'Connor 0*)
Close of play day 2	New Zealanders (2) 72/3 (Lowry 13*, Dempster 5*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Blunt	c GF Eastman b Nichols	1
JE Mills	c Nichols b O'Connor	64
+KC James	b Nichols	4
*TC Lowry	c and b O'Connor	61
CCR Dacre	c Ashton b LC Eastman	9
CS Dempster	c GF Eastman b O'Connor	13
CJ Oliver	lbw b O'Connor	28
HM McGirr	c Ashton b O'Connor	11
EHL Bernau	lbw b Russell	22
WE Merritt	not out	49
WHR Cunningham	b Meston	23
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 95 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-20, 3-132, 4-133, 5-143, 6-177, 7-194, 8-194, 9-248, 10-289 (95 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	29	4	111	2	-	-
LC Eastman	21	6	34	1	-	-
Russell	10	1	37	1	-	-
Meston	7	1	13	1	-	-
O'Connor	22	2	68	5	-	-
Hipkin	6	0	22	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Dacre b Merritt	47
LC Eastman	lbw b McGirr	30
AB Hipkin	run out	0
J O'Connor	lbw b Lowry	65
CAG Russell	b McGirr	76
H Ashton	b McGirr	52
*JWHT Douglas	c Dempster b McGirr	0
HM Morris	c Dempster b McGirr	0
MS Nichols	c Lowry b Cunningham	61
AH Meston	b McGirr	0
+GF Eastman	not out	15
Extras	(19 b, 4 lb, 4 w)	27
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	373
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-56, 3-127, 4-188, 5-262, 6-262, 7-262, 8-319, 9-319, 10-373 (107 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bernau	13	3	47	0	-	-
Cunningham	11	0	50	1	-	-
McGirr	29	8	77	6	-	-
Merritt	21	3	68	1	-	-
Blunt	17	2	50	0	-	-
Dacre	2	1	8	0	-	-
Lowry	12	1	42	1	-	-
Oliver	2	0	4	0	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Blunt	b O'Connor	21
JE Mills	c Douglas b LC Eastman	0
+KC James	c Hipkin b O'Connor	26
*TC Lowry	st GF Eastman b O'Connor	30
CS Dempster	c and b LC Eastman	79
CCR Dacre	lbw b O'Connor	5
CJ Oliver	c and b LC Eastman	13
HM McGirr	lbw b LC Eastman	7
EHL Bernau	lbw b LC Eastman	0
WE Merritt	not out	7
WHR Cunningham	c Nichols b O'Connor	2
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 86.4 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-46, 3-59, 4-118, 5-126, 6-164, 7-185, 8-189, 9-206, 10-208 (86.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12	2	25	0	-	-
LC Eastman	20	6	31	5	-	-
Douglas	4	2	6	0	-	-
O'Connor	32.4	7	92	5	-	-
Hipkin	14	4	35	0	-	-
Russell	4	3	1	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c James b Blunt	18
LC Eastman	lbw b Blunt	41
J O'Connor	st James b Blunt	12
CAG Russell	b Blunt	0
H Ashton	b Merritt	13
*JWHT Douglas	not out	19
HM Morris	not out	11
AB Hipkin	did not bat
MS Nichols	did not bat
AH Meston	did not bat
+GF Eastman	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 35.5 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-76, 3-76, 4-77, 5-107

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Oliver	2	0	10	0	-	-
McGirr	7	3	19	0	-	-
Merritt	6.5	0	35	1	-	-
Blunt	13	4	29	4	-	-
Dacre	2	0	10	0	-	-
Cunningham	2	1	1	0	-	-
Lowry	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JE Mills (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> JE Mills (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> TC Lowry (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> WE Merritt (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> CS Dempster (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> CS Dempster (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> LC Eastman (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> WHR Cunningham made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> CJ Oliver made his debut in England in First-Class matches

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