f12300 cc5492	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1928
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 30th, 31st May, 1st June 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 4 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Middlesex 8
Umpires	HR Butt, J Hardstaff
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 214/8 (Hearne 87*, Price 15*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 421/7 (Russell 97*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	b Durston	4
LC Eastman	c Hendren b Haig	18
J O'Connor	c Hart b Durston	2
CAG Russell	c Lee b Durston	1
MS Nichols	c Hearne b Durston	28
GW Hockey	b Durston	0
*JWHT Douglas	b Haig	0
C Bray	c Price b Durston	1
+CJM Watts	c Hendren b Durston	3
AB Hipkin	not out	50
RN Shorter	lbw b Durston	21
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 44.5 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-22, 3-24, 4-25, 5-35, 6-40, 7-50, 8-56, 9-67, 10-133 (44.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	17.5	6	40	8	-	-
Haig	19	4	43	2	-	-
Powell	3	0	22	0	-	-
Hearne	5	0	23	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Hart	b Nichols	3
HW Lee	c Cutmore b Nichols	0
JW Hearne	b Nichols	100
EH Hendren	c Bray b Nichols	5
HJ Enthoven	c and b Eastman	1
NE Haig	c Russell b Nichols	59
*FT Mann	lbw b O'Connor	19
JB Wheatley	lbw b O'Connor	5
FJ Durston	lbw b O'Connor	0
+WFF Price	c Russell b Douglas	22
JA Powell	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-15, 4-16, 5-103, 6-137, 7-159, 8-159, 9-226, 10-236 (86.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	28.1	3	78	5	-	-
Eastman	14	5	24	1	-	-
Shorter	5	1	5	0	-	-
O'Connor	15	2	41	3	-	-
Russell	19	2	53	0	-	-
Douglas	5	0	13	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Lee b Hearne	35
C Bray	b Powell	108
J O'Connor	b Durston	123
CAG Russell	not out	108
MS Nichols	b Enthoven	11
GW Hockey	lbw b Enthoven	6
LC Eastman	lbw b Hearne	11
*JWHT Douglas	c and b Hearne	9
+CJM Watts	st Price b Powell	1
RN Shorter	lbw b Powell	3
AB Hipkin	absent hurt
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 9 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 117.4 overs)	436
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-258, 3-309, 4-356, 5-377, 6-397, 7-421, 8-422, 9-436 (117.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	26	6	96	1	-	-
Haig	11	4	17	0	-	-
Powell	19.4	3	75	3	-	-
Hearne	34	1	134	3	-	-
Enthoven	18	2	53	2	-	-
Wheatley	6	1	28	0	-	-
Lee	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Hart	lbw b O'Connor	16
HW Lee	c sub b Nichols	96
JW Hearne	c Shorter b Russell	26
EH Hendren	not out	109
HJ Enthoven	lbw b O'Connor	9
NE Haig	lbw b O'Connor	38
*FT Mann	lbw b O'Connor	16
JB Wheatley	not out	8
FJ Durston	did not bat
+WFF Price	did not bat
JA Powell	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, 107.4 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-137, 3-153, 4-179, 5-245, 6-295

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	27	6	127	1	-	-
Eastman	27.4	4	70	0	-	-
Shorter	8	0	27	0	-	-
O'Connor	24	2	62	4	-	-
Russell	14	5	22	1	-	-
Douglas	7	2	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GW Hockey made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GW Hockey made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AB Hipkin (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> RN Shorter (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> RN Shorter (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> JW Hearne (1) passed 26500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> WFF Price (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> WFF Price (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> C Bray (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> C Bray (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> C Bray (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> C Bray (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> FJ Durston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 8-56)
--> LC Eastman reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> J O'Connor reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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