| f13400 | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| Merritt | 24.2 | 6 | 41 | 8 | - | - | |
| Allcott | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blunt | 11 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| 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
--> RO Talbot made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> GL Weir made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JL Kerr made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> AG Daer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the New Zealanders first innings (previous best was 4-20)
--> AG Daer achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the New Zealanders first innings
--> WE Merritt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 6-23)
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