f13432 cc6183	Essex v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1931
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 20th, 21st, 22nd May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3; Derbyshire 5
Umpires	LC Braund, F Chester
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 374/4 (Townsend 48*, Worthington 2*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 5/1 (Cutmore 4*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Storer	b Smith	19
D Smith	run out	131
AE Alderman	lbw b Smith	1
GM Lee	b O'Connor	147
LF Townsend	not out	80
TS Worthington	c Hipkin b Eastman	2
AG Slater	c and b Eastman	2
JM Hutchinson	c Cutmore b Hipkin	13
+H Elliott	lbw b Smith	10
*AW Richardson	did not bat
TB Mitchell	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 12 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	30
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 151.5 overs)	435
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-45, 3-260, 4-361, 5-375, 6-383, 7-416, 8-435 (151.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	25	7	60	0	-	-
Daer	3	1	7	0	-	-
Smith	42.5	6	145	3	-	-
Hipkin	23	3	46	1	-	-
Eastman	38	9	91	2	-	-
O'Connor	17	2	53	1	-	-
Hockey	3	2	3	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Townsend b Mitchell	17
DF Pope	c Mitchell b Slater	27
J O'Connor	run out	48
GW Hockey	b Lee	16
MS Nichols	c Smith b Lee	3
LC Eastman	c Alderman b Worthington	4
+JR Sheffield	lbw b Mitchell	5
*HM Morris	not out	31
AB Hipkin	c Hutchinson b Slater	6
AG Daer	c Smith b Mitchell	5
TPB Smith	c Lee b Mitchell	19
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-64, 3-90, 4-96, 5-117, 6-124, 7-127, 8-150, 9-161, 10-187 (92.4 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Slater	25	9	36	2	-	-
Worthington	14	6	26	1	-	-
Mitchell	35.4	14	83	4	-	-
Townsend	12	4	22	0	-	-
Lee	6	1	14	2	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	not out	4
DF Pope	c Slater b Storer	0
J O'Connor	did not bat
GW Hockey	did not bat
MS Nichols	did not bat
LC Eastman	did not bat
+JR Sheffield	did not bat
*HM Morris	did not bat
AB Hipkin	did not bat
AG Daer	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 7.2 overs)	5
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Pope, 7.2 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Slater	3	2	4	0	-	-
Worthington	3	3	0	0	-	-
Mitchell	1	1	0	0	-	-
Storer	0.2	0	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GW Hockey made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GW Hockey made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> D Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 107 in First-Class matches
--> D Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 107 in County Championship matches
--> GM Lee (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> LF Townsend (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 57
--> LF Townsend (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19

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