f13498 cc6234	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1931
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 13th, 15th, 16th June 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 3; Essex 5
Umpires	A Skelding, EJ Smith
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 52/2 (Cutmore 32*, O'Connor 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 85/1 (Lee 34*, Hunt 6*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Young	c Smith b Nichols	0
JW Lee	lbw b Smith	39
JCW MacBryan	c Cutmore b Nichols	4
RA Ingle	lbw b Smith	66
*JC White	lbw b Nichols	22
CCC Case	b Nichols	31
HD Burrough	b Nichols	20
GF Earle	c Sheffield b Nichols	2
AW Wellard	b Smith	15
GE Hunt	not out	7
+FL Pratten	c Hipkin b Nichols	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 86.4 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-5, 3-78, 4-126, 5-143, 6-181, 7-183, 8-194, 9-208, 10-212 (86.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	23.4	5	55	7	-	-
Smith	27	8	68	3	-	-
O'Connor	2	0	8	0	-	-
Eastman	14	2	32	0	-	-
Wade	17	2	39	0	-	-
Hipkin	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DF Pope	b White	17
JA Cutmore	run out	48
TH Wade	st Pratten b White	0
J O'Connor	c Young b White	48
TN Pearce	b Young	1
MS Nichols	st Pratten b Lee	6
LC Eastman	b Young	13
*HM Morris	b Lee	43
+JR Sheffield	c MacBryan b Young	8
AB Hipkin	c Hunt b White	26
TPB Smith	not out	9
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 119.5 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-47, 3-80, 4-81, 5-98, 6-131, 7-143, 8-156, 9-204, 10-229 (119.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	30	11	53	0	-	-
Hunt	4	1	17	0	-	-
White	39.5	14	79	4	-	-
Lee	23	5	51	2	-	-
Young	23	11	19	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Young	b Nichols	37
JW Lee	not out	34
GE Hunt	not out	6
JCW MacBryan	did not bat
RA Ingle	did not bat
*JC White	did not bat
CCC Case	did not bat
HD Burrough	did not bat
GF Earle	did not bat
AW Wellard	did not bat
+FL Pratten	did not bat
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(1 wicket, 43 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-69 (Young)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	11	3	21	1	-	-
Smith	12	3	27	0	-	-
Eastman	5	1	10	0	-	-
Wade	8	1	13	0	-	-
Hipkin	6	3	5	0	-	-
Pope	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JCW MacBryan made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> LC Eastman (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> A Young (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> JW Lee (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> JC White reached 2000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings

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