f13607 cc6321	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1931
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 25th, 27th, 28th July 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 5; Somerset 3
Umpires	RD Burrows, AE Street
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 54/1 (Crawley 27*, Pope 1*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EF Longrigg	b Nichols	10
JW Lee	b Nichols	45
FS Lee	b O'Connor	12
RA Ingle	run out	45
*JC White	c Daer b Farnes	52
CCC Case	lbw b O'Connor	9
HD Burrough	lbw b O'Connor	0
AW Wellard	b Farnes	4
+AG Marshall	c Sheffield b Smith	10
GE Hunt	b Nichols	13
WHR Andrews	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 81.5 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-55, 3-116, 4-129, 5-142, 6-146, 7-155, 8-188, 9-224, 10-224 (81.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	19	2	63	3	-	-
Farnes	19.5	7	45	2	-	-
Daer	7	2	20	0	-	-
O'Connor	27	7	56	3	-	-
Smith	9	2	16	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Crawley	c and b Wellard	86
JA Cutmore	b Wellard	18
DF Pope	b White	44
J O'Connor	b White	26
C Bray	c Wellard b White	0
MS Nichols	not out	35
*HM Morris	c Andrews b White	0
+JR Sheffield	not out	20
AG Daer	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
K Farnes	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 13 lb, 2 w)	20
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-150, 3-187, 4-187, 5-198, 6-198

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	31	7	70	2	-	-
Andrews	10	2	35	0	-	-
White	46	19	78	4	-	-
JW Lee	24	11	41	0	-	-
Hunt	3	3	0	0	-	-
Longrigg	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EF Longrigg	not out	23
WHR Andrews	b Cutmore	4
JW Lee	did not bat
FS Lee	did not bat
RA Ingle	did not bat
*JC White	did not bat
CCC Case	did not bat
HD Burrough	did not bat
AW Wellard	did not bat
+AG Marshall	did not bat
GE Hunt	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 11.5 overs)	28
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Andrews, 11.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bray	4	1	5	0	-	-
Morris	3	0	10	0	-	-
Cutmore	2.5	0	10	1	-	-
Pope	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LG Crawley (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> MS Nichols reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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