f13689 cc6389	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1931
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 29th, 31st August, 1st September 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3; Leicestershire 5
Umpires	W Bestwick, TW Oates
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 14/0 (Cutmore 7*, Pope 6*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 34/2 (Armstrong 11*, Bradshaw 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	run out	65
AW Shipman	c and b Daer	64
NF Armstrong	b Smith	100
JC Bradshaw	lbw b O'Connor	16
WE Astill	b Pope	13
G Geary	b O'Connor	18
H Riley	c Sheffield b Smith	3
CAR Coleman	c and b O'Connor	0
+TE Sidwell	c Sheffield b Eastman	11
HC Snary	not out	19
HA Smith	b Nichols	4
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 126.3 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-130, 3-156, 4-185, 5-242, 6-245, 7-248, 8-267, 9-326, 10-331 (126.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	22.3	5	42	1	-	-
Daer	24	4	53	1	-	-
Eastman	20	2	56	1	-	-
Smith	28	6	72	2	-	-
O'Connor	26	4	64	3	-	-
Pope	4	0	17	1	-	-
Cutmore	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c and b Astill	24
DF Pope	lbw b Snary	48
LC Eastman	c Astill b Geary	10
J O'Connor	c Smith b Geary	108
C Bray	c and b Astill	1
MS Nichols	c Sidwell b Geary	10
*HWF Franklin	b Smith	21
JEW Waddington	c Snary b Astill	8
+JR Sheffield	c Dawson b Astill	23
AG Daer	c and b Astill	5
TPB Smith	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 125.2 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-64, 3-107, 4-114, 5-142, 6-195, 7-209, 8-268, 9-268, 10-273 (125.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	20	1	60	1	-	-
Geary	36	12	52	3	-	-
Shipman	3	1	4	0	-	-
Snary	30	9	55	1	-	-
Astill	34.2	9	73	5	-	-
Armstrong	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	c Franklin b Daer	21
AW Shipman	c Bray b Nichols	0
NF Armstrong	c Smith b Daer	52
JC Bradshaw	b O'Connor	28
WE Astill	c and b Smith	85
H Riley	not out	15
G Geary	did not bat
CAR Coleman	did not bat
+TE Sidwell	did not bat
HC Snary	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 67.2 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-30, 3-101, 4-137, 5-210 (67.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	19	3	64	1	-	-
Daer	16	3	51	2	-	-
Eastman	9	1	21	0	-	-
Smith	12.2	1	31	1	-	-
O'Connor	11	0	34	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	b Astill	54
DF Pope	run out	12
LC Eastman	c Geary b Smith	4
J O'Connor	not out	52
C Bray	not out	18
MS Nichols	did not bat
*HWF Franklin	did not bat
JEW Waddington	did not bat
+JR Sheffield	did not bat
AG Daer	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 4 w)	19
Total	(3 wickets, 63 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-74, 3-78

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	9	4	12	1	-	-
Geary	7	3	7	0	-	-
Shipman	3	0	6	0	-	-
Snary	16	3	33	0	-	-
Astill	18	4	45	1	-	-
Coleman	6	2	22	0	-	-
Riley	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JEW Waddington made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JEW Waddington made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HWF Franklin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HWF Franklin made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JEW Waddington made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JEW Waddington made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AW Shipman (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> NF Armstrong (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 87
--> NF Armstrong (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> WE Astill (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 83
--> DF Pope (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> J O'Connor (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> J O'Connor reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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