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f11171 cc4765	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1925
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 16th, 18th, 19th May 1925 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 29 runs
Points	Essex 0; Middlesex 5
Umpires	LC Braund, H Draper
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 218/1 (Stevens 107, Hearne 93)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 190/7 (Douglas 25, Cutmore 32)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Murrell b Durston	8
+JR Freeman	c Murrell b Durston	6
J O'Connor	c Hendren b Durston	25
CAG Russell	c Hendren b Stevens	2
MS Nichols	lbw b Stevens	4
*JWHT Douglas	b North	33
CJH Treglown	b Durston	5
AS Grimwood	lbw b Durston	2
JA Cutmore	b North	20
AB Hipkin	c Murrell b Hearne	0
HJ Palmer	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-15, 3-24, 4-40, 5-68, 6-74, 7-76, 8-117, 9-118, 10-118 (62.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	8	4	16	0	-	-
Durston	16	9	12	5	-	-
Stevens	20	4	53	2	-	-
North	12	5	19	2	-	-
Hearne	6.1	2	5	1	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GTS Stevens	lbw b Douglas	113		180
HW Lee	lbw b Douglas	1
JW Hearne	c Treglown b Eastman	94
EH Hendren	c Russell b Eastman	12
CN Bruce	c Freeman b O'Connor	39
*FT Mann	b Douglas	10
NE Haig	c Palmer b O'Connor	28
AW Childs-Clarke	b Eastman	12
EJ North	c Freeman b Douglas	15
+HR Murrell	b Douglas	15
FJ Durston	not out	1
Extras	(25 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	32
Total	(all out, 115 overs)	372
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-223, 3-241, 4-245, 5-263, 6-319, 7-324, 8-345, 9-367, 10-372 (115 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	30	4	82	5	1	-
Eastman	24	4	73	3	-	-
Palmer	14	1	42	0	-	-
Hipkin	25	6	71	0	-	-
O'Connor	15	3	43	2	-	-
Nichols	3	0	12	0	-	-
Russell	3	0	12	0	-	-
Grimwood	1	0	5	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	lbw b Durston	8
+JR Freeman	lbw b Stevens	31
J O'Connor	lbw b Stevens	9
CAG Russell	run out	53
MS Nichols	b Durston	16
*JWHT Douglas	lbw b Haig	38
CJH Treglown	b North	1
AS Grimwood	b Hearne	1
JA Cutmore	lbw b Stevens	37
AB Hipkin	not out	9
HJ Palmer	b Durston	6
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 97.5 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-44, 3-61, 4-84, 5-136, 6-138, 7-145, 8-205, 9-212, 10-225 (97.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	20	9	23	1	-	-
Durston	26.5	8	55	3	1	-
Stevens	21	1	66	3	-	-
North	17	5	37	1	-	-
Hearne	13	6	28	1	-	-

Notes
--> GTS Stevens (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 54
--> MS Nichols (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in first-class matches
--> MS Nichols (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> JA Cutmore (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in first-class matches
--> JA Cutmore (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> FJ Durston reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings