f10602 cc4416	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1923
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 30th June, 2nd, 3rd July 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 6 wickets
Points	Surrey 5; Essex 0
Umpires	T Flowers, F Parris
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 32/1 (Hobbs 10*, Ducat 20*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 177/4 (Perrin 21*, Douglas 17*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FWH Nicholas	b Fender	23
CAG Russell	c Jeacocke b Hitch	2
+JR Freeman	c Strudwick b Hitch	8
J O'Connor	c Jeacocke b Hitch	6
PA Perrin	not out	88
*JWHT Douglas	lbw b Fender	33
HM Morris	b Sadler	7
NH Saint	b Fender	14
AS Moule	c Strudwick b Fender	4
LC Eastman	b Sadler	0
GM Louden	b Sadler	10
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-38, 4-50, 5-127, 6-141, 7-168, 8-190, 9-195, 10-213 (100.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	16	5	33	3	-	-
Sadler	25.3	8	41	3	-	-
Peach	14	7	18	0	-	-
Fender	33	6	85	4	-	-
Abel	7	4	7	0	-	-
Shepherd	5	1	11	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	lbw b Douglas	20
A Sandham	lbw b Louden	2
A Ducat	b Douglas	26
TF Shepherd	lbw b Louden	43
A Jeacocke	lbw b Louden	5
WJ Abel	b Louden	0
JW Hitch	b Eastman	16
*PGH Fender	b Douglas	52
HA Peach	b Louden	0
+H Strudwick	not out	7
WCH Sadler	b Louden	3
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-47, 3-55, 4-64, 5-66, 6-91, 7-169, 8-169, 9-179, 10-186 (60.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Louden	27.4	4	66	6	1	-
Douglas	22	4	81	3	-	-
Eastman	9	4	21	1	-	-
Russell	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FWH Nicholas	b Sadler	45
+JR Freeman	c Abel b Fender	52
J O'Connor	c Hitch b Fender	27
CAG Russell	c Strudwick b Fender	6
PA Perrin	b Hitch	26
*JWHT Douglas	c Shepherd b Hitch	36
HM Morris	b Hitch	20
NH Saint	c Strudwick b Hitch	2
AS Moule	not out	11
LC Eastman	c Strudwick b Peach	9
GM Louden	c Shepherd b Hitch	2
Extras	(11 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-123, 3-135, 4-140, 5-186, 6-212, 7-225, 8-225, 9-238, 10-249 (92.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	27.5	6	73	5	-	1
Sadler	20	4	66	1	1	-
Peach	11	3	18	1	-	-
Fender	20	5	48	3	-	-
Abel	10	2	24	0	-	-
Shepherd	4	1	7	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c Nicholas b Louden	5
A Sandham	b Douglas	41
A Ducat	c Perrin b Douglas	114			13	-
TF Shepherd	b Douglas	66
A Jeacocke	not out	44
WJ Abel	not out	1
JW Hitch	did not bat
*PGH Fender	did not bat
HA Peach	did not bat
+H Strudwick	did not bat
WCH Sadler	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 76.3 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-79, 3-217, 4-246

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Louden	27.3	3	103	1	-	-
Douglas	28	6	88	3	-	-
Eastman	13	1	44	0	-	-
Russell	6	1	25	0	-	-
Saint	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PA Perrin (1) passed 27000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 48
--> FWH Nicholas (2) passed his previous highest score of 41 in County Championship matches
--> JWHT Douglas (2) passed 19000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> A Jeacocke (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> PGH Fender reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WCH Sadler achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-92)
--> GM Louden reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> JW Hitch reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings

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