f11922 cc5245	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1927
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 21st, 23rd, 24th May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 17 runs
Points	Surrey 8; Essex 0
Umpires	JH King, F Parris
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 13/1 (Sandham 9*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 33/3 (O'Connor 16*, Hipkin 4*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Fender b Peach	4
JA Cutmore	b Fender	24
J O'Connor	c and b Peach	2
CAG Russell	c Strudwick b Fender	1
H Ashton	run out	20
*JWHT Douglas	c Peach b Shepherd	40
HM Morris	c Fender b Shepherd	0
AB Hipkin	c Jeacocke b Shepherd	0
MS Nichols	c Shepherd b Peach	36
EC Thompson	not out	13
+GF Eastman	c Strudwick b Fender	5
Extras	(7 b, 10 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 100.5 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-32, 3-34, 4-34, 5-77, 6-81, 7-81, 8-133, 9-156, 10-162 (100.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	17	8	25	0	-	-
Peach	28	9	58	3	-	-
Fender	29.5	14	28	3	-	-
O'Gorman	4	0	12	0	-	-
Shepherd	22	9	22	3	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c GF Eastman b Nichols	2
A Sandham	c Hipkin b Douglas	230
A Jeacocke	c Ashton b O'Connor	17
TF Shepherd	lbw b O'Connor	0
A Ducat	c Morris b Douglas	50
RJ Gregory	b Douglas	0
*PGH Fender	b Douglas	13
HA Peach	b Thompson	68
JG O'Gorman	not out	42
+H Strudwick	c Morris b Douglas	6
ACT Geary	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 122.2 overs)	435
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-62, 3-62, 4-169, 5-177, 6-197, 7-309, 8-428, 9-435 (122.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	27	4	114	1	-	-
LC Eastman	25	7	61	0	-	-
Douglas	21.2	3	84	5	-	-
O'Connor	28	1	94	2	-	-
Hipkin	10	1	39	0	-	-
Russell	9	0	24	0	-	-
Thompson	2	0	12	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	b Peach	0
JA Cutmore	b Fender	10
J O'Connor	lbw b Fender	34
CAG Russell	c Ducat b Shepherd	0
AB Hipkin	c O'Gorman b Geary	56
H Ashton	lbw b O'Gorman	30
*JWHT Douglas	c Fender b Geary	4
HM Morris	c Peach b O'Gorman	3
MS Nichols	c Strudwick b Shepherd	65
EC Thompson	not out	29
+GF Eastman	b Fender	12
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 116.1 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-27, 4-76, 5-125, 6-135, 7-141, 8-157, 9-239, 10-256 (116.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	31	12	53	2	-	-
Peach	19	6	32	1	-	-
Fender	27.1	9	73	3	-	-
O'Gorman	22	4	49	2	-	-
Shepherd	17	9	36	2	-	-

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Notes
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> A Sandham (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 191
--> A Sandham (1) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 98
--> JG O'Gorman (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in County Championship matches
--> JG O'Gorman (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> EC Thompson (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> EC Thompson (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> ACT Geary reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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