f11930 cc5255	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1927
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 28th, 30th, 31st May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3; Leicestershire 5
Umpires	LC Braund, J Hardstaff
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 22/1 (Shipman 8*, Armstrong 4*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 1/0 (Cutmore 1*, LC Eastman 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Bale b Skelding	5
LC Eastman	c Fowke b Shipman	1
J O'Connor	c Sidwell b Skelding	1
CAG Russell	c Armstrong b Astill	34
HM Morris	c Bradshaw b Skelding	0
*JWHT Douglas	b Astill	42
MS Nichols	b Armstrong	36
AB Hipkin	c Bale b Skelding	44
EC Thompson	b Skelding	7
AH Meston	b Skelding	11
+GF Eastman	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-9, 4-9, 5-58, 6-116, 7-134, 8-161, 9-188, 10-197 (96 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	35	12	63	6	-	-
Shipman	16	5	31	1	-	-
Geary	2	0	11	0	-	-
Astill	26	10	39	2	-	-
Armstrong	6	2	17	1	-	-
Bale	11	2	21	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	run out	108
GL Berry	b Douglas	7
NF Armstrong	lbw b Nichols	89
JC Bradshaw	c Nichols b LC Eastman	27
WE Astill	b LC Eastman	13
G Geary	c Meston b O'Connor	18
*GHS Fowke	c and b Hipkin	48
B Tyler	c Meston b O'Connor	1
+TE Sidwell	c Cutmore b Hipkin	50
F Bale	not out	11
A Skelding	lbw b Russell	4
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 155 overs)	394
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-205, 3-232, 4-253, 5-278, 6-280, 7-281, 8-379, 9-379, 10-394 (155 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	29	4	83	1	-	-
Douglas	22	7	35	1	-	-
O'Connor	34	8	91	2	-	-
LC Eastman	31	5	73	2	-	-
Hipkin	15	3	29	2	-	-
Meston	5	1	20	0	-	-
Russell	18	6	39	1	-	-
Thompson	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	lbw b Bale	21
LC Eastman	c Berry b Bale	15
J O'Connor	not out	139
CAG Russell	b Bale	104
HM Morris	not out	11
*JWHT Douglas	did not bat
MS Nichols	did not bat
AB Hipkin	did not bat
EC Thompson	did not bat
AH Meston	did not bat
+GF Eastman	did not bat
Extras	(19 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(3 wickets, 96 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-38, 3-288

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	7	1	20	0	-	-
Shipman	12	9	14	0	-	-
Astill	22	10	41	0	-	-
Armstrong	6	2	5	0	-	-
Bale	29	3	119	3	-	-
Tyler	14	1	69	0	-	-
Fowke	6	0	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JWHT Douglas (1) passed 22500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> AW Shipman (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 93
--> NF Armstrong (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in First-Class matches
--> NF Armstrong (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in County Championship matches

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