f12097 cc5388	Essex v Sussex
	County Championship 1927
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 8; Sussex 0
Umpires	TW Oates, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 40/3 (O'Connor 13*, Hipkin 7*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 87/2 (Bowley 35*, Langridge 27*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	b Russell	83
MW Tate	c Gilligan b Nichols	0
RL Holdsworth	c Gilligan b Nichols	9
TER Cook	lbw b Douglas	99
J Langridge	b Douglas	35
JH Parks	c Russell b Douglas	0
AHH Gilligan	c Hipkin b Nichols	24
*AER Gilligan	b Nichols	5
JK Mathews	b Nichols	6
GR Cox	b Nichols	0
+WL Cornford	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 90.4 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-26, 3-168, 4-212, 5-221, 6-260, 7-265, 8-276, 9-278, 10-279 (90.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	22.4	3	78	6	-	-
Eastman	16	2	57	0	-	-
Hipkin	12	1	30	0	-	-
Russell	14	3	31	1	-	-
O'Connor	10	1	33	0	-	-
Douglas	16	6	33	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c and b Tate	11
LG Crawley	b Tate	3
J O'Connor	b Tate	18
CAG Russell	c Cornford b Tate	6
AB Hipkin	c Cornford b Cox	46
H Ashton	c Bowley b AER Gilligan	1
*JWHT Douglas	lbw b Tate	39
MS Nichols	b Tate	30
+FW Gilligan	c Bowley b Parks	37
JA Cutmore	lbw b AER Gilligan	29
EC Thompson	not out	3
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 122 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-30, 4-45, 5-46, 6-109, 7-165, 8-176, 9-234, 10-243 (122 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	46	13	106	6	-	-
Parks	19	8	20	1	-	-
AER Gilligan	25	11	41	2	-	-
Bowley	7	2	24	0	-	-
Cox	25	10	32	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	b Nichols	51
MW Tate	c Ashton b Nichols	4
RL Holdsworth	b Douglas	12
TER Cook	lbw b Douglas	0
J Langridge	c sub b Nichols	35
JH Parks	not out	56
AHH Gilligan	c Nichols b Russell	54
*AER Gilligan	c O'Connor b Douglas	4
JK Mathews	not out	9
GR Cox	did not bat
+WL Cornford	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 77 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-36, 3-112, 4-118, 5-126, 6-196, 7-214

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	25	5	88	3	-	-
Eastman	9	1	26	0	-	-
Hipkin	8	1	16	0	-	-
Russell	8	0	21	1	-	-
O'Connor	8	0	32	0	-	-
Douglas	19	5	42	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Cox b Tate	8
LG Crawley	not out	176
J O'Connor	c AER Gilligan b Bowley	30
CAG Russell	c and b Bowley	12
H Ashton	not out	43
LC Eastman	did not bat
AB Hipkin	did not bat
*JWHT Douglas	did not bat
MS Nichols	did not bat
+FW Gilligan	did not bat
EC Thompson	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 71.2 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-129, 3-163

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	29	8	91	1	-	-
Parks	6	1	24	0	-	-
AER Gilligan	9	0	43	0	-	-
Bowley	8	0	37	2	-	-
Cox	18	2	62	0	-	-
Langridge	1	0	8	0	-	-
AHH Gilligan	0.2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JWHT Douglas (1) passed 23000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> LG Crawley (2) passed his previous highest score of 161 in first-class matches
--> LG Crawley (2) passed his previous highest score of 161 in County Championship matches
--> LG Crawley (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 142
--> MS Nichols reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> MW Tate reached 1000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> MS Nichols reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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