f12857 cc5864	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1929
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 3rd, 5th, 6th August 1929 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 3; Essex 5
Umpires	LC Braund, A Morton
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 5/0 (Higgins 2*, Wright 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 223/7 (Morris 35*, Franklin 7*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Higgins	c Ashton b Eastman	7
L Wright	b Nichols	0
J Fox	run out	23
HHIH Gibbons	c Sheffield b Nichols	81
M Nichol	c Ashton b Russell	0
WV Fox	c Morris b Hipkin	1
BW Quaife	b Eastman	22
*JB Coventry	c Sheffield b Nichols	4
CF Root	not out	7
+SW Styler	b Ashton	8
PF Jackson	run out	0
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-99, 4-99, 5-100, 6-143, 7-155, 8-157, 9-172, 10-172 (71.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	11	4	26	3	-	-
Eastman	21.2	9	36	2	-	-
Ashton	11	2	29	1	-	-
Hipkin	10	4	27	1	-	-
O'Connor	8	4	13	0	-	-
Russell	10	2	22	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Crawley	b Jackson	13
JA Cutmore	c and b Root	7
J O'Connor	b Jackson	11
CAG Russell	b Root	19
MS Nichols	b J Fox	50
CT Ashton	st Styler b Jackson	2
LC Eastman	c Higgins b Root	72
*HM Morris	c Jackson b Root	35
HWF Franklin	c Coventry b Root	16
AB Hipkin	not out	50
+JR Sheffield	not out	21
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-22, 3-38, 4-64, 5-71, 6-157, 7-206, 8-232, 9-234

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	35	3	123	5	-	-
Jackson	32	4	110	3	-	-
Wright	10	1	41	0	-	-
J Fox	7	1	22	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Higgins	b Franklin	53
L Wright	b Ashton	44
J Fox	b Ashton	0
HHIH Gibbons	c O'Connor b Morris	18
M Nichol	not out	22
WV Fox	did not bat
BW Quaife	did not bat
*JB Coventry	did not bat
CF Root	did not bat
+SW Styler	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 56.4 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-100, 3-102, 4-141 (56.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	6	2	16	0	-	-
Eastman	14	4	29	0	-	-
Ashton	19	2	43	2	-	-
Hipkin	5	0	18	0	-	-
O'Connor	2	0	4	0	-	-
Russell	5	1	11	0	-	-
Franklin	4	0	14	1	-	-
Morris	1.4	0	2	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HHIH Gibbons (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 75
--> M Nichol (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 12
--> MS Nichols reached 450 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> CF Root reached 1100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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