f13424 cc6177	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1931
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 16th, 18th, 19th May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 5; Essex 3
Umpires	EF Field, FI Walden
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 172/4 (Nichols 3*, Eastman 2*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 245/7 (Morris 9*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Astill b Geary	69
DF Pope	b Snary	58
J O'Connor	c Astill b Shipman	11
C Bray	b Shipman	21
MS Nichols	c Geary b Armstrong	14
LC Eastman	c Armstrong b Astill	35
+JR Sheffield	c Sidwell b Geary	17
*HM Morris	not out	9
AB Hipkin	did not bat
AG Daer	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 146.4 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-124, 2-136, 3-164, 4-165, 5-197, 6-225, 7-245 (146.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	24	3	61	2	-	-
Geary	47	23	68	2	-	-
Astill	30.4	12	51	1	-	-
Snary	34	16	29	1	-	-
Coleman	3	1	13	0	-	-
Armstrong	8	1	12	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c Nichols b Daer	11
GL Berry	c Sheffield b Nichols	2
NF Armstrong	c Smith b Nichols	47
H Riley	c Bray b Nichols	29
*AT Sharp	c Smith b Nichols	59
JC Bradshaw	c Smith b Nichols	0
CAR Coleman	b Smith	22
WE Astill	not out	64
G Geary	lbw b Nichols	4
+TE Sidwell	not out	2
HC Snary	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 86 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-15, 3-88, 4-95, 5-95, 6-134, 7-229, 8-241

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	25	7	81	6	-	-
Daer	16	1	45	1	-	-
Hipkin	6	2	8	0	-	-
Eastman	16	2	45	0	-	-
Smith	18	2	48	1	-	-
O'Connor	5	1	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> H Riley (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> HC Snary reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AG Daer reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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