f13417 cc6172	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1931
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 13th, 14th May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 10 wickets
Points	Lancashire 15; Essex 0
Umpires	W Bestwick, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 244/6 (Paynter 54*, Sibbles 10*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Hallows	lbw b Daer	30
FB Watson	c Nichols b Daer	37
GE Tyldesley	c Hipkin b O'Connor	30
J Iddon	c Eastman b Daer	62
JL Hopwood	c Hipkin b Nichols	4
*PT Eckersley	b Smith	11
E Paynter	not out	54
FM Sibbles	not out	10
+G Duckworth	did not bat
RK Tyldesley	did not bat
EA McDonald	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 80.1 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-81, 3-120, 4-127, 5-152, 6-227

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	22.1	3	51	1	-	-
Daer	22	3	90	3	-	-
Smith	17	2	33	1	-	-
O'Connor	14	2	49	1	-	-
Eastman	5	2	15	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Iddon b Sibbles	0
DF Pope	c Watson b McDonald	9
J O'Connor	c Paynter b McDonald	5
*C Bray	lbw b RK Tyldesley	23
MS Nichols	lbw b RK Tyldesley	6
LC Eastman	c Eckersley b Hopwood	1
+JR Sheffield	c RK Tyldesley b Hopwood	0
GW Hockey	c McDonald b Hopwood	8
AB Hipkin	c Watson b RK Tyldesley	5
AG Daer	c Hallows b Hopwood	0
TPB Smith	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 41.2 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-15, 3-20, 4-32, 5-35, 6-35, 7-43, 8-58, 9-59, 10-59 (41.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	10	6	13	2	-	-
Sibbles	9	5	11	1	-	-
Hopwood	11.2	4	16	4	-	-
RK Tyldesley	11	5	17	3	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	lbw b RK Tyldesley	21
DF Pope	b RK Tyldesley	22
J O'Connor	c Duckworth b Sibbles	51
*C Bray	c Hopwood b McDonald	13
MS Nichols	c and b Sibbles	26
LC Eastman	c Eckersley b RK Tyldesley	3
+JR Sheffield	c GE Tyldesley b Sibbles	3
GW Hockey	c Hopwood b Sibbles	6
AB Hipkin	c Iddon b McDonald	18
AG Daer	lbw b Sibbles	2
TPB Smith	not out	25
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-49, 3-88, 4-119, 5-138, 6-138, 7-143, 8-158, 9-164, 10-193 (82.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	14.3	2	36	2	-	-
Sibbles	19	3	46	5	-	-
Hopwood	17	5	42	0	-	-
RK Tyldesley	25	11	52	3	-	-
Iddon	7	3	14	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FM Sibbles	not out	5
+G Duckworth	not out	6
C Hallows	did not bat
FB Watson	did not bat
GE Tyldesley	did not bat
J Iddon	did not bat
JL Hopwood	did not bat
*PT Eckersley	did not bat
E Paynter	did not bat
RK Tyldesley	did not bat
EA McDonald	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 0.5 overs)	11

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bray	0.5	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> C Hallows (1) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> MS Nichols (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> RK Tyldesley reached 1400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JL Hopwood reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings

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