f13513 cc6245	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1931
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 20th, 22nd, 23rd June 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 80 runs
Points	Essex 0; Surrey 15
Umpires	WR Parry, FI Walden
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 121/1 (Sandham 66*, Ducat 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 148/9 (Sheffield 9*, HTO Smith 17*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Shepherd b Gover	9
DF Pope	b Gover	11
TH Wade	c Brooks b Peach	41
J O'Connor	c Gregory b Sheffield	10
C Bray	c Brooks b Sheffield	35
MS Nichols	lbw b Gregory	14
LC Eastman	c Brooks b Peach	8
*HM Morris	c and b Gregory	2
+JR Sheffield	c Peach b Gregory	3
TPB Smith	b Peach	8
HTO Smith	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-26, 3-46, 4-113, 5-130, 6-144, 7-147, 8-147, 9-150, 10-162 (82 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	17	4	33	2	-	-
Sheffield	16	5	34	2	-	-
Peach	20	8	29	3	-	-
Gregory	23	9	37	3	-	-
Fender	6	1	12	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c and b Eastman	48
A Sandham	lbw b TPB Smith	85
A Ducat	c Eastman b Wade	62
TF Shepherd	b TPB Smith	48
HT Barling	b HTO Smith	24
*PGH Fender	b HTO Smith	7
RJ Gregory	b HTO Smith	0
HA Peach	c O'Connor b TPB Smith	6
EJ Sheffield	not out	64
+EWJ Brooks	b Wade	8
AR Gover	lbw b Eastman	22
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(all out, 111 overs)	394
Fall of wickets:
1-114, 2-146, 3-228, 4-277, 5-277, 6-281, 7-290, 8-313, 9-339, 10-394 (111 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	20	2	83	0	-	-
HTO Smith	30	7	81	3	-	-
Eastman	13	1	34	2	-	-
O'Connor	6	0	33	0	-	-
TPB Smith	33	5	93	3	-	-
Wade	9	1	50	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Brooks b Sheffield	21
DF Pope	b Sheffield	4
TH Wade	c Fender b Peach	6
J O'Connor	c Shepherd b Gover	51
C Bray	c Brooks b Fender	23
MS Nichols	c and b Fender	1
LC Eastman	c Hobbs b Fender	6
*HM Morris	lbw b Fender	2
+JR Sheffield	b Sheffield	9
TPB Smith	b Gover	3
HTO Smith	not out	21
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-27, 3-38, 4-81, 5-88, 6-102, 7-110, 8-120, 9-124, 10-152 (70 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	20	4	48	2	-	-
Sheffield	12	3	28	3	-	-
Peach	10	5	12	1	-	-
Gregory	9	6	17	0	-	-
Fender	19	5	42	4	-	-

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Notes
--> TH Wade (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> TH Wade (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> A Sandham (1) passed 31000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 67
--> HT Barling (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> EJ Sheffield (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> EJ Sheffield (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> AR Gover (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in County Championship matches
--> AR Gover (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> LC Eastman reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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