f13675	Essex v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1931
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 22nd, 24th, 25th August 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	G Beet, JJ Bowles
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 360/8 (Mills 9*, Merritt 3*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 53/1 (Pope 31*, Crabtree 3*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	b Smith	88
GL Weir	b Nichols	34
JL Kerr	b Nichols	7
ML Page	lbw b Daer	22
HG Vivian	c Daer b Eastman	5
*+TC Lowry	c Bray b Nichols	129
RO Talbot	c Pope b O'Connor	49
JE Mills	lbw b Daer	36
AM Matheson	b Nichols	0
WE Merritt	c and b Nichols	7
IB Cromb	not out	19
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 128 overs)	412
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-89, 3-150, 4-155, 5-179, 6-323, 7-357, 8-357, 9-372, 10-412 (128 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	32	5	75	5	-	-
Daer	32	9	80	2	-	-
Eastman	18	0	83	1	-	-
Smith	21	0	80	1	-	-
O'Connor	20	3	62	1	-	-
Crabtree	5	0	16	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DF Pope	c Matheson b Vivian	33
NG Wykes	b Matheson	16
HP Crabtree	b Matheson	2
J O'Connor	b Merritt	1
C Bray	c Mills b Vivian	27
MS Nichols	st Lowry b Merritt	40
*HWF Franklin	c Lowry b Vivian	16
AG Daer	not out	8
+JR Sheffield	lbw b Merritt	1
TPB Smith	c Cromb b Vivian	1
LC Eastman	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-38, 3-40, 4-62, 5-111, 6-140, 7-140, 8-141, 9-150 (71.5 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	11	2	29	2	-	-
Cromb	9	2	15	0	-	-
Merritt	23	6	65	3	-	-
Vivian	28.5	14	36	4	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DF Pope	lbw b Matheson	35
NG Wykes	b Merritt	18
HP Crabtree	b Weir	11
J O'Connor	c and b Matheson	47
C Bray	c Mills b Merritt	129
MS Nichols	c +Dempster b Matheson	42
*HWF Franklin	c Talbot b Matheson	3
AG Daer	st +Dempster b Merritt	6
+JR Sheffield	run out	56
TPB Smith	not out	1
LC Eastman	absent hurt
Extras	(16 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 129.1 overs)	372
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-62, 3-92, 4-126, 5-209, 6-221, 7-243, 8-350, 9-372 (129.1 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	24	3	72	4	-	-
Cromb	21.1	3	72	0	-	-
Talbot	8	0	28	0	-	-
Merritt	38	11	81	3	-	-
Vivian	21	5	64	0	-	-
Page	1	0	1	0	-	-
Weir	16	9	30	1	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Mills	b Daer	29
IB Cromb	c and b Daer	0
JL Kerr	lbw b O'Connor	15
HG Vivian	b Daer	2
WE Merritt	b Daer	0
RO Talbot	not out	4
CS Dempster	not out	5
GL Weir	did not bat
ML Page	did not bat
*+TC Lowry	did not bat
AM Matheson	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 19 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-43, 3-49, 4-49, 5-50

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	6	1	32	0	-	-
Daer	8	2	19	4	-	-
O'Connor	5	2	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> C Bray (2) passed his previous highest score of 122 in First-Class matches
--> C Bray (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> JE Mills (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 6
--> HG Vivian reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> HG Vivian reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WE Merritt reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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CS Dempster replaced TC Lowry as wicket keeper after lunch on the third day

 

 

 

 

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