f13905 cc6484	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1932
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 25th, 27th, 28th June 1932 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 15; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	LC Braund, JW Hitch
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 141/4 (Taylor 49*, Eastman 45*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 278/8 (Snary 19*, Smith 58*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Sheffield b Nichols	33
*CWC Packe	b Smith	5
NF Armstrong	c Nichols b Daer	25
EA Broughton	c Sheffield b Smith	22
JC Bradshaw	b Nichols	33
H Riley	b Nichols	2
WE Astill	b Smith	27
G Geary	c Sheffield b Nichols	52
HC Snary	c Taylor b Nichols	0
HA Smith	lbw b Nichols	14
+P Corrall	not out	7
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 68.3 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-50, 3-86, 4-92, 5-101, 6-142, 7-168, 8-170, 9-208, 10-231 (68.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	24.3	4	83	6	-	-
Smith	20	5	77	3	-	-
Daer	11	3	29	1	-	-
Boswell	13	0	31	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LG Crawley	b Smith	21
DF Pope	b Snary	4
RM Taylor	b Snary	74
JA Cutmore	c Corrall b Snary	0
MS Nichols	c Berry b Smith	12
LC Eastman	c Broughton b Geary	122
TH Wade	lbw b Armstrong	14
HTO Smith	c Geary b Armstrong	5
+JR Sheffield	not out	7
AG Daer	c Astill b Geary	1
CSR Boswell	c Astill b Geary	0
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 87.5 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-35, 3-43, 4-58, 5-199, 6-243, 7-253, 8-275, 9-276, 10-276 (87.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	24	1	85	2	-	-
Snary	32	12	68	3	-	-
Geary	20.5	7	72	3	-	-
Armstrong	9	2	24	2	-	-
Astill	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	run out	97
*CWC Packe	c Sheffield b Smith	2
NF Armstrong	b Nichols	28
EA Broughton	c Sheffield b Nichols	17
JC Bradshaw	b Smith	11
H Riley	st Sheffield b Daer	15
WE Astill	c Smith b Nichols	3
G Geary	b Eastman	8
HC Snary	c Sheffield b Daer	20
HA Smith	not out	59
+P Corrall	b Nichols	0
Extras	(16 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 74.3 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-51, 3-91, 4-127, 5-161, 6-175, 7-191, 8-191, 9-279, 10-280 (74.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	17.3	1	55	4	-	-
Smith	13	1	67	2	-	-
Daer	19	6	58	2	-	-
Boswell	12	1	47	0	-	-
Eastman	13	4	33	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LG Crawley	c Corrall b Geary	86
DF Pope	c Riley b Astill	72
RM Taylor	b Armstrong	29
JA Cutmore	not out	23
MS Nichols	not out	14
LC Eastman	did not bat
TH Wade	did not bat
HTO Smith	did not bat
+JR Sheffield	did not bat
AG Daer	did not bat
CSR Boswell	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 2 w)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 75.3 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-128, 2-195, 3-199

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15	2	39	0	-	-
Snary	26	4	83	0	-	-
Geary	16	2	50	1	-	-
Armstrong	11	3	40	1	-	-
Astill	7	4	8	1	-	-
Berry	0.3	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CSR Boswell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WE Astill (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> G Geary (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> RM Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in County Championship matches
--> RM Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in First-Class matches
--> DF Pope (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> G Geary reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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