Lancashire Cricket Club

f11355 cc4923	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1925
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1925 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 3; Essex 1
Umpires	J Bedford, HR Butt
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 53/3 (Makepeace 24, Pewtress 1)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 17/0 (Freeman 12, Cutmore 4)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JR Freeman	b McDonald	21
JA Cutmore	b McDonald	1
J O'Connor	lbw b Parkin	12
CAG Russell	not out	49
*PA Perrin	c Hallows b Sibbles	0
LC Eastman	c Iddon b Sibbles	3
HM Morris	c Watson b Sibbles	0
RH Sharp	b Watson	0
AB Hipkin	c Makepeace b Watson	1
MS Nichols	c Iddon b Watson	7
HJ Palmer	b Watson	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 46.1 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-29, 3-45, 4-50, 5-65, 6-67, 7-72, 8-76, 9-92, 10-98 (46.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	14	7	26	2	-	1
Parkin	11	4	25	1	-	-
Sibbles	12	5	17	3	-	-
Watson	9.1	1	26	4	-	-

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JWH Makepeace	b Eastman	38
C Hallows	c Sharp b Eastman	0
HD Davies	c Sharp b Eastman	0
FB Watson	c Perrin b Sharp	22
AW Pewtress	c Russell b Eastman	11
*J Sharp	not out	58
J Iddon	c O'Connor b Palmer	29
FM Sibbles	c Eastman b Palmer	14
EA McDonald	did not bat
+G Duckworth	did not bat
CH Parkin	did not bat
Extras	(20 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	31
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 84.5 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-44, 4-69, 5-112, 6-177, 7-203 (84.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	7	2	8	0	-	2
Eastman	30	9	45	4	-	1
Palmer	19.5	6	48	2	-	-
Hipkin	16	4	31	0	-	-
Sharp	2	0	5	1	-	-
Russell	6	1	15	0	-	-
O'Connor	4	0	20	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JR Freeman	c Watson b McDonald	41
JA Cutmore	b Watson	9
J O'Connor	b Watson	10
CAG Russell	c and b Sibbles	49
*PA Perrin	c Iddon b Sibbles	12
LC Eastman	c Duckworth b Parkin	30
HM Morris	b Parkin	3
RH Sharp	not out	14
AB Hipkin	not out	5
MS Nichols	did not bat
HJ Palmer	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 110 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-41, 3-95, 4-121, 5-148, 6-159, 7-172

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parkin	34	21	26	2	-	-
McDonald	27	8	41	1	-	-
Sibbles	23	8	52	2	-	-
Iddon	3	1	7	0	-	-
Watson	23	9	47	2	-	-

Notes
--> JA Cutmore (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> EA McDonald reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> LC Eastman reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> CH Parkin reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings