Lancashire Cricket Club

f11696 cc5137	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1926
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 28th, 29th, 30th July 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by an innings and 153 runs
Points	Essex 0; Lancashire 5
Umpires	C Charlesworth, H Chidgey
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 288/6 (Iddon 12*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 43/4 (Hipkin 3, Nichols 3)

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JWH Makepeace	c Nichols b Douglas	140
C Hallows	c Cutmore b O'Connor	67
GE Tyldesley	lbw b Nichols	44
FB Watson	lbw b Hipkin	4
J Iddon	c Douglas b Hipkin	13
*PT Eckersley	c Morris b O'Connor	4
EA McDonald	st Freeman b O'Connor	4
ML Taylor	not out	31
FM Sibbles	c and b Hipkin	10
RK Tyldesley	lbw b O'Connor	23
+G Duckworth	c and b O'Connor	5
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 152.2 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-134, 2-229, 3-260, 4-270, 5-284, 6-288, 7-290, 8-320, 9-349, 10-359 (152.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	17	5	45	1	-	-
Eastman	32	10	55	0	-	-
O'Connor	35.2	7	81	5	-	-
Russell	14	6	26	0	-	-
Hipkin	38	15	93	3	-	-
Ashton	9	1	26	0	-	-
Morris	3	0	9	0	-	-
Douglas	4	0	10	1	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JR Freeman	c Watson b Sibbles	0
JA Cutmore	lbw b RK Tyldesley	7
J O'Connor	c Iddon b RK Tyldesley	15
CAG Russell	c GE Tyldesley b Iddon	14
AB Hipkin	b Sibbles	8
MS Nichols	b McDonald	4
CT Ashton	c Taylor b Iddon	8
*JWHT Douglas	not out	8
LG Crawley	c Watson b RK Tyldesley	2
HM Morris	st Duckworth b Iddon	2
LC Eastman	b Iddon	7
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 56.1 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-8, 3-37, 4-37, 5-48, 6-50, 7-59, 8-61, 9-65, 10-77 (56.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	16	5	17	1	-	-
Sibbles	12	6	11	2	-	-
RK Tyldesley	16	5	24	3	-	-
Iddon	12.1	4	23	4	-	-

Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JR Freeman	c Eckersley b McDonald	3
JA Cutmore	c Eckersley b Sibbles	5
J O'Connor	c RK Tyldesley b McDonald	4
CAG Russell	b RK Tyldesley	22
CT Ashton	b McDonald	6
*JWHT Douglas	b Iddon	0
LG Crawley	c RK Tyldesley b McDonald	27
HM Morris	b McDonald	24
AB Hipkin	c and b Sibbles	29
LC Eastman	c RK Tyldesley b McDonald	6
MS Nichols	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-12, 3-12, 4-28, 5-42, 6-48, 7-90, 8-97, 9-129, 10-129 (60.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	22.1	5	52	6	-	-
Sibbles	9	3	14	2	-	-
RK Tyldesley	17	11	21	1	-	-
Iddon	8	6	17	1	-	-
Watson	4	1	22	0	-	-

Notes
--> C Hallows (1) passed 12500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 35
--> LG Crawley made his debut for Essex in County Championship matches
--> LG Crawley made his debut for Essex in first-class matches
--> J Iddon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-31)
--> J Iddon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-31)
--> EA McDonald reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings