f9649 cc3772	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1920
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 26th, 28th June 1920 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Surrey 5
Umpires	A Millward, WRR Smith
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 19/1 (McGahey 11*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gillingham	b Hobbs	16
CAG Russell	c Fender b Hitch	0
+CD McIver	b Hobbs	19
PA Perrin	lbw b Reay	3
*JWHT Douglas	c Strudwick b Hobbs	4
CP McGahey	c Fender b Hobbs	0
JR Freeman	not out	37
JG Dixon	c Peach b Fender	5
W Reeves	b Hitch	11
P Toone	b Hitch	2
GM Louden	b Hitch	2
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 46.5 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-26, 3-39, 4-43, 5-45, 6-53, 7-70, 8-91, 9-100, 10-102 (46.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	12.5	5	30	4	-	-
Hobbs	15	4	36	4	-	-
Reay	11	4	17	1	-	-
Fender	8	1	16	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c Russell b Douglas	9
A Sandham	c McIver b Louden	13
A Ducat	b Louden	9
TF Shepherd	c McIver b Douglas	7
HA Peach	b Douglas	28
HS Harrison	b Douglas	6
A Jeacocke	c Perrin b Reeves	80
*PGH Fender	c Gillingham b Douglas	34
JW Hitch	b Louden	0
GM Reay	lbw b Louden	17
+H Strudwick	not out	3
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 38.3 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-25, 3-38, 4-62, 5-79, 6-97, 7-153, 8-153, 9-189, 10-215 (38.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	17	1	98	5	-	-
Louden	19	0	93	4	-	-
Reeves	2.3	0	15	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP McGahey	c Jeacocke b Hitch	23
+CD McIver	b Hitch	1
JR Freeman	b Hitch	6
CAG Russell	b Fender	53
FH Gillingham	b Hitch	45
PA Perrin	c Harrison b Fender	1
*JWHT Douglas	c Jeacocke b Hitch	18
JG Dixon	b Hitch	0
W Reeves	b Peach	4
P Toone	not out	8
GM Louden	b Hitch	0
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 70.4 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-19, 3-50, 4-122, 5-124, 6-156, 7-156, 8-161, 9-168, 10-171 (70.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	21.4	6	44	7	-	2
Hobbs	2	0	7	0	-	-
Fender	22	10	44	2	-	-
Reay	6	1	21	0	-	-
Shepherd	3	0	13	0	-	-
Peach	16	5	30	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Sandham	b Louden	5
TF Shepherd	b Louden	3
A Ducat	not out	29
HA Peach	not out	19
JB Hobbs	did not bat
HS Harrison	did not bat
A Jeacocke	did not bat
*PGH Fender	did not bat
JW Hitch	did not bat
GM Reay	did not bat
+H Strudwick	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 13.2 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-15

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Louden	7	0	19	2	-	-
Douglas	5	1	23	0	-	-
Toone	1.2	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> A Jeacocke (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in first-class matches
--> A Jeacocke (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in County Championship matches
--> CAG Russell (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 32
--> A Ducat (2) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 22
--> JW Hitch reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JB Hobbs reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> PGH Fender reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JW Hitch reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex second innings

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