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County Championship, 1931Derbyshire v Essex
 Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
 17,18,19 June 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: EssexUmpires: JH King and WA Buswell
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 12/4 (TN Pearce 6*, MS Nichols 0*)
 Day 2: Essex 130, Derbyshire 39/1 (D Smith 22*, AE Alderman 9*) 
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore                               b Slater               0
DF Pope               c Worthington      b Townsend             0
TH Wade                                  b Slater               1
J O'Connor            lbw                b Slater               5
TN Pearce                                b Slater              19
MS Nichols            c Storer           b Slater               0
LC Eastman            c Lee              b Slater              13
*HM Morris            c Alderman         b Mitchell             5
DR Wilcox             not out                                  51
+JR Sheffield         c Elliott          b Slater               8
TPB Smith                                b Slater              19
Extras                (b 3, lb 4, nb 2)                         9
Total                 (all out, 70.3 overs)                   130
FoW: 1-0, 2-0, 3-5, 4-6, 5-14, 6-31, 7-38, 8-63, 9-74, 10-130.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Slater                      35.3   17     51      8
Townsend                    16      4     29      1
Mitchell                    19      6     41      1
Derbyshire 1st innings
D Smith               not out                                  22
H Storer jnr          c Smith            b O'Connor             6
AE Alderman           not out                                   9
Extras                (lb 2)                                    2
Total                 (1 wicket, 27 overs)                     39
DNB: GM Lee, JDH Gilbert, LF Townsend, AG Slater, *AW Richardson,
     +H Elliott, TS Worthington, TB Mitchell.
FoW: 1-20.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                      3      2      1      0
Smith                        7      0     13      0
O'Connor                     8      2     11      1
Eastman                      6      2      7      0
Wade                         3      1      5      0
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