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County Championship, 1931Essex v Derbyshire
 County Ground, Leyton
 20,21,22 May 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: DerbyshireUmpires: LC Braund and F Chester
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Derbyshire 374/4 (LF Townsend 48*, TS Worthington 2*)
 Day 2: Derbyshire 435/8d, Essex 187 and 5/1 (JA Cutmore 4*) 
Derbyshire 1st innings
H Storer jnr                             b Smith               19
D Smith               run out                                 131
AE Alderman           lbw                b Smith                1
GM Lee                                   b O'Connor           147
LF Townsend           not out                                  80
TS Worthington        c Hipkin           b Eastman              2
AG Slater                            c & b Eastman              2
JM Hutchinson         c Cutmore          b Hipkin              13
+H Elliott            lbw                b Smith               10
Extras                (b 16, lb 12, w 1, nb 1)                 30
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 151.5 overs)       435
DNB: *AW Richardson, TB Mitchell.
FoW: 1-39, 2-45, 3-260, 4-361, 5-375, 6-383, 7-416, 8-435.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     25      7     60      0
Daer                         3      1      7      0
Smith                       42.5    6    145      3
Hipkin                      23      3     46      1
Eastman                     38      9     91      2
O'Connor                    17      2     53      1
Hockey                       3      2      3      0
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c Townsend         b Mitchell            17
DF Pope               c Mitchell         b Slater              27
J O'Connor            run out                                  48
GW Hockey                                b Lee                 16
MS Nichols            c Smith            b Lee                  3
LC Eastman            c Alderman         b Worthington          4
+JR Sheffield         lbw                b Mitchell             5
*HM Morris            not out                                  31
AB Hipkin             c Hutchinson       b Slater               6
AG Daer               c Smith            b Mitchell             5
TPB Smith             c Lee              b Mitchell            19
Extras                (b 3, lb 3)                               6
Total                 (all out, 92.4 overs)                   187
FoW: 1-33, 2-64, 3-90, 4-96, 5-117,
     6-124, 7-127, 8-150, 9-161, 10-187.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Slater                      25      9     26      2
Worthington                 14      6     36      1
Mitchell                    35.4   14     83      4
Townsend                    12      4     22      0
Lee                          6      1     14      2
Essex 2nd innings (following on)
JA Cutmore            not out                                   4
DF Pope               c Slater           b Storer               0
Extras                (w 1)                                     1
Total                 (1 wicket, 7.2 overs)                     5
DNB: J O'Connor, GW Hockey, MS Nichols, LC Eastman,
     +JR Sheffield, *HM Morris, AB Hipkin, AG Daer, TPB Smith.
FoW: 1-5.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Slater                       3      2      4      0
Worthington                  3      3      0      0
Mitchell                     1      1      0      0
Storer                       0.2    0      0      1
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