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County Championship, 1931Essex v Kent
 Garrison 'A' Cricket Ground, Colchester
 1,2 July 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Essex won by 10 wickets 
Toss: KentUmpires: F Chester and WA Buswell
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Kent 130, Essex 264/4 (J O'Connor 113*, DF Pope 9*) 
Kent 1st innings
HTW Hardinge                             b Hayzelden            2
WH Ashdown            c Eastman          b Nichols              7
FE Woolley            c Pope             b Hayzelden            1
+LEG Ames             run out                                  67
TF Mitchell           c Hipkin           b Nichols              7
C Fairservice                            b O'Connor            11
*BH Valentine                            b Eastman              1
HJ Hubble                                b Nichols             18
AE Watt                                  b Nichols              6
AC Wright                            c & b Nichols              8
AP Freeman            not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 1, nb 1)                              2
Total                 (all out, 40.2 overs)                   130
FoW: 1-9, 2-9, 3-14, 4-31, 5-50,
     6-55, 7-87, 8-100, 9-129, 10-130.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     14.2    1     42      5
Hayzelden                    9      1     26      2
O'Connor                     5      0     22      1
Eastman                      6      2     13      1
Smith                        6      0     25      0
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore                               b Freeman             40
LC Eastman            c Woolley          b Freeman              4
TH Wade               lbw                b Ashdown             18
J O'Connor            c Wright           b Ashdown            119
MS Nichols            c Valentine        b Wright              69
DF Pope               lbw                b Freeman              9
*HM Morris                               b Ashdown              5
AB Hipkin                                b Freeman              0
+JR Sheffield         st Ames            b Freeman             14
TPB Smith             not out                                   0
AFG Hayzelden                            b Freeman              0
Extras                (b 1, lb 10)                             11
Total                 (all out, 96.3 overs)                   289
FoW: 1-13, 2-53, 3-72, 4-250, 5-268,
     6-272, 7-275, 8-277, 9-289, 10-289.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Watt                        13      2     48      0
Ashdown                     27      9     60      3
Freeman                     38.3    4    126      6
Wright                      10      4     25      1
Hardinge                     8      0     19      0
Kent 2nd innings
HTW Hardinge                             b Smith               19
WH Ashdown            c Eastman          b Smith                4
FE Woolley                               b Nichols             10
+LEG Ames             c Morris           b Smith                0
TF Mitchell                              b Hayzelden           12
C Fairservice         c Smith            b Nichols             10
*BH Valentine         c Hayzelden        b Hipkin              32
HJ Hubble             not out                                  38
AE Watt                                  b Nichols             22
AC Wright             c Eastman          b Hayzelden            9
AP Freeman                               b Hayzelden            0
Extras                (b 2, lb 3, nb 1)                         6
Total                 (all out, 46.5 overs)                   162
FoW: 1-16, 2-28, 3-28, 4-40, 5-58,
     6-71, 7-104, 8-144, 9-162, 10-162.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     14      1     38      3
Hayzelden                    9.5    3     30      3
O'Connor                     6      0     33      0
Eastman                      4      0     10      0
Smith                       10      2     29      3
Hipkin                       3      0     16      1
Essex 2nd innings (target: 4 runs)
AB Hipkin             not out                                   4
TPB Smith             not out                                   0
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (0 wickets, 1 overs)                      4
DNB: JA Cutmore, LC Eastman, TH Wade, J O'Connor, MS Nichols,
     DF Pope, *HM Morris, +JR Sheffield, AFG Hayzelden.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Valentine                    1      0      4      0
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