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County Championship, 1931Essex v Leicestershire
 County Ground, Leyton
 29,31 August 1 September 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: LeicestershireUmpires: TW Oates and W Bestwick
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Leicestershire 331, Essex 14/0 (JA Cutmore 7*, DF Pope 6*)
 Day 2: Essex 273, Leicestershire 34/2 (NF Armstrong 11*, JC Bradshaw 0*) 
Leicestershire 1st innings
*EW Dawson            run out                                  65
AW Shipman                           c & b Daer                64
NF Armstrong                             b Smith              100
JC Bradshaw           lbw                b O'Connor            16
WE Astill                                b Pope                13
G Geary                                  b O'Connor            18
H Riley               c Sheffield        b Smith                3
CAR Coleman                          c & b O'Connor             0
+TE Sidwell           c Sheffield        b Eastman             11
HC Snary              not out                                  19
HA Smith                                 b Nichols              4
Extras                (b 8, lb 7, nb 3)                        18
Total                 (all out, 126.3 overs)                  331
FoW: 1-125, 2-130, 3-156, 4-185, 5-242,
     6-245, 7-248, 8-267, 9-326, 10-331.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     22.3    5     42      1
Daer                        24      4     53      1
Eastman                     20      2     56      1
Smith                       28      6     72      2
O'Connor                    26      4     64      3
Pope                         4      0     17      1
Cutmore                      2      0      9      0
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore                           c & b Astill              24
DF Pope               lbw                b Snary               48
LC Eastman            c Astill           b Geary               10
J O'Connor            c Smith            b Geary              108
C Bray                               c & b Astill               1
MS Nichols            c Sidwell          b Geary               10
*HWF Franklin                            b Smith               21
JEW Waddington        c Snary            b Astill               8
+JR Sheffield         c Dawson           b Astill              23
AG Daer                              c & b Astill               5
TPB Smith             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 9, lb 4, nb 2)                        15
Total                 (all out, 125.2 overs)                  273
FoW: 1-47, 2-64, 3-107, 4-114, 5-142,
     6-195, 7-209, 8-268, 9-268, 10-273.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Smith                       20      1     60      1
Geary                       36     12     52      3
Shipman                      3      1      4      0
Snary                       30      9     55      1
Astill                      34.2    9     73      5
Armstrong                    2      0     14      0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
*EW Dawson            c Franklin         b Daer                21
AW Shipman            c Bray             b Nichols              0
NF Armstrong          c Smith            b Daer                52
JC Bradshaw                              b O'Connor            28
WE Astill                            c & b Smith               85
H Riley               not out                                  15
Extras                (b 3, lb 3, nb 3)                         9
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 67.2 overs)        210
DNB: G Geary, CAR Coleman, +TE Sidwell, HC Snary, HA Smith.
FoW: 1-1, 2-30, 3-101, 4-137, 5-210.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     19      3     64      1
Daer                        16      3     51      2
Eastman                      9      1     21      0
Smith                       12.2    1     31      1
O'Connor                    11      0     34      1
Essex 2nd innings (target: 269 runs)
JA Cutmore                               b Astill              54
DF Pope               run out                                  12
LC Eastman            c Geary            b Smith                4
J O'Connor            not out                                  52
C Bray                not out                                  18
Extras                (b 7, lb 8, w 4)                         19
Total                 (3 wickets, 63 overs)                   159
DNB: MS Nichols, *HWF Franklin, JEW Waddington, +JR Sheffield,
     AG Daer, TPB Smith.
FoW: 1-60, 2-74, 3-78.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Smith                        9      4     12      1
Geary                        7      3      7      0
Shipman                      3      0      6      0
Snary                       16      3     33      0
Astill                      18      4     45      1
Coleman                      6      2     22      0
Riley                        4      0     15      0
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