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County Championship, 1931Essex v Middlesex
 County Ground, Leyton
 5,6,7 August 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: EssexUmpires: EJ Smith and J Stone
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 352/8 (JR Sheffield 34*, TPB Smith 20*)
 Day 2: No play 
Essex 1st innings
LC Eastman            c Stevens          b Durston             78
DF Pope               c Stevens          b Lee                 40
DR Wilcox                                b Stevens             19
J O'Connor            lbw                b Stevens             21
C Bray                c Price            b Haig                 0
MS Nichols                               b Stevens              9
HWF Franklin          c Canning          b Lee                 61
*HM Morris            c Canning          b Stevens             29
+JR Sheffield         not out                                  34
TPB Smith             not out                                  20
Extras                (b 20, lb 20, nb 1)                      41
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 135 overs)         352
DNB: K Farnes.
FoW: 1-125, 2-131, 3-163, 4-168, 5-176, 6-187, 7-295, 8-302.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Haig                        29     10     78      1
Durston                     26      9     49      1
Peebles                     28      4     64      0
Stevens                     36      7     88      4
Lee                         16      4     32      2
Middlesex 1st innings
GTS Stevens           c Smith            b Farnes               1
HW Lee                               c & b Eastman             28
EH Hendren            run out                                  57
HJ Enthoven                              b Smith                1
JL Guise              not out                                  33
*NE Haig                                 b Nichols              0
JHA Hulme             lbw                b Eastman              3
FJ Durston                               b Smith                4
EG Canning                               b Smith                3
+WFF Price            c Bray             b Eastman             12
IAR Peebles                          c & b Eastman              0
Extras                (b 6, lb 2, nb 5)                        13
Total                 (all out, 72 overs)                     155
FoW: 1-3, 2-92, 3-95, 4-108, 5-108,
     6-117, 7-124, 8-132, 9-155, 10-155.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     14      3     29      1
Farnes                      10      4     23      1
Smith                       22      6     40      3
O'Connor                     6      1     19      0
Eastman                     20      4     31      4
Middlesex 2nd innings (following on)
JL Guise              not out                                  63
GTS Stevens                              b Nichols              0
HW Lee                not out                                  50
Extras                (b 7, lb 5, nb 1)                        13
Total                 (1 wicket, 41 overs)                    126
DNB: EH Hendren, HJ Enthoven, *NE Haig, JHA Hulme, FJ Durston,
     EG Canning, +WFF Price, IAR Peebles.
FoW: 1-1.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                      8      0     24      1
Farnes                       6      1     22      0
Smith                        7      0     11      0
O'Connor                     6      0     22      0
Eastman                     10      1     19      0
Franklin                     1      1      0      0
Bray                         2      0     13      0
Pope                         1      0      2      0
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