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County Championship, 1931Essex v Surrey
 County Ground, Leyton
 20,22,23 June 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Surrey won by an innings and 80 runs 
Toss: EssexUmpires: FI Walden and WR Parry
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 162, Surrey 121/1 (A Sandham 66*, A Ducat 1*)
 Day 2: Surrey 394, Essex 148/9 (JR Sheffield 9*, HTO Smith 17*) 
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c Shepherd         b Gover                9
DF Pope                                  b Gover               11
TH Wade               c Brooks           b Peach               41
J O'Connor            c Gregory          b Sheffield           10
C Bray                c Brooks           b Sheffield           35
MS Nichols            lbw                b Gregory             14
LC Eastman            c Brooks           b Peach                8
*HM Morris                           c & b Gregory              2
+JR Sheffield         c Peach            b Gregory              3
TPB Smith                                b Peach                8
HTO Smith             not out                                   4
Extras                (b 2, lb 12, w 2, nb 1)                  17
Total                 (all out, 82 overs)                     162
FoW: 1-20, 2-26, 3-46, 4-113, 5-130,
     6-144, 7-147, 8-147, 9-150, 10-162.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gover                       17      4     33      2
Sheffield                   16      5     34      2
Peach                       20      8     29      3
Gregory                     23      9     37      3
Fender                       6      1     12      0
Surrey 1st innings
JB Hobbs                             c & b Eastman             48
A Sandham             lbw                b TPB Smith           85
A Ducat               c Eastman          b Wade                62
TF Shepherd                              b TPB Smith           48
HT Barling                               b HTO Smith           24
*PGH Fender                              b HTO Smith            7
RJ Gregory                               b HTO Smith            0
HA Peach              c O'Connor         b TPB Smith            6
EJ Sheffield          not out                                  64
+EWJ Brooks                              b Wade                 8
AR Gover              lbw                b Eastman             22
Extras                (b 10, lb 7, w 2, nb 1)                  20
Total                 (all out, 111 overs)                    394
FoW: 1-114, 2-146, 3-228, 4-277, 5-277,
     6-281, 7-290, 8-313, 9-339, 10-394.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     20      2     83      0
HTO Smith                   30      7     81      3
Eastman                     13      1     34      2
O'Connor                     6      0     33      0
TPB Smith                   33      5     93      3
Wade                         9      1     50      2
Essex 2nd innings
JA Cutmore            c Brooks           b Sheffield           21
DF Pope                                  b Sheffield            4
TH Wade               c Fender           b Peach                6
J O'Connor            c Shepherd         b Gover               51
C Bray                c Brooks           b Fender              23
MS Nichols                           c & b Fender               1
LC Eastman            c Hobbs            b Fender               6
*HM Morris            lbw                b Fender               2
+JR Sheffield                            b Sheffield            9
TPB Smith                                b Gover                3
HTO Smith             not out                                  21
Extras                (b 3, lb 1, nb 1)                         5
Total                 (all out, 70 overs)                     152
FoW: 1-14, 2-27, 3-38, 4-81, 5-88,
     6-102, 7-110, 8-120, 9-124, 10-152.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gover                       20      4     48      2
Sheffield                   12      3     28      3
Peach                       10      5     12      1
Gregory                      9      6     17      0
Fender                      19      5     42      4
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