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County Championship, 1931Essex v Sussex
 County Ground, Chelmsford
 24,25,26 June 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Sussex won by 10 wickets 
Toss: SussexUmpires: LC Braund and EJ Smith
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Sussex 379/4 (HW Parks 167*, MW Tate 10*)
 Day 2: Sussex 448/6d, Essex 211 and 52/2 (JA Cutmore 25*, TN Pearce 2*) 
Sussex 1st innings
JH Parks                                 b Smith                5
JohnG Langridge                          b Nichols              1
*KS Duleepsinhji      lbw                b Smith              140
HW Parks              not out                                 200
Jas Langridge         run out                                  34
MW Tate                              c & b Smith               14
AF Wensley            c Taylor           b Smith               22
GAK Collins           not out                                   8
Extras                (b 16, lb 3, nb 5)                       24
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 116.4 overs)       448
DNB: G Cox jnr, JH Cornford, +WL Cornford.
FoW: 1-10, 2-14, 3-253, 4-358, 5-386, 6-421.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     20      2     74      1
Smith                       35.4    3    136      4
O'Connor                    21      2     82      0
Wright                      18      2     46      0
Wade                        11      1     39      0
Taylor                       8      2     32      0
Morris                       3      0     15      0
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c HW Parks         b Jas Langridge       42
+JR Sheffield         c JH Parks         b Wensley              2
J O'Connor            c JH Parks         b Tate                 6
TN Pearce             lbw                b Jas Langridge       43
TH Wade               lbw                b Wensley             17
DF Pope               c JH Parks         b Jas Langridge       35
*HM Morris            c Wensley          b Jas Langridge       15
AE Wright             c JohnG Langridge  b JH Parks             9
TPB Smith             not out                                   5
RM Taylor                                b JH Parks             0
MS Nichols                               b Tate                10
Extras                (b 15, lb 12)                            27
Total                 (all out, 93.4 overs)                   211
FoW: 1-6, 2-29, 3-95, 4-118, 5-142,
     6-175, 7-192, 8-196, 9-198, 10-211.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Tate                        27.4    9     49      2
Wensley                     19      5     32      2
JH Cornford                 16      5     34      0
JH Parks                     8      2     14      2
Jas Langridge               23      6     55      4
Essex 2nd innings (following on)
JA Cutmore            c WL Cornford      b Jas Langridge      106
MS Nichols                           c & b Wensley              3
J O'Connor            c Collins          b Wensley              9
TN Pearce             run out                                  15
TH Wade               lbw                b Jas Langridge        0
DF Pope               c Duleepsinhji     b Wensley             37
*HM Morris            c JohnG Langridge  b Wensley             23
+JR Sheffield                            b JH Parks            20
AE Wright                                b JH Parks            14
TPB Smith                                b Jas Langridge        7
RM Taylor             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 22, lb 6)                             28
Total                 (all out, 111.4 overs)                  262
FoW: 1-22, 2-42, 3-108, 4-108, 5-185,
     6-203, 7-222, 8-247, 9-260, 10-262.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Tate                        30     11     59      0
Wensley                     30      8     68      4
JH Cornford                  3      0     14      0
JH Parks                    17.4    6     33      2
Jas Langridge               31      8     60      3
Sussex 2nd innings (target: 26 runs)
GAK Collins           retired hurt                              1
G Cox jnr             not out                                  12
JohnG Langridge       not out                                  10
Extras                (b 5)                                     5
Total                 (0 wickets, 10.4 overs)                  28
DNB: JH Parks, *KS Duleepsinhji, HW Parks, Jas Langridge,
     MW Tate, AF Wensley, JH Cornford, +WL Cornford.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Smith                        4      3      4      0
Sheffield                    5      2      9      0
Cutmore                      1.4    0     10      0
 
 GAK Collins retired hurt at ?/0
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