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County Championship, 1931Essex v Worcestershire
 County Ground, Leyton
 23,25,26 May 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Essex won by 154 runs 
Toss: EssexUmpires: LC Braund and A Skelding
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 72/3 (JA Cutmore 48*, MS Nichols 12*)
 Day 2: Essex 156, Worcestershire 174/9 (HHIH Gibbons 81*) 
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c Winwood          b Root                64
DF Pope                                  b Root                 1
J O'Connor            c Nichol           b Perks                3
C Bray                                   b Root                 7
MS Nichols                               b Brook               21
LC Eastman            lbw                b Root                 3
+JR Sheffield                            b Root                12
*HM Morris            not out                                  21
HTO Smith                                b Perks               12
TPB Smith                                b Perks                7
HJ Palmer                                b Perks                0
Extras                (b 4, lb 1)                               5
Total                 (all out, 77 overs)                     156
FoW: 1-9, 2-32, 3-41, 4-94, 5-99,
     6-110, 7-124, 8-142, 9-156, 10-156.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Root                        28      7     49      5
White                        4      0     16      0
Perks                       16      5     27      4
Brook                       23      2     52      1
Wright                       6      2      7      0
Worcestershire 1st innings
+BW Quaife                               b Palmer              37
RH Williams                              b Nichols              2
M Nichol                                 b Nichols              3
HHIH Gibbons          not out                                  87
*CF Walters           lbw                b O'Connor             4
L Wright              c Palmer           b Eastman             15
TL Winwood                               b HTO Smith            3
CF Root               c TPB Smith        b Eastman              7
GW Brook                             c & b Eastman              2
RTD Perks             lbw                b Eastman              8
ME White                                 b HTO Smith            2
Extras                (b 9, lb 3)                              12
Total                 (all out, 94 overs)                     182
FoW: 1-5, 2-19, 3-72, 4-83, 5-123,
     6-128, 7-145, 8-153, 9-174, 10-182.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     17      5     29      2
HTO Smith                   17      7     22      2
Palmer                      14      7     22      1
TPB Smith                   19      2     52      0
Eastman                     20      9     27      4
O'Connor                     7      1     18      1
Essex 2nd innings
JA Cutmore            c Williams         b Perks               73
DF Pope                                  b Root                 3
J O'Connor            lbw                b Root                 4
C Bray                               c & b Root                66
MS Nichols            c Winwood          b Root                50
LC Eastman            c Root             b Perks               15
+JR Sheffield                            b Root                 9
HTO Smith             not out                                   2
TPB Smith             not out                                  19
Extras                (b 2, lb 6)                               8
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 64 overs)          249
DNB: *HM Morris, HJ Palmer.
FoW: 1-3, 2-11, 3-133, 4-170, 5-217, 6-220, 7-230.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Root                        29      5     83      5
White                        5      1     20      0
Perks                       20      2     88      2
Brook                        6      1     34      0
Wright                       4      0     16      0
Worcestershire 2nd innings (target: 224 runs)
+BW Quaife            c Eastman          b Nichols              3
RH Williams                              b Nichols              0
M Nichol              lbw                b Eastman             26
HHIH Gibbons          lbw                b Nichols              0
*CF Walters           run out                                  27
L Wright                                 b TPB Smith            0
TL Winwood            lbw                b Eastman              0
CF Root                                  b Nichols              6
GW Brook                                 b Nichols              0
RTD Perks                                b O'Connor             1
ME White              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 1)                    6
Total                 (all out, 43 overs)                      69
FoW: 1-2, 2-10, 3-10, 4-45, 5-58, 6-59, 7-66, 8-66, 9-67, 10-69.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     11      3     13      5
HTO Smith                    6      3     10      0
Palmer                       5      2      7      0
TPB Smith                   10      4     24      1
Eastman                      9      6      8      2
O'Connor                     2      1      1      1
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