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County Championship, 1931Essex v Yorkshire
 County Ground, Leyton
 9,11,12 May 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Yorkshire won by an innings and 8 runs 
Toss: EssexUmpires: A Morton and J Hardstaff sen
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 106, Yorkshire 140/4 (A Mitchell 12*, FE Greenwood 14*)
 Day 2: Yorkshire 329/8d, Essex 139/4 (J O'Connor 42*, JR Sheffield 29*) 
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore                           c & b Verity              38
DF Pope               c Wood             b Bowes               12
J O'Connor            lbw                b Bowes                1
LC Eastman            c Wood             b Bowes                0
MS Nichols            c Verity           b Macaulay            11
+JR Sheffield                            b Macaulay             0
GW Hockey             lbw                b Bowes                9
*HM Morris            c Verity           b Macaulay             7
AB Hipkin             run out                                   4
AG Daer               not out                                  10
TPB Smith                                b Verity               7
Extras                (lb 4, nb 3)                              7
Total                 (all out, 67.5 overs)                   106
FoW: 1-47, 2-53, 3-53, 4-60, 5-63,
     6-66, 7-81, 8-83, 9-92, 10-106.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Robinson                    12      6      6      0
Bowes                       24      7     45      4
Macaulay                    20     12     19      3
Verity                      11.5    3     29      2
Yorkshire 1st innings
P Holmes              c Sheffield        b Nichols             27
H Sutcliffe                              b Daer                18
E Oldroyd             lbw                b Nichols             34
M Leyland             c Sheffield        b O'Connor            30
A Mitchell                               b Smith               24
*FE Greenwood                        c & b Eastman             97
E Robinson            not out                                  73
+A Wood               lbw                b Eastman              6
GG Macaulay           c Nichols          b Eastman              0
H Verity              not out                                   6
Extras                (b 8, lb 5, nb 1)                        14
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 115 overs)         329
DNB: WE Bowes.
FoW: 1-28, 2-70, 3-108, 4-118, 5-165, 6-307, 7-319, 8-319.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     28      5     59      2
Daer                        27      5     74      1
Smith                       24      3     63      1
Eastman                     18      4     52      3
O'Connor                    12      1     48      1
Hipkin                       6      1     19      0
Essex 2nd innings
JA Cutmore                               b Verity              18
DF Pope               c Leyland          b Bowes               35
J O'Connor            c Greenwood        b Verity              79
LC Eastman                               b Bowes                0
MS Nichols            c Oldroyd          b Macaulay             9
+JR Sheffield         c Robinson         b Verity              37
GW Hockey             lbw                b Verity               2
*HM Morris                               b Verity               1
AB Hipkin             c Leyland          b Verity              14
AG Daer               c Macaulay         b Verity               4
TPB Smith             not out                                   9
Extras                (b 5, lb 1, nb 1)                         7
Total                 (all out, 87.2 overs)                   215
FoW: 1-48, 2-68, 3-68, 4-81, 5-165,
     6-186, 7-186, 8-190, 9-205, 10-215.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Robinson                     3      0     10      0
Bowes                       28      3     76      2
Macaulay                    22      6     42      1
Verity                      32.2   11     77      7
Leyland                      2      1      3      0
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