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County Championship, 1931Glamorgan v Essex
 Cowbridge Ground
 8,10,11 August 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: EssexUmpires: A Dolphin and RD Burrows
 
Close of play:
Day 1: No play
 Day 2: Essex 149, Glamorgan 37/1 (WE Bates 15*, D Davies 9*) 
Essex 1st innings
LC Eastman                               b D Davies            52
DF Pope                                  b Mercer               4
DR Wilcox                            c & b D Davies            24
J O'Connor                               b Mercer              13
JA Cutmore            lbw                b Clay                14
MS Nichols            st Every           b Mercer               5
*HWF Franklin         c Mercer           b Clay                21
+JR Sheffield         c Turnbull         b Mercer               5
AG Daer               lbw                b Mercer               0
TPB Smith             c D Davies         b Clay                 4
K Farnes              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 4, nb 2)                         7
Total                 (all out, 53.3 overs)                   149
FoW: 1-7, 2-85, 3-86, 4-100, 5-116,
     6-130, 7-143, 8-144, 9-149, 10-149.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mercer                      22      4     65      5
Clay                        13.3    3     30      3
Ryan                        10      0     36      0
D Davies                     8      3     11      2
Glamorgan 1st innings
WE Bates                             c & b Eastman             19
AH Dyson              c Pope             b Farnes               7
D Davies              c O'Connor         b Smith               12
JT Bell                                  b Smith                2
VGJ Jenkins           st Sheffield       b Smith                0
*MJL Turnbull                            b Eastman             20
JC Clay                                  b Smith                6
DE Davies                                b Smith                0
+T Every              not out                                   6
J Mercer                                 b Eastman              0
FP Ryan                                  b Eastman              4
Extras                (b 11, lb 2)                             13
Total                 (all out, 35.1 overs)                    89
FoW: 1-12, 2-41, 3-44, 4-44, 5-57, 6-71, 7-75, 8-81, 9-86, 10-89.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                      5      0     11      0
Farnes                       3      0      4      1
Smith                       15      3     30      5
O'Connor                     3      1      2      0
Eastman                      9.1    1     29      4
Essex 2nd innings
LC Eastman                               b Mercer              49
DF Pope               lbw                b Ryan                20
DR Wilcox                            c & b Clay                 2
J O'Connor            c Mercer           b Clay                39
JA Cutmore                               b Clay                34
MS Nichols            not out                                  12
*HWF Franklin         not out                                  11
Extras                (lb 6)                                    6
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 54 overs)          173
DNB: +JR Sheffield, AG Daer, TPB Smith, K Farnes.
FoW: 1-47, 2-54, 3-78, 4-145, 5-148.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mercer                      18      3     47      1
Clay                        16      1     46      3
Ryan                         9      1     38      1
D Davies                    11      0     36      0
Glamorgan 2nd innings (target: 234 runs)
WE Bates              c Franklin         b Smith               12
AH Dyson              not out                                  19
D Davies              not out                                  11
Extras                (b 1, nb 2)                               3
Total                 (1 wicket, 31 overs)                     45
DNB: JT Bell, VGJ Jenkins, *MJL Turnbull, JC Clay, DE Davies,
     +T Every, J Mercer, FP Ryan.
FoW: 1-25.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                      3      1      4      0
Farnes                       2      0      9      0
Smith                        8      3     12      1
O'Connor                     3      2      1      0
Eastman                     10      4     12      0
Daer                         5      3      4      0
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