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County Championship, 1931Kent v Essex
 Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend
 2,4,5 May 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Kent won by an innings and 47 runs 
Toss: EssexUmpires: J Stone and AE Street
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 224, Kent 156/0 (HTW Hardinge 80*, WH Ashdown 56*)
 Day 2: Kent 397 
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore                               b Ashdown              4
DF Pope                                  b Watt                 9
J O'Connor            lbw                b Freeman            100
LC Eastman                           c & b Freeman              4
MS Nichols                               b Freeman              6
+JR Sheffield                            b Freeman              0
C Bray                lbw                b Freeman             22
*HM Morris            st Ames            b Freeman              4
AB Hipkin                                b Freeman             20
AG Daer               st Ames            b Freeman             27
TPB Smith             not out                                   6
Extras                (b 18, lb 3, nb 1)                       22
Total                 (all out, 79.5 overs)                   224
FoW: 1-9, 2-29, 3-48, 4-74, 5-78,
     6-138, 7-146, 8-181, 9-205, 10-224.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wright                      15      7     22      0
Ashdown                      8      1     25      1
Freeman                     33.5    7    109      8
Watt                        14      5     37      1
Peach                        9      5      9      0
Kent 1st innings
HTW Hardinge                             b Eastman            128
WH Ashdown            c Hipkin           b Smith               63
FE Woolley            c Hipkin           b Eastman             16
+LEG Ames             lbw                b O'Connor             6
LJ Todd                                  b Nichols             48
*BH Valentine         c Cutmore          b Eastman             54
TA Pearce             st Sheffield       b Smith               20
AE Watt                                  b Nichols             21
AC Wright                                b Nichols              1
AP Freeman            lbw                b Eastman             18
CW Peach              not out                                   3
Extras                (b 5, lb 9, nb 5)                        19
Total                 (all out, 134.4 overs)                  397
FoW: 1-187, 2-218, 3-225, 4-225, 5-303,
     6-351, 7-353, 8-362, 9-377, 10-397.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     22      6     53      3
Daer                        16      4     29      0
Smith                       33      8    119      2
O'Connor                    22      3     71      1
Hipkin                      19      6     36      0
Eastman                     22.4    7     70      4
Essex 2nd innings
JA Cutmore                               b Ashdown             20
DF Pope                                  b Ashdown              1
J O'Connor            c Watt             b Freeman              8
LC Eastman            c Wright           b Freeman              2
MS Nichols            c Ames             b Freeman              1
+JR Sheffield         run out                                   8
C Bray                                   b Freeman             40
*HM Morris            st Ames            b Freeman              5
AB Hipkin             c Watt             b Freeman             15
AG Daer               c Peach            b Freeman             18
TPB Smith             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 2, lb 6)                               8
Total                 (all out, 52.3 overs)                   126
FoW: 1-14, 2-29, 3-31, 4-32, 5-39,
     6-47, 7-68, 8-94, 9-123, 10-126.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wright                       3      0     19      0
Ashdown                     13      2     33      2
Freeman                     23.3    6     33      7
Watt                         4      0      9      0
Hardinge                     9      3     24      0
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