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County Championship, 1931Lancashire v Essex
 Aigburth, Liverpool
 13,14 May 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Lancashire won by 10 wickets 
Toss: LancashireUmpires: D Hendren and W Bestwick
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Lancashire 244/6 (E Paynter 54*, FM Sibbles 10*) 
Lancashire 1st innings
C Hallows             lbw                b Daer                30
FB Watson             c Nichols          b Daer                37
GE Tyldesley          c Hipkin           b O'Connor            30
J Iddon               c Eastman          b Daer                62
JL Hopwood            c Hipkin           b Nichols              4
*PT Eckersley                            b Smith               11
E Paynter             not out                                  54
FM Sibbles            not out                                  10
Extras                (b 3, lb 3)                               6
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 80.1 overs)        244
DNB: +G Duckworth, RK Tyldesley, EA McDonald.
FoW: 1-62, 2-81, 3-120, 4-127, 5-152, 6-227.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     22.1    3     51      1
Daer                        22      3     90      3
Smith                       17      2     33      1
O'Connor                    14      2     49      1
Eastman                      5      2     15      0
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c Iddon            b Sibbles              0
DF Pope               c Watson           b McDonald             9
J O'Connor            c Paynter          b McDonald             5
*C Bray               lbw                b RK Tyldesley        23
MS Nichols            lbw                b RK Tyldesley         6
LC Eastman            c Eckersley        b Hopwood              1
+JR Sheffield         c RK Tyldesley     b Hopwood              0
GW Hockey             c McDonald         b Hopwood              8
AB Hipkin             c Watson           b RK Tyldesley         5
AG Daer               c Hallows          b Hopwood              0
TPB Smith             not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 2)                                    2
Total                 (all out, 41.2 overs)                    59
FoW: 1-1, 2-15, 3-20, 4-32, 5-35, 6-35, 7-43, 8-58, 9-59, 10-59.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McDonald                    10      6     13      2
Sibbles                      9      5     11      1
Hopwood                     11.2    4     16      4
RK Tyldesley                11      5     17      3
Essex 2nd innings (following on)
JA Cutmore            lbw                b RK Tyldesley        21
DF Pope                                  b RK Tyldesley        22
J O'Connor            st Duckworth       b Sibbles             51
*C Bray               c Hopwood          b McDonald            13
MS Nichols                           c & b Sibbles             26
LC Eastman            c Eckersley        b RK Tyldesley         3
+JR Sheffield         c GE Tyldesley     b Sibbles              3
GW Hockey             c Hopwood          b Sibbles              6
AB Hipkin             c Iddon            b McDonald            18
AG Daer               lbw                b Sibbles              2
TPB Smith             not out                                  25
Extras                (b 2, lb 1)                               3
Total                 (all out, 82.3 overs)                   193
FoW: 1-42, 2-49, 3-88, 4-119, 5-138,
     6-138, 7-143, 8-158, 9-164, 10-193.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McDonald                    14.3    2     36      2
Sibbles                     19      3     46      5
Hopwood                     17      5     42      0
RK Tyldesley                25     11     52      3
Iddon                        7      3     14      0
Lancashire 2nd innings (target: 9 runs)
FM Sibbles            not out                                   5
+G Duckworth          not out                                   6
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (0 wickets, 0.5 overs)                   11
DNB: C Hallows, FB Watson, GE Tyldesley, J Iddon, JL Hopwood,
     *PT Eckersley, E Paynter, RK Tyldesley, EA McDonald.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bray                         0.5    0     11      0
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