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County Championship, 1931Leicestershire v Essex
 Aylestone Road, Leicester
 16,18,19 May 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: EssexUmpires: EF Field and FI Walden
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 172/4 (MS Nichols 3*, LC Eastman 2*)
 Day 2: Essex 245/7 (HM Morris 9*) 
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c Astill           b Geary               69
DF Pope                                  b Snary               58
J O'Connor            c Astill           b Shipman             11
C Bray                                   b Shipman             21
MS Nichols            c Geary            b Armstrong           14
LC Eastman            c Armstrong        b Astill              35
+JR Sheffield         c Sidwell          b Geary               17
*HM Morris            not out                                   9
Extras                (b 8, lb 2, nb 1)                        11
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 146.3 overs)       245
DNB: AB Hipkin, AG Daer, TPB Smith.
FoW: 1-124, 2-136, 3-164, 4-165, 5-197, 6-225, 7-245.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shipman                     24      3     61      2
Geary                       47     23     68      2
Astill                      30.3   12     51      1
Snary                       34     16     29      1
Coleman                      3      1     13      0
Armstrong                    8      1     12      1
Leicestershire 1st innings
AW Shipman            c Nichols          b Daer                11
GL Berry              c Sheffield        b Nichols              2
NF Armstrong          c Smith            b Nichols             47
H Riley               c Bray             b Nichols             29
*AT Sharp             c Smith            b Nichols             59
JC Bradshaw           c Smith            b Nichols              0
CAR Coleman                              b Smith               22
WE Astill             not out                                  64
G Geary               lbw                b Nichols              4
+TE Sidwell           not out                                   2
Extras                (b 1, lb 4, nb 1)                         6
Total                 (8 wickets, 86 overs)                   246
DNB: HC Snary.
FoW: 1-13, 2-15, 3-88, 4-95, 5-95, 6-134, 7-229, 8-241.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     25      7     81      6
Daer                        16      1     45      1
Hipkin                       6      2      8      0
Eastman                     16      2     45      0
Smith                       18      2     48      1
O'Connor                     5      1     13      0
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