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County Championship, 1931Middlesex v Essex
 Lord's, London
 27,28,29 May 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Middlesex won by 9 wickets 
Toss: EssexUmpires: W Bestwick and A Skelding
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 135, Middlesex 139, Essex 0/0 (JA Cutmore 0*, JR Sheffield 0*)
 Day 2: Essex 151, Middlesex 101/1 (JW Hearne 42*, EG Canning 10*) 
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c Canning          b Hearne              31
DF Pope               c Durston          b Peebles             13
J O'Connor            not out                                  53
C Bray                                   b Peebles              4
MS Nichols            c Hendren          b Hearne               1
LC Eastman            lbw                b Hearne              17
+JR Sheffield                        c & b Peebles              2
*HM Morris                               b Peebles              6
TPB Smith             c Durston          b Peebles              4
AG Daer                                  b Peebles              2
HJ Palmer                                b Hearne               0
Extras                (b 1, lb 1)                               2
Total                 (all out, 69.3 overs)                   135
FoW: 1-29, 2-50, 3-55, 4-64, 5-99,
     6-110, 7-116, 8-122, 9-134, 10-135.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Durston                     14      5     26      0
Haig                         6      2      7      0
Peebles                     27      8     60      6
Hearne                      22.3    6     40      4
Middlesex 1st innings
JW Hearne                                b Nichols              3
HJ Enthoven           lbw                b Nichols             13
EG Canning                               b Palmer              11
EH Hendren                               b O'Connor            34
FJ Durston            c O'Connor         b Daer                26
*NE Haig              c Nichols          b Daer                27
JHA Hulme             c Smith            b Palmer              15
CWH Howard                               b Daer                 0
R Beveridge           c Sheffield        b Palmer               4
IAR Peebles           not out                                   2
+WFF Price            lbw                b Palmer               0
Extras                (lb 4)                                    4
Total                 (all out, 57 overs)                     139
FoW: 1-16, 2-17, 3-32, 4-80, 5-106,
     6-118, 7-124, 8-134, 9-139, 10-139.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     11      2     23      2
Daer                        10      2     21      3
Eastman                      6      0     15      0
Palmer                       9      2     13      4
Smith                       12      1     35      0
O'Connor                     9      1     28      1
Essex 2nd innings
JA Cutmore            c Price            b Hearne              24
+JR Sheffield         lbw                b Durston             25
J O'Connor            lbw                b Peebles              0
C Bray                c Price            b Peebles             38
MS Nichols            st Price           b Peebles              2
LC Eastman            lbw                b Durston              1
DF Pope                                  b Peebles              4
*HM Morris                               b Peebles             15
TPB Smith             c Hulme            b Durston             21
AG Daer               c Hendren          b Durston              8
HJ Palmer             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 11, lb 2)                             13
Total                 (all out, 51.4 overs)                   151
FoW: 1-39, 2-42, 3-74, 4-85, 5-96,
     6-116, 7-121, 8-151, 9-151, 10-151.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Durston                     15.4    1     48      4
Haig                         3      2      1      0
Peebles                     20      1     64      5
Hearne                       8      1     12      1
Beveridge                    5      0     13      0
Middlesex 2nd innings (target: 148 runs)
JW Hearne             not out                                  59
HJ Enthoven           c Sheffield        b Eastman             45
EG Canning            not out                                  40
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, w 1)                          4
Total                 (1 wicket, 49.1 overs)                  148
DNB: EH Hendren, FJ Durston, *NE Haig, JHA Hulme, CWH Howard,
     R Beveridge, IAR Peebles, +WFF Price.
FoW: 1-82.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                      7      0     19      0
Daer                         8      1     16      0
Eastman                      9      1     32      1
Palmer                      10      2     29      0
Smith                        2      0     17      0
O'Connor                    11      2     20      0
Cutmore                      1.1    0      6      0
Morris                       1      0      5      0
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