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County Championship, 1931Surrey v Essex
 Kennington Oval, London
 6,8,9 June 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: EssexUmpires: RD Burrows and JJ Bowles
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Surrey 241/8 (TF Shepherd 134*, EWJ Brooks 10*)
 Day 2: Surrey 285, Essex 227 
Surrey 1st innings
JB Hobbs                                 b Nichols             13
A Sandham                                b O'Connor             8
A Ducat               c Wade             b Smith                4
TF Shepherd           not out                                 167
HT Barling            c Sheffield        b Wade                41
*PGH Fender           c Pearce           b O'Connor             9
HA Peach                                 b Wade                10
EJ Sheffield          st Sheffield       b Wade                 3
JG Owen               c Cutmore          b Wade                 4
+EWJ Brooks           lbw                b Daer                12
AR Gover                             c & b Eastman              8
Extras                (b 4, lb 1, nb 1)                         6
Total                 (all out, 104.3 overs)                  285
FoW: 1-16, 2-26, 3-40, 4-128, 5-145,
     6-160, 7-172, 8-178, 9-245, 10-285.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     19      3     50      1
Daer                        12      5     16      1
O'Connor                    23      5     55      2
Smith                       21      3     74      1
Eastman                     12.3    3     38      1
Wade                        17      4     46      4
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c Ducat            b Gover                3
TN Pearce             c Gover            b Owen                14
TH Wade               c Brooks           b Gover               16
J O'Connor            lbw                b Sheffield           33
C Bray                c Owen             b Gover               59
MS Nichols            c Shepherd         b Sheffield           50
LC Eastman            c Gover            b Sheffield           10
*HM Morris            c Peach            b Owen                20
+JR Sheffield         c Barling          b Gover                6
AG Daer               not out                                   9
TPB Smith             c Hobbs            b Gover                0
Extras                (lb 6, nb 1)                              7
Total                 (all out, 99 overs)                     227
FoW: 1-4, 2-32, 3-38, 4-109, 5-146,
     6-163, 7-200, 8-217, 9-221, 10-227.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gover                       31      8     50      5
Sheffield                   26      9     39      3
Owen                        17      4     50      2
Fender                      11      1     40      0
Peach                       14      3     41      0
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