New Zealand in England, 1931
Essex v New Zealanders
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
22,24,25 August 1931 (3-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Toss: New Zealanders
Umpires: JJ Bowles and G Beet
Close of play:
Day 1: New Zealanders 360/8 (JE Mills 9*, WE Merritt 3*)
Day 2: New Zealanders 412, Essex 150 and 53/1 (DF Pope 31*, HP Crabtree 3*)
New Zealanders 1st innings
CS Dempster b Smith 88
GL Weir b Nichols 34
JL Kerr b Nichols 7
ML Page lbw b Daer 22
HG Vivian c Daer b Eastman 5
*+TC Lowry c Bray b Nichols 129
RO Talbot c Pope b O'Connor 49
JE Mills lbw b Daer 36
AM Matheson b Nichols 0
WE Merritt c & b Nichols 7
IB Cromb not out 19
Extras (b 9, lb 5, nb 2) 16
Total (all out, 128 overs) 412
FoW: 1-81, 2-89, 3-150, 4-155, 5-179,
6-323, 7-357, 8-357, 9-372, 10-412.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 32 5 75 5
Daer 32 9 80 2
Eastman 18 0 83 1
Smith 21 0 80 1
O'Connor 20 3 62 1
Crabtree 5 0 16 0
Essex 1st innings
DF Pope c Matheson b Vivian 33
NG Wykes b Matheson 16
HP Crabtree b Matheson 2
J O'Connor b Merritt 1
C Bray c Mills b Vivian 27
MS Nichols st Lowry b Merritt 40
*HWF Franklin c Lowry b Vivian 16
AG Daer not out 8
+JR Sheffield lbw b Merritt 1
TPB Smith c Cromb b Vivian 1
LC Eastman absent hurt -
Extras (b 2, lb 2, nb 1) 5
Total (all out, 71.5 overs) 150
FoW: 1-32, 2-38, 3-40, 4-62, 5-111, 6-140, 7-140, 8-141, 9-150.
Bowling O M R W
Matheson 11 2 29 2
Cromb 9 5 15 0
Merritt 23 6 65 3
Vivian 28.5 14 36 4
Essex 2nd innings (following on)
DF Pope lbw b Matheson 35
NG Wykes b Merritt 18
HP Crabtree b Weir 11
J O'Connor c & b Matheson 47
C Bray c Mills b Merritt 129
MS Nichols c Dempster b Matheson 42
*HWF Franklin c Talbot b Matheson 3
AG Daer st Dempster b Merritt 6
+JR Sheffield run out 56
TPB Smith not out 1
LC Eastman absent hurt -
Extras (b 16, lb 6, w 1, nb 1) 24
Total (all out, 129.1 overs) 372
FoW: 1-38, 2-62, 3-92, 4-126, 5-209, 6-221, 7-243, 8-350, 9-372.
Bowling O M R W
Matheson 24 3 72 4
Cromb 21.1 3 72 0
Merritt 38 11 81 3
Vivian 21 5 64 0
Talbot 8 0 28 0
Page 1 0 1 0
Weir 16 9 30 1
New Zealanders 2nd innings (target: 111 runs)
JE Mills b Daer 29
IB Cromb c & b Daer 0
JL Kerr lbw b O'Connor 15
HG Vivian b Daer 2
WE Merritt b Daer 0
RO Talbot not out 4
CS Dempster not out 5
Extras (lb 2, nb 2) 4
Total (5 wickets, 19 overs) 59
DNB: GL Weir, ML Page, *+TC Lowry, AM Matheson.
FoW: 1-4, 2-43, 3-49, 4-49, 5-50.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 6 1 32 0
Daer 8 2 19 4
O'Connor 5 2 4 1
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