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New Zealand in England, 1927 
Essex v New Zealand 
County Ground, Leyton 
14,16,17 May 1927 (3-day match) 
Result: Essex won by 5 wickets 
Toss: New Zealand 
Umpires: WA Buswell and F Sugg
 
Close of play:
  Day 1:
 Day 2:
New Zealand 1st innings
RC Blunt              c GF Eastman       b Nichols              1
JE Mills              c Nichols          b O'Connor            64
+KC James                                b Nichols              4
*TC Lowry                            c & b O'Connor            61
CCR Dacre             c Ashton           b LC Eastman           9
CS Dempster           c GF Eastman       b O'Connor            13
CJ Oliver             lbw                b O'Connor            28
HM McGirr             c Ashton           b O'Connor            11
EHL Bernau            lbw                b Russell             22
WE Merritt            not out                                  49
WHR Cunningham                           b Meston              23
Extras                (lb 2, w 1, nb 1)                         4
Total                 (all out, 95 overs)                     289
FoW: 1-2, 2-20, 3-132, 4-133, 5-143,
     6-177, 7-194, 8-194, 9-248, 10-289.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     29      4    111      2
LC Eastman                  21      6     34      1
Russell                     10      1     37      1
Meston                       7      1     13      1
O'Connor                    22      2     68      5
Hipkin                       6      0     22      0
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c Dacre            b Merritt             47
LC Eastman            lbw                b McGirr              30
AB Hipkin             run out                                   0
J O'Connor            lbw                b Lowry               65
CAG Russell                              b McGirr              76
H Ashton                                 b McGirr              52
*JWHT Douglas         c Dempster         b McGirr               0
HM Morris             c Dempster         b McGirr               0
MS Nichols            c Lowry            b Cunningham          61
AH Meston                                b McGirr               0
+GF Eastman           not out                                  15
Extras                (b 19, lb 4, w 4)                        27
Total                 (all out, 107 overs)                    373
FoW: 1-56, 2-56, 3-127, 4-188, 5-262,
     6-262, 7-262, 8-319, 9-319, 10-373.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bernau                      13      3     47      0
Cunningham                  11      0     50      1
McGirr                      29      8     77      6
Merritt                     21      3     68      1
Blunt                       17      2     50      0
Dacre                        2      1      8      0
Lowry                       12      1     42      1
Oliver                       2      0      4      0
New Zealand 2nd innings
RC Blunt                                 b O'Connor            21
JE Mills              c Douglas          b LC Eastman           0
+KC James             c Hipkin           b O'Connor            26
*TC Lowry             st GF Eastman      b O'Connor            30
CS Dempster                          c & b LC Eastman          79
CCR Dacre             lbw                b O'Connor             5
CJ Oliver                            c & b LC Eastman          13
HM McGirr             lbw                b LC Eastman           7
EHL Bernau            lbw                b LC Eastman           0
WE Merritt            not out                                   7
WHR Cunningham        c Nichols          b O'Connor             2
Extras                (b 11, lb 2, w 1, nb 4)                  18
Total                 (all out, 86.4 overs)                   208
FoW: 1-2, 2-46, 3-59, 4-118, 5-126,
     6-164, 7-185, 8-189, 9-206, 10-208.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     12      2     25      0
LC Eastman                  20      6     31      5
Russell                      4      3      1      0
O'Connor                    32.4    7     92      5
Hipkin                      14      4     35      0
Douglas                      4      2      6      0
Essex 2nd innings (target: 125 runs)
JA Cutmore            c James            b Blunt               18
LC Eastman            lbw                b Blunt               41
J O'Connor            st James           b Blunt               12
CAG Russell                              b Blunt                0
H Ashton                                 b Merritt             13
*JWHT Douglas         not out                                  19
HM Morris             not out                                  11
Extras                (b 1, lb 9, w 1)                         11
Total                 (5 wickets, 35.5 overs)                 125
DNB: AB Hipkin, MS Nichols, AH Meston, +GF Eastman.
FoW: 1-44, 2-76, 3-76, 4-77, 5-?.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cunningham                   2      1      1      0
McGirr                       7      3     19      0
Merritt                      6.5    0     35      1
Blunt                       13      4     29      4
Dacre                        2      0     10      0
Lowry                        3      0     10      0
Oliver                       2      0     10      0
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