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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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