County Championship, 1931
Essex v Kent
Garrison 'A' Cricket Ground, Colchester
1,2 July 1931 (3-day match)
Result: Essex won by 10 wickets
Toss: Kent
Umpires: F Chester and WA Buswell
Close of play:
Day 1: Kent 130, Essex 264/4 (J O'Connor 113*, DF Pope 9*)
Kent 1st innings
HTW Hardinge b Hayzelden 2
WH Ashdown c Eastman b Nichols 7
FE Woolley c Pope b Hayzelden 1
+LEG Ames run out 67
TF Mitchell c Hipkin b Nichols 7
C Fairservice b O'Connor 11
*BH Valentine b Eastman 1
HJ Hubble b Nichols 18
AE Watt b Nichols 6
AC Wright c & b Nichols 8
AP Freeman not out 0
Extras (lb 1, nb 1) 2
Total (all out, 40.2 overs) 130
FoW: 1-9, 2-9, 3-14, 4-31, 5-50,
6-55, 7-87, 8-100, 9-129, 10-130.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 14.2 1 42 5
Hayzelden 9 1 26 2
O'Connor 5 0 22 1
Eastman 6 2 13 1
Smith 6 0 25 0
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore b Freeman 40
LC Eastman c Woolley b Freeman 4
TH Wade lbw b Ashdown 18
J O'Connor c Wright b Ashdown 119
MS Nichols c Valentine b Wright 69
DF Pope lbw b Freeman 9
*HM Morris b Ashdown 5
AB Hipkin b Freeman 0
+JR Sheffield st Ames b Freeman 14
TPB Smith not out 0
AFG Hayzelden b Freeman 0
Extras (b 1, lb 10) 11
Total (all out, 96.3 overs) 289
FoW: 1-13, 2-53, 3-72, 4-250, 5-268,
6-272, 7-275, 8-277, 9-289, 10-289.
Bowling O M R W
Watt 13 2 48 0
Ashdown 27 9 60 3
Freeman 38.3 4 126 6
Wright 10 4 25 1
Hardinge 8 0 19 0
Kent 2nd innings
HTW Hardinge b Smith 19
WH Ashdown c Eastman b Smith 4
FE Woolley b Nichols 10
+LEG Ames c Morris b Smith 0
TF Mitchell b Hayzelden 12
C Fairservice c Smith b Nichols 10
*BH Valentine c Hayzelden b Hipkin 32
HJ Hubble not out 38
AE Watt b Nichols 22
AC Wright c Eastman b Hayzelden 9
AP Freeman b Hayzelden 0
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 1) 6
Total (all out, 46.5 overs) 162
FoW: 1-16, 2-28, 3-28, 4-40, 5-58,
6-71, 7-104, 8-144, 9-162, 10-162.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 14 1 38 3
Hayzelden 9.5 3 30 3
O'Connor 6 0 33 0
Eastman 4 0 10 0
Smith 10 2 29 3
Hipkin 3 0 16 1
Essex 2nd innings (target: 4 runs)
AB Hipkin not out 4
TPB Smith not out 0
Extras 0
Total (0 wickets, 1 overs) 4
DNB: JA Cutmore, LC Eastman, TH Wade, J O'Connor, MS Nichols,
DF Pope, *HM Morris, +JR Sheffield, AFG Hayzelden.
Bowling O M R W
Valentine 1 0 4 0
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