County Championship, 1931
Essex v Leicestershire
County Ground, Leyton
29,31 August 1 September 1931 (3-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: TW Oates and W Bestwick
Close of play:
Day 1: Leicestershire 331, Essex 14/0 (JA Cutmore 7*, DF Pope 6*)
Day 2: Essex 273, Leicestershire 34/2 (NF Armstrong 11*, JC Bradshaw 0*)
Leicestershire 1st innings
*EW Dawson run out 65
AW Shipman c & b Daer 64
NF Armstrong b Smith 100
JC Bradshaw lbw b O'Connor 16
WE Astill b Pope 13
G Geary b O'Connor 18
H Riley c Sheffield b Smith 3
CAR Coleman c & b O'Connor 0
+TE Sidwell c Sheffield b Eastman 11
HC Snary not out 19
HA Smith b Nichols 4
Extras (b 8, lb 7, nb 3) 18
Total (all out, 126.3 overs) 331
FoW: 1-125, 2-130, 3-156, 4-185, 5-242,
6-245, 7-248, 8-267, 9-326, 10-331.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 22.3 5 42 1
Daer 24 4 53 1
Eastman 20 2 56 1
Smith 28 6 72 2
O'Connor 26 4 64 3
Pope 4 0 17 1
Cutmore 2 0 9 0
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore c & b Astill 24
DF Pope lbw b Snary 48
LC Eastman c Astill b Geary 10
J O'Connor c Smith b Geary 108
C Bray c & b Astill 1
MS Nichols c Sidwell b Geary 10
*HWF Franklin b Smith 21
JEW Waddington c Snary b Astill 8
+JR Sheffield c Dawson b Astill 23
AG Daer c & b Astill 5
TPB Smith not out 0
Extras (b 9, lb 4, nb 2) 15
Total (all out, 125.2 overs) 273
FoW: 1-47, 2-64, 3-107, 4-114, 5-142,
6-195, 7-209, 8-268, 9-268, 10-273.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 20 1 60 1
Geary 36 12 52 3
Shipman 3 1 4 0
Snary 30 9 55 1
Astill 34.2 9 73 5
Armstrong 2 0 14 0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
*EW Dawson c Franklin b Daer 21
AW Shipman c Bray b Nichols 0
NF Armstrong c Smith b Daer 52
JC Bradshaw b O'Connor 28
WE Astill c & b Smith 85
H Riley not out 15
Extras (b 3, lb 3, nb 3) 9
Total (5 wickets declared, 67.2 overs) 210
DNB: G Geary, CAR Coleman, +TE Sidwell, HC Snary, HA Smith.
FoW: 1-1, 2-30, 3-101, 4-137, 5-210.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 19 3 64 1
Daer 16 3 51 2
Eastman 9 1 21 0
Smith 12.2 1 31 1
O'Connor 11 0 34 1
Essex 2nd innings (target: 269 runs)
JA Cutmore b Astill 54
DF Pope run out 12
LC Eastman c Geary b Smith 4
J O'Connor not out 52
C Bray not out 18
Extras (b 7, lb 8, w 4) 19
Total (3 wickets, 63 overs) 159
DNB: MS Nichols, *HWF Franklin, JEW Waddington, +JR Sheffield,
AG Daer, TPB Smith.
FoW: 1-60, 2-74, 3-78.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 9 4 12 1
Geary 7 3 7 0
Shipman 3 0 6 0
Snary 16 3 33 0
Astill 18 4 45 1
Coleman 6 2 22 0
Riley 4 0 15 0
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