County Championship, 1931
Essex v Worcestershire
County Ground, Leyton
23,25,26 May 1931 (3-day match)
Result: Essex won by 154 runs
Toss: Essex
Umpires: LC Braund and A Skelding
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 72/3 (JA Cutmore 48*, MS Nichols 12*)
Day 2: Essex 156, Worcestershire 174/9 (HHIH Gibbons 81*)
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore c Winwood b Root 64
DF Pope b Root 1
J O'Connor c Nichol b Perks 3
C Bray b Root 7
MS Nichols b Brook 21
LC Eastman lbw b Root 3
+JR Sheffield b Root 12
*HM Morris not out 21
HTO Smith b Perks 12
TPB Smith b Perks 7
HJ Palmer b Perks 0
Extras (b 4, lb 1) 5
Total (all out, 77 overs) 156
FoW: 1-9, 2-32, 3-41, 4-94, 5-99,
6-110, 7-124, 8-142, 9-156, 10-156.
Bowling O M R W
Root 28 7 49 5
White 4 0 16 0
Perks 16 5 27 4
Brook 23 2 52 1
Wright 6 2 7 0
Worcestershire 1st innings
+BW Quaife b Palmer 37
RH Williams b Nichols 2
M Nichol b Nichols 3
HHIH Gibbons not out 87
*CF Walters lbw b O'Connor 4
L Wright c Palmer b Eastman 15
TL Winwood b HTO Smith 3
CF Root c TPB Smith b Eastman 7
GW Brook c & b Eastman 2
RTD Perks lbw b Eastman 8
ME White b HTO Smith 2
Extras (b 9, lb 3) 12
Total (all out, 94 overs) 182
FoW: 1-5, 2-19, 3-72, 4-83, 5-123,
6-128, 7-145, 8-153, 9-174, 10-182.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 17 5 29 2
HTO Smith 17 7 22 2
Palmer 14 7 22 1
TPB Smith 19 2 52 0
Eastman 20 9 27 4
O'Connor 7 1 18 1
Essex 2nd innings
JA Cutmore c Williams b Perks 73
DF Pope b Root 3
J O'Connor lbw b Root 4
C Bray c & b Root 66
MS Nichols c Winwood b Root 50
LC Eastman c Root b Perks 15
+JR Sheffield b Root 9
HTO Smith not out 2
TPB Smith not out 19
Extras (b 2, lb 6) 8
Total (7 wickets declared, 64 overs) 249
DNB: *HM Morris, HJ Palmer.
FoW: 1-3, 2-11, 3-133, 4-170, 5-217, 6-220, 7-230.
Bowling O M R W
Root 29 5 83 5
White 5 1 20 0
Perks 20 2 88 2
Brook 6 1 34 0
Wright 4 0 16 0
Worcestershire 2nd innings (target: 224 runs)
+BW Quaife c Eastman b Nichols 3
RH Williams b Nichols 0
M Nichol lbw b Eastman 26
HHIH Gibbons lbw b Nichols 0
*CF Walters run out 27
L Wright b TPB Smith 0
TL Winwood lbw b Eastman 0
CF Root b Nichols 6
GW Brook b Nichols 0
RTD Perks b O'Connor 1
ME White not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 1) 6
Total (all out, 43 overs) 69
FoW: 1-2, 2-10, 3-10, 4-45, 5-58, 6-59, 7-66, 8-66, 9-67, 10-69.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 11 3 13 5
HTO Smith 6 3 10 0
Palmer 5 2 7 0
TPB Smith 10 4 24 1
Eastman 9 6 8 2
O'Connor 2 1 1 1
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