County Championship, 1931
Worcestershire v Essex
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
1,3,4 August 1931 (3-day match)
Result: Worcestershire won by 9 wickets
Toss: Worcestershire
Umpires: H Watson and G Beet
Close of play:
Day 1: Worcestershire 389/9 (RTD Perks 2*)
Day 2: Worcestershire 389, Essex 193 and 151/3 (J O'Connor 40*, C Bray 15*)
Worcestershire 1st innings
*CF Walters run out 26
+BW Quaife lbw b Smith 41
M Nichol c Sheffield b Farnes 29
HHIH Gibbons c Sheffield b Nichols 14
CAF Fiddian-Green b Smith 108
FD Ahl c Sheffield b Farnes 6
CF Root st Sheffield b Eastman 85
GW Brook c Pope b Nichols 13
ME White b Eastman 37
RTD Perks not out 2
PF Jackson b Eastman 0
Extras (b 12, lb 11, nb 5) 28
Total (all out, 115.5 overs) 389
FoW: 1-55, 2-84, 3-119, 4-125, 5-141,
6-287, 7-318, 8-361, 9-389, 10-389.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 30 4 86 2
Farnes 32 3 107 2
O'Connor 20 0 74 0
Smith 25 7 74 2
Eastman 8.5 1 20 3
Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore c Quaife b White 6
LC Eastman c Quaife b White 14
DF Pope not out 81
J O'Connor c Nichol b Root 14
C Bray b Root 25
MS Nichols c & b Brook 9
DR Wilcox b Root 2
*HM Morris c Brook b White 21
+JR Sheffield b Jackson 9
TPB Smith c Walters b Jackson 0
K Farnes b Jackson 0
Extras (b 2, lb 6, nb 4) 12
Total (all out, 72.5 overs) 193
FoW: 1-7, 2-22, 3-43, 4-110, 5-126,
6-131, 7-174, 8-187, 9-191, 10-193.
Bowling O M R W
White 17 2 59 3
Root 20 7 38 3
Perks 12 3 42 0
Jackson 5.5 2 8 3
Brook 18 5 34 1
Essex 2nd innings (following on)
JA Cutmore c Jackson b Root 19
DF Pope c Quaife b Perks 31
LC Eastman c & b White 41
J O'Connor c White b Root 43
C Bray c Perks b White 40
MS Nichols lbw b Jackson 41
DR Wilcox c Brook b Perks 13
*HM Morris c Brook b Jackson 0
+JR Sheffield b Perks 8
TPB Smith c Brook b Jackson 1
K Farnes not out 4
Extras (b 5, lb 6, nb 4) 15
Total (all out, 83.1 overs) 256
FoW: 1-39, 2-72, 3-106, 4-159, 5-206,
6-237, 7-237, 8-249, 9-252, 10-256.
Bowling O M R W
White 13 1 54 2
Root 25 5 51 2
Perks 13.1 1 29 3
Jackson 19 3 63 3
Brook 10 0 34 0
Ahl 3 0 10 0
Worcestershire 2nd innings (target: 61 runs)
*CF Walters not out 29
+BW Quaife c Sheffield b Farnes 20
M Nichol not out 7
Extras (nb 5) 5
Total (1 wicket, 16.2 overs) 61
DNB: HHIH Gibbons, CAF Fiddian-Green, FD Ahl, CF Root, GW Brook,
ME White, RTD Perks, PF Jackson.
FoW: 1-44.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 5 0 21 0
Farnes 6 0 12 1
Smith 2.2 0 19 0
Eastman 3 1 4 0
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