f11500 cc4987	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1926
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 8th, 10th, 11th May 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 4 wickets
Points	Middlesex 5; Essex 0
Umpires	LC Braund, C Charlesworth
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 5/0 (Gray 1*, Lee 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 106/4 (Freeman 38*, Nicholas 32*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Freeman	c Murrell b Durston	62
JA Cutmore	st Murrell b Stevens	6
J O'Connor	c Gray b Durston	0
CAG Russell	not out	122
WMF Turner	b Durston	0
FWH Nicholas	b Stevens	1
MS Nichols	b Stevens	1
L Graham	b Stevens	0
LC Eastman	b Stevens	4
AB Hipkin	c Hart b Durston	3
GM Louden	b Durston	4
Extras	(33 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	43
Total	(all out, 112 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-33, 3-164, 4-164, 5-169, 6-201, 7-201, 8-213, 9-234, 10-246 (112 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	22	6	35	0	-	-
Durston	34	11	57	5	-	-
Stevens	38	9	81	5	-	-
North	10	7	9	0	-	-
Lee	6	2	15	0	-	-
Robins	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CD Gray	c O'Connor b Hipkin	24
HW Lee	b Hipkin	11
EH Hendren	c and b Nichols	90
GTS Stevens	b Hipkin	5
RWV Robins	b Louden	2
*NE Haig	c Hipkin b Nichols	12
SL Beton	c Freeman b Russell	27
+HR Murrell	c Eastman b Nichols	0
EJ North	b Nichols	1
FJ Durston	lbw b Russell	10
GE Hart	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 9 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-42, 3-52, 4-59, 5-89, 6-180, 7-183, 8-191, 9-194, 10-202 (76.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Louden	20	5	52	1	-	-
Eastman	8	1	26	0	-	-
Hipkin	17	2	33	3	-	-
Nichols	18	6	35	4	-	-
Russell	8.4	1	12	2	-	-
O'Connor	5	0	24	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Freeman	b North	60
JA Cutmore	b Durston	12
J O'Connor	c and b Durston	0
CAG Russell	c Stevens b Haig	6
WMF Turner	b Haig	12
FWH Nicholas	c Stevens b Durston	33
MS Nichols	lbw b Stevens	19
L Graham	c Lee b North	12
AB Hipkin	c Hart b Stevens	8
LC Eastman	not out	2
GM Louden	b Stevens	11
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-26, 3-41, 4-55, 5-108, 6-135, 7-161, 8-170, 9-172, 10-185 (72.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	18	5	43	2	-	-
Durston	21	7	46	3	-	-
Stevens	18.3	2	49	3	-	-
North	15	2	37	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Lee	b Hipkin	25
GTS Stevens	b Hipkin	97
EH Hendren	c and b Hipkin	33
CD Gray	c Turner b Russell	27
*NE Haig	c Cutmore b Louden	8
RWV Robins	c Nichols b Hipkin	6
SL Beton	not out	15
GE Hart	not out	10
+HR Murrell	did not bat
EJ North	did not bat
FJ Durston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 75 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-121, 3-187, 4-198, 5-200, 6-209

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Louden	20	3	63	1	-	-
Hipkin	26	2	80	4	-	-
Nichols	14	0	34	0	-	-
Russell	11	0	24	1	-	-
O'Connor	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> L Graham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> L Graham made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GE Hart made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GE Hart made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JR Freeman (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 61

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