f12251	Essex v West Indians
	West Indies in British Isles 1928
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 9th, 10th, 11th May 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	LC Braund, F Parris
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 358/7 (Bray 31*, Thompson 9*)
Close of play day 2	West Indians (1) 245/6 (Martin 43*, Constantine 36*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Constantine b Francis	11
JA Cutmore	lbw b Francis	24
J O'Connor	c Nunes b Constantine	29
CAG Russell	c Small b Martin	147
MS Nichols	b Small	6
*JWHT Douglas	b Small	53
C Bray	b Francis	31
AB Hipkin	c Fernandes b Roach	30
EC Thompson	not out	19
+FE Hugonin	c Fernandes b Constantine	0
RN Shorter	b Francis	1
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 124.4 overs)	369
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-42, 3-81, 4-99, 5-275, 6-293, 7-332, 8-361, 9-366, 10-369 (124.4 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Francis	26.4	5	73	4	-	-
Constantine	31	7	96	2	-	-
Browne	18	4	42	0	-	-
Small	32	2	81	2	-	-
Hoad	2	0	22	0	-	-
Martin	6	1	17	1	-	-
Roach	9	2	20	1	-	-

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Challenor	c Hipkin b O'Connor	62
CA Roach	c Douglas b Nichols	45
MP Fernandes	c Shorter b O'Connor	16
ELG Hoad	c Hugonin b Nichols	11
FR Martin	lbw b O'Connor	53
JA Small	c Hugonin b Nichols	12
CV Wight	c Russell b Eastman	7
LN Constantine	b Nichols	130
CR Browne	b Shorter	10
*+RK Nunes	c Hugonin b O'Connor	11
GN Francis	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 4 w)	18
Total	(all out, 121.2 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-100, 2-127, 3-133, 4-151, 5-167, 6-183, 7-261, 8-302, 9-373, 10-377 (121.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	36	7	117	4	-	-
Eastman	25	4	66	1	-	-
Shorter	17	6	41	1	-	-
O'Connor	38.2	6	120	4	-	-
Hipkin	5	1	15	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Constantine b Hoad	77
EC Thompson	b Martin	21
J O'Connor	c Nunes b Martin	93
LC Eastman	not out	58
CAG Russell	did not bat
MS Nichols	did not bat
*JWHT Douglas	did not bat
C Bray	did not bat
AB Hipkin	did not bat
+FE Hugonin	did not bat
RN Shorter	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 75.3 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-125, 3-259 (75.3 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Francis	6	1	13	0	-	-
Small	24	5	75	0	-	-
Roach	11	1	55	0	-	-
Martin	22.3	5	51	2	-	-
Constantine	5	0	24	0	-	-
Hoad	7	1	31	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CAG Russell (1) passed 23000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 140
--> C Bray (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> LN Constantine (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in First-Class matches
--> LN Constantine (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> LN Constantine (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 129
--> ELG Hoad made his debut in England in First-Class matches

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