f12258 cc5459	Essex v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1928
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 12th, 14th, 15th May 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3; Yorkshire 5
Umpires	F Parris, AE Street
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 419/3 (Leyland 78*, Mitchell 41*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 179/3 (O'Connor 18*, Nichols 4*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Holmes	b O'Connor	136
H Sutcliffe	c Eastman b Russell	129
E Oldroyd	c Thompson b Eastman	20
M Leyland	not out	133
A Mitchell	c Hugonin b Shorter	71
GG Macaulay	c Hipkin b Shorter	7
W Barber	c O'Connor b Shorter	0
E Robinson	not out	1
W Rhodes	did not bat
*WA Worsley	did not bat
+A Wood	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 156 overs)	514
Fall of wickets:
1-268, 2-280, 3-310, 4-478, 5-494, 6-494

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	37	3	137	0	-	-
Eastman	21	2	88	1	-	-
O'Connor	28	4	84	1	-	-
Douglas	10	3	23	0	-	-
Thompson	28	7	74	0	-	-
Shorter	13	1	44	3	-	-
Russell	15	1	35	1	-	-
Hipkin	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EC Thompson	st Wood b Leyland	33
JA Cutmore	c Mitchell b Macaulay	64
J O'Connor	lbw b Rhodes	24
CAG Russell	c Robinson b Rhodes	50
MS Nichols	b Macaulay	26
*JWHT Douglas	not out	7
C Bray	b Macaulay	0
AB Hipkin	c Wood b Macaulay	8
LC Eastman	c Wood b Rhodes	0
+FE Hugonin	c Robinson b Rhodes	0
RN Shorter	lbw b Macaulay	3
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 126.2 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-105, 3-173, 4-196, 5-208, 6-210, 7-220, 8-221, 9-221, 10-226 (126.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Macaulay	47.2	11	83	5	-	-
Robinson	22	10	29	0	-	-
Leyland	18	5	43	1	-	-
Rhodes	39	16	60	4	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EC Thompson	c Mitchell b Leyland	13
JA Cutmore	lbw b Rhodes	19
J O'Connor	not out	130
CAG Russell	not out	57
MS Nichols	did not bat
*JWHT Douglas	did not bat
C Bray	did not bat
AB Hipkin	did not bat
LC Eastman	did not bat
+FE Hugonin	did not bat
RN Shorter	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 83 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-46

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Macaulay	14	5	22	0	-	-
Robinson	17	6	38	0	-	-
Leyland	20	7	55	1	-	-
Rhodes	19	7	56	1	-	-
Oldroyd	10	1	38	0	-	-
Sutcliffe	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FE Hugonin made his debut in County Championship matches
--> H Sutcliffe (1) passed 20500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 96
--> JA Cutmore (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64
--> J O'Connor (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 89
--> LC Eastman reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> RN Shorter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Yorkshire first innings (previous best was 1-4)

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