f12268 cc5467	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1928
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 16th, 17th, 18th May 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 5; Essex 3
Umpires	WA Buswell, J Moss
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 100/2 (Armstrong 27*, Berry 9*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c and b Snary	16
EC Thompson	b Shipman	3
J O'Connor	b Shipman	1
CAG Russell	c Smith b Shipman	35
MS Nichols	c Shipman b Bale	6
*JWHT Douglas	c Sidwell b Astill	0
CJM Watts	c Coleman b Astill	0
AB Hipkin	b Smith	6
LC Eastman	not out	8
RN Shorter	lbw b Shipman	0
+GF Eastman	c Snary b Astill	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-25, 4-36, 5-46, 6-58, 7-58, 8-77, 9-81, 10-82 (51.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	15	6	26	4	-	-
Snary	11	8	6	1	-	-
Bale	7	0	17	1	-	-
Astill	14.4	3	25	3	-	-
Smith	4	3	1	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	b O'Connor	28
AW Shipman	b Nichols	26
NF Armstrong	c Hipkin b O'Connor	54
GL Berry	b O'Connor	23
WE Astill	st GF Eastman b O'Connor	4
JC Bradshaw	c Thompson b O'Connor	2
+TE Sidwell	c Thompson b O'Connor	14
CAR Coleman	not out	4
F Bale	c GF Eastman b Thompson	1
HA Smith	c Russell b O'Connor	3
HC Snary	c GF Eastman b Hipkin	11
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-72, 3-142, 4-142, 5-147, 6-152, 7-152, 8-165, 9-168, 10-181 (81.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	23	2	64	1	-	-
LC Eastman	6	0	17	0	-	-
Thompson	12	4	19	1	-	-
Shorter	1	1	0	0	-	-
O'Connor	28	6	52	7	-	-
Douglas	5	2	4	0	-	-
Hipkin	6.4	1	14	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Smith b Snary	12
EC Thompson	c and b Smith	20
J O'Connor	c Bale b Smith	28
CAG Russell	c and b Astill	38
MS Nichols	b Smith	31
*JWHT Douglas	c and b Smith	0
CJM Watts	b Armstrong	29
AB Hipkin	c Snary b Astill	1
LC Eastman	not out	40
RN Shorter	c Smith b Bale	2
+GF Eastman	b Bale	0
Extras	(23 b, 4 lb)	27
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-63, 3-82, 4-152, 5-152, 6-156, 7-161, 8-215, 9-228, 10-228 (79.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	6	1	14	0	-	-
Snary	10	7	10	1	-	-
Bale	11.5	2	37	2	-	-
Astill	27	8	69	2	-	-
Smith	23	7	63	4	-	-
Armstrong	2	1	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CJM Watts made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CJM Watts made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J O'Connor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 7-55)
--> J O'Connor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 7-55)

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