f12308 cc5499	Derbyshire v Essex
	County Championship 1928
Venue	Queen's Park, Chesterfield on 2nd, 4th, 5th June 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Derbyshire 5; Essex 3
Umpires	F Chester, D Denton
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 43/0 (Storer 16*, Bowden 19*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (1) 552 all out

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Elliott b Slater	1
C Bray	c Jackson b Lee	28
J O'Connor	st Elliott b Mitchell	89
CAG Russell	lbw b Mitchell	28
MS Nichols	lbw b Townsend	20
LC Eastman	c Worthington b Townsend	2
*JWHT Douglas	c Worthington b Townsend	50
HM Morris	b Storer	70
EC Thompson	lbw b Storer	4
+CJM Watts	c Worthington b Storer	15
HJ Palmer	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	15
Total	(all out, 130 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-92, 3-141, 4-179, 5-179, 6-181, 7-287, 8-293, 9-321, 10-323 (130 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Slater	23	6	54	1	-	-
Tate	12	5	23	0	-	-
Townsend	25	9	59	3	-	-
Mitchell	24	6	68	2	-	-
Worthington	27	11	59	0	-	-
Lee	11	2	31	1	-	-
Storer	8	3	14	3	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Storer	b Nichols	28
J Bowden	c Watts b Douglas	82
GM Lee	c Watts b Eastman	38
*GR Jackson	lbw b Russell	1
JM Hutchinson	b Palmer	91
CF Tate	st Watts b Russell	21
AG Slater	c Palmer b Eastman	54
TS Worthington	c and b Russell	133
LF Townsend	c Cutmore b O'Connor	35
+H Elliott	lbw b Palmer	15
TB Mitchell	not out	9
Extras	(25 b, 15 lb, 5 w)	45
Total	(all out, 151 overs)	552
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-153, 3-160, 4-193, 5-272, 6-318, 7-400, 8-487, 9-524, 10-552 (151 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	27	1	112	1	-	-
Eastman	32	10	70	2	-	-
Palmer	32	2	123	2	-	-
O'Connor	17	3	76	1	-	-
Russell	29	4	82	3	-	-
Thompson	2	0	7	0	-	-
Douglas	12	2	37	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Bowden b Lee	46
C Bray	b Townsend	14
J O'Connor	c Elliott b Townsend	91
CAG Russell	b Worthington	24
MS Nichols	st Elliott b Lee	52
LC Eastman	b Slater	27
*JWHT Douglas	not out	17
HM Morris	b Storer	38
EC Thompson	did not bat
+CJM Watts	did not bat
HJ Palmer	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	21
Total	(7 wickets, 129.3 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-109, 3-162, 4-176, 5-251, 6-270, 7-330 (129.3 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Slater	22	6	43	1	-	-
Tate	17	4	50	0	-	-
Townsend	24	8	45	2	-	-
Mitchell	23	6	63	0	-	-
Worthington	20	9	39	1	-	-
Lee	12	4	32	2	-	-
Storer	11.3	2	37	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CF Tate made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CF Tate made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TB Mitchell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> TB Mitchell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HM Morris (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> J Bowden (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 52
--> TS Worthington (1) passed his previous highest score of 98 in First-Class matches
--> TS Worthington (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> TS Worthington (1) passed his previous highest score of 98 in County Championship matches
--> TS Worthington (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> CAG Russell (2) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> CAG Russell reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings

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