f12326 cc5512	Essex v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1928
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 9th, 11th, 12th June 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 5; Derbyshire 3
Umpires	F Chester, AE Street
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 191/7 (Slater 52*, Townsend 13*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 188/4 (Russell 28*, LC Eastman 1*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Bowden	b Thompson	4
H Storer	st GF Eastman b Palmer	16
GM Lee	b Nichols	17
*GR Jackson	c Thompson b Palmer	2
JM Hutchinson	b Nichols	4
AG Slater	c Thompson b LC Eastman	58
AW Richardson	b Nichols	1
TS Worthington	st GF Eastman b Palmer	62
LF Townsend	not out	22
+H Elliott	b LC Eastman	0
TB Mitchell	c Bray b LC Eastman	4
Extras	(12 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 81.1 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-40, 3-42, 4-53, 5-54, 6-62, 7-170, 8-202, 9-205, 10-213 (81.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	25	5	65	3	-	-
LC Eastman	19.1	5	44	3	-	-
Thompson	10	1	29	1	-	-
Palmer	14	3	38	3	-	-
Russell	10	5	10	0	-	-
O'Connor	3	0	4	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	st Elliott b Storer	46
C Bray	b Worthington	4
J O'Connor	c Elliott b Mitchell	91
CAG Russell	st Elliott b Mitchell	35
MS Nichols	lbw b Townsend	8
LC Eastman	c Storer b Townsend	7
*JWHT Douglas	not out	11
EC Thompson	c Storer b Townsend	0
RN Shorter	not out	3
HJ Palmer	did not bat
+GF Eastman	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 108.2 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-111, 3-173, 4-186, 5-200, 6-208, 7-208

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Worthington	21	4	52	1	-	-
Slater	14	11	4	0	-	-
Townsend	30	9	46	3	-	-
Mitchell	22.2	8	58	2	-	-
Storer	14	5	34	1	-	-
Lee	7	2	11	0	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Bowden	c LC Eastman b Palmer	9
H Storer	c Shorter b LC Eastman	0
GM Lee	c Bray b LC Eastman	7
*GR Jackson	c GF Eastman b Nichols	14
AG Slater	st GF Eastman b Palmer	36
JM Hutchinson	b Shorter	51
AW Richardson	b Palmer	6
TS Worthington	not out	72
LF Townsend	not out	16
+H Elliott	did not bat
TB Mitchell	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb)	15
Total	(7 wickets, 97 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-16, 3-16, 4-61, 5-74, 6-98, 7-191

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	13	5	27	1	-	-
LC Eastman	24	8	42	2	-	-
Thompson	8	0	31	0	-	-
Palmer	22	9	40	3	-	-
Russell	8	3	13	0	-	-
O'Connor	9	2	29	0	-	-
Shorter	13	2	29	1	-	-

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Notes
--> LF Townsend (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> GR Jackson (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> MS Nichols reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire second innings

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