f12676 cc5731	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1929
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 29th, 30th, 31st May 1929 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3; Middlesex 5
Umpires	G Beet, LC Braund
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 421/7 (Russell 69*, Raison 34*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 239/4 (Hearne 141*, Newman 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Bray	c Hendren b Haig	92
JA Cutmore	st Price b Robins	79
J O'Connor	lbw b Haig	68
CAG Russell	not out	111
MS Nichols	c Haig b Peebles	5
*HM Morris	c Lee b Peebles	17
LC Eastman	c Hearne b Peebles	12
AB Hipkin	c Lee b Haig	19
M Raison	b Peebles	38
TH Wade	c Price b Haig	4
+GF Eastman	c Newman b Robins	4
Extras	(22 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	28
Total	(all out, 159.4 overs)	477
Fall of wickets:
1-127, 2-254, 3-257, 4-267, 5-303, 6-329, 7-371, 8-433, 9-468, 10-477 (159.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	56	14	110	4	-	-
Newman	5	1	21	0	-	-
Peebles	42	3	142	4	-	-
Robins	32.4	4	113	2	-	-
Hearne	8	0	19	0	-	-
Lee	16	1	44	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Guise	c Nichols b Hipkin	55
HW Lee	c and b LC Eastman	1
JW Hearne	not out	285
EH Hendren	lbw b Nichols	20
*NE Haig	b LC Eastman	4
GC Newman	c and b LC Eastman	43
RWV Robins	b LC Eastman	7
RH Hill	c GF Eastman b O'Connor	0
+WFF Price	lbw b O'Connor	0
GE Hart	b Russell	33
IAR Peebles	c and b Hipkin	10
Extras	(16 b, 12 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 191.2 overs)	486
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-145, 3-200, 4-209, 5-327, 6-339, 7-344, 8-344, 9-444, 10-486 (191.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	49	12	114	1	-	-
LC Eastman	51	18	123	4	-	-
O'Connor	48	12	116	2	-	-
Hipkin	26.2	6	55	2	-	-
Raison	10	1	35	0	-	-
Russell	7	3	15	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	not out	35
TH Wade	st Price b Robins	9
+GF Eastman	c and b Robins	4
C Bray	did not bat
J O'Connor	did not bat
CAG Russell	did not bat
MS Nichols	did not bat
*HM Morris	did not bat
LC Eastman	did not bat
AB Hipkin	did not bat
M Raison	did not bat
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 17.2 overs)	54
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-54 (17.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robins	2.2	1	2	2	-	-
Hendren	9	2	37	0	-	-
Hart	6	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TH Wade made his debut in County Championship matches
--> C Bray (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> JW Hearne (1) passed his previous highest score of 245 in First-Class matches
--> JW Hearne (1) passed his previous highest score of 245 in County Championship matches
--> JW Hearne (1) passed 18000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 113
--> JW Hearne (1) passed 27500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 265
--> GC Newman (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41

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