f14647 cc6965	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1934
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 27th, 28th, 29th June 1934 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 4; Essex 4
Umpires	F Chester, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 144/3 (O'Connor 72*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Hendren b Beveridge	13
DF Pope	c Hearne b Smith	8
*TN Pearce	c Hulme b Smith	47
J O'Connor	b Hearne	106
MS Nichols	c Hearne b Smith	28
C Bray	c Price b Allen	4
LC Eastman	lbw b Hulme	9
+TH Wade	b Hulme	4
TPB Smith	not out	10
AG Daer	not out	3
HD Read	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-25, 3-144, 4-194, 5-213, 6-213, 7-229, 8-230

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	26	10	41	1	-	-
Smith	21	8	34	3	-	-
Beveridge	5	0	20	1	-	-
Hearne	20	6	52	1	-	-
Enthoven	12	2	17	0	-	-
Muncer	5	1	29	0	-	-
Hulme	9	0	39	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	b Nichols	7
GE Hart	c Pearce b Daer	3
BL Muncer	b Nichols	0
WH Webster	c Wade b Daer	1
JHA Hulme	not out	34
EH Hendren	not out	28
*HJ Enthoven	did not bat
GOB Allen	did not bat
JW Hearne	did not bat
CIJ Smith	did not bat
R Beveridge	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 27.2 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-15, 4-15

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	7	2	14	2	-	-
Daer	7	5	3	2	-	-
Smith	6.2	2	18	0	-	-
Eastman	3	0	12	0	-	-
Read	4	0	26	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> JHA Hulme reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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