f6183 cc1590	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1903
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 30th, 31st July, 1st August 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex -1; Middlesex 1
Umpires	A Pike, W Wright
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 75/3 (Moon 29*, EA Beldam 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	b Hearne	4
EHD Sewell	st MacGregor b Rawlin	5
PA Perrin	c GW Beldam b Rawlin	19
CP McGahey	c MacGregor b Hearne	0
*CJ Kortright	c Hunt b Rawlin	8
W Reeves	not out	24
AP Lucas	run out	0
CP Buckenham	c GW Beldam b Hearne	17
HI Young	b GW Beldam	1
+TM Russell	c Moon b GW Beldam	6
W Mead	b GW Beldam	0
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-28, 3-28, 4-28, 5-48, 6-50, 7-74, 8-80, 9-89, 10-89 (46 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	23	11	38	3	-	-
Rawlin	18	6	34	3	-	-
Trott	2	0	9	0	-	-
GW Beldam	3	1	3	3	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Douglas	b Reeves	8
LJ Moon	not out	62
GW Beldam	c and b Mead	4
CM Wells	c Young b Kortright	29
EA Beldam	b Reeves	0
RW Nicholls	c Sewell b Mead	9
AE Trott	b Reeves	0
JHS Hunt	st Russell b Reeves	0
*+G MacGregor	b Mead	7
JT Rawlin	b Kortright	5
JT Hearne	b Mead	0
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-30, 3-71, 4-83, 5-99, 6-99, 7-99, 8-114, 9-135, 10-136 (82.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	41.2	15	50	4	-	2
Reeves	34	17	58	4	-	-
Kortright	7	2	16	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	b Wells	37
EHD Sewell	b Hearne	6
PA Perrin	c Rawlin b Trott	15
CP McGahey	b Trott	0
*CJ Kortright	b Trott	10
W Reeves	c and b Wells	2
AP Lucas	b Wells	9
CP Buckenham	lbw b Wells	4
HI Young	st MacGregor b Wells	7
+TM Russell	not out	0
W Mead	lbw b Hearne	0
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 57.1 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-28, 3-28, 4-52, 5-71, 6-86, 7-97, 8-98, 9-99, 10-99 (57.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rawlin	2	0	3	0	-	-
Hearne	26.1	14	27	2	-	-
Trott	15	3	41	3	-	-
GW Beldam	6	2	5	0	-	-
Wells	8	2	14	5	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Douglas	b Mead	18
LJ Moon	not out	25
GW Beldam	b Reeves	3
CM Wells	b Mead	3
EA Beldam	not out	0
RW Nicholls	did not bat
AE Trott	did not bat
JHS Hunt	did not bat
*+G MacGregor	did not bat
JT Rawlin	did not bat
JT Hearne	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 19.1 overs)	53
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-43, 3-52

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	10	4	15	2	-	-
Reeves	7.1	1	23	1	-	-
Kortright	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LJ Moon (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> W Reeves reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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