f7686 cc2544	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1909
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 7th, 8th, 9th June 1909 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex -1; Surrey 1
Umpires	BW Mason, JE West
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 7/0 (Benham 4*, Mead 3*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 105/2 (Hayes 30*, Ducat 13*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JWHT Douglas	b Smith	28
W Reeves	b Smith	9
PA Perrin	run out	3
*FL Fane	c Strudwick b Rushby	6
FH Gillingham	b Smith	0
JR Freeman	hit wkt b Rushby	12
CAG Russell	c Smith b Rushby	0
+AE Russell	not out	25
CP Buckenham	c Davis b Rushby	2
CE Benham	c Hobbs b Smith	6
W Mead	b Crawford	20
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 53.2 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-42, 3-44, 4-48, 5-48, 6-48, 7-63, 8-69, 9-84, 10-118 (53.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	27	7	56	4	-	-
Rushby	26	9	55	4	-	-
Crawford	0.2	0	0	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c Perrin b Mead	10
A Marshal	c AE Russell b Buckenham	0
EG Hayes	run out	56
A Ducat	b Buckenham	11
*JN Crawford	b Buckenham	8
HS Harrison	b Buckenham	3
WE Davis	c Douglas b Reeves	21
WC Smith	b Buckenham	5
WS Lees	b Buckenham	2
+H Strudwick	c Fane b Buckenham	0
T Rushby	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 45 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-12, 3-25, 4-29, 5-42, 6-88, 7-102, 8-106, 9-122, 10-127 (45 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	19	8	39	7	-	-
Mead	15	2	51	1	-	-
Douglas	2	0	9	0	-	-
Reeves	9	3	22	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Mead	b Rushby	13
CE Benham	b Crawford	37
+AE Russell	b Rushby	2
JWHT Douglas	b Lees	7
PA Perrin	c Davis b Crawford	72
*FL Fane	lbw b Crawford	2
FH Gillingham	c Davis b Lees	7
JR Freeman	c Strudwick b Lees	19
W Reeves	lbw b Rushby	5
CAG Russell	c Rushby b Lees	6
CP Buckenham	not out	4
Extras	(12 b, 5 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-31, 3-66, 4-68, 5-71, 6-86, 7-139, 8-152, 9-167, 10-191 (86.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	10	1	29	0	-	-
Crawford	24.1	8	43	3	-	-
Rushby	18	7	41	3	-	4
Lees	33	11	59	4	-	1
Hayes	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	b Douglas	30
HS Harrison	b Douglas	20
EG Hayes	not out	69
A Ducat	not out	51
A Marshal	did not bat
*JN Crawford	did not bat
WE Davis	did not bat
WC Smith	did not bat
WS Lees	did not bat
+H Strudwick	did not bat
T Rushby	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(2 wickets, 64.5 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-61

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	18	2	48	0	-	-
Mead	24	5	52	0	-	-
Douglas	10	0	35	2	-	-
Reeves	7.5	1	25	0	-	-
Benham	5	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Reeves (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> JR Freeman (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> EG Hayes (2) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18

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