f7708 cc2561	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1909
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1909 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 84 runs
Points	Middlesex 1; Essex -1
Umpires	AJ Atfield, GW Webb
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 349/7 (Hebden 37*, Trott 31*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 46/6 (Benham 0*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PF Warner	c Benham b Buckenham	0
FA Tarrant	c McGahey b Mead	129		230	11	-
EH Hendren	c Douglas b Buckenham	70
ES Litteljohn	b Douglas	1
+HR Murrell	b Douglas	40
JW Hearne	lbw b Mead	9
CV Baker	c Fane b Douglas	10
GL Hebden	not out	62
AE Trott	b Mead	42
JT Hearne	c Russell b Mead	0
E Mignon	b Mead	11
Extras	(13 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 131 overs)	396
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-146, 3-147, 4-222, 5-260, 6-273, 7-277, 8-374, 9-374, 10-396 (131 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	31	8	88	2	-	-
Douglas	37	13	89	3	-	2
Mead	29	5	84	5	-	-
McGahey	5	1	33	0	-	-
Benham	11	1	24	0	-	-
Reeves	18	1	56	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	b Tarrant	4
JWHT Douglas	c Trott b Mignon	0
PA Perrin	b Mignon	0
JR Freeman	c Murrell b Mignon	5
FH Gillingham	b Trott	25
*CP McGahey	st Murrell b Trott	38
W Reeves	b JW Hearne	28
+AE Russell	b Trott	12
CP Buckenham	st Murrell b Trott	35
CE Benham	c Murrell b Trott	26
W Mead	not out	2
Extras	(19 b, 6 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-28, 5-60, 6-111, 7-127, 8-142, 9-195, 10-200 (60.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tarrant	8	0	24	1	-	-
Mignon	20	3	59	3	-	-
Trott	21.4	5	63	5	-	-
JW Hearne	5	2	12	1	-	-
JT Hearne	5	1	16	0	-	-
Hendren	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	b Trott	5
JWHT Douglas	lbw b Mignon	29
PA Perrin	c Murrell b Mignon	0
JR Freeman	run out	6
+AE Russell	lbw b Trott	0
W Mead	b Mignon	0
CE Benham	not out	37
FH Gillingham	run out	8
*CP McGahey	b Trott	8
W Reeves	c and b Trott	0
CP Buckenham	st Murrell b Trott	11
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-19, 3-46, 4-46, 5-46, 6-46, 7-62, 8-88, 9-88, 10-112 (45.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mignon	21	4	42	3	-	-
Trott	22.2	5	60	5	-	-
JT Hearne	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FA Tarrant (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 108
--> FA Tarrant (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 120
--> HR Murrell (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> GL Hebden (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> GL Hebden (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> CP McGahey (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16

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