f7773 cc2606	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1909
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 22nd, 23rd, 24th July 1909 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	H Baldwin, J Moss
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 127/3 (McGahey 17*, Gillingham 1*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 282/3 (Sharp 42*, Makepeace 7*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Spooner	c Russell b Douglas	60
A Hartley	c Russell b Buckenham	9
JT Tyldesley	c Douglas b Buckenham	2
JS Sharp	lbw b Reeves	23
JWH Makepeace	c Reeves b Buckenham	80
*AH Hornby	c Benham b Buckenham	29
KG MacLeod	b Reeves	0
W Huddleston	b Reeves	0
H Dean	b Buckenham	3
W Brearley	c and b Reeves	2
+W Worsley	not out	10
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 58.3 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-25, 3-62, 4-123, 5-178, 6-179, 7-179, 8-188, 9-201, 10-220 (58.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	22.3	2	101	5	-	-
Douglas	12	1	46	1	-	-
Reeves	17	1	49	4	-	-
Benham	6	1	20	0	-	-
McGahey	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	lbw b Huddleston	49
JWHT Douglas	c Worsley b Brearley	14
PA Perrin	c and b Brearley	35
*CP McGahey	c Worsley b Brearley	54
FH Gillingham	c Worsley b Makepeace	39
JR Freeman	b Dean	1
TG Grinter	not out	49
+AE Russell	c Huddleston b Brearley	0
W Reeves	c Worsley b Huddleston	48
CP Buckenham	c Makepeace b Brearley	2
CE Benham	b Huddleston	2
Extras	(2 lb, 11 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-90, 3-121, 4-193, 5-194, 6-211, 7-215, 8-281, 9-286, 10-306 (85.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brearley	36	6	141	5	-	10
MacLeod	7	0	36	0	-	-
Dean	14	2	43	1	-	1
Huddleston	21.1	5	50	3	-	-
Makepeace	7	1	23	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Spooner	c Russell b Douglas	113		140	14	-
A Hartley	b Douglas	5
JT Tyldesley	c Perrin b Douglas	114		150	15	-
JS Sharp	b Reeves	43
JWH Makepeace	c Russell b Buckenham	38
KG MacLeod	b Reeves	2
W Huddleston	b Reeves	6
*AH Hornby	c Douglas b Reeves	71
H Dean	st Russell b McGahey	15
W Brearley	c Grinter b Reeves	5
+W Worsley	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 99.3 overs)	423
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-229, 3-254, 4-290, 5-300, 6-316, 7-346, 8-406, 9-417, 10-423 (99.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	20	0	112	1	-	-
Douglas	22	2	75	3	-	1
Benham	8	0	57	0	-	-
Reeves	37.3	3	111	5	-	-
McGahey	10	0	44	1	-	-
Perrin	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c Worsley b Huddleston	22
JWHT Douglas	c Huddleston b Brearley	0
PA Perrin	not out	101		130	10	-
*CP McGahey	c Brearley b Makepeace	41
FH Gillingham	lbw b Huddleston	26
JR Freeman	not out	11
TG Grinter	did not bat
+AE Russell	did not bat
W Reeves	did not bat
CP Buckenham	did not bat
CE Benham	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 64 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-45, 3-120, 4-163

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brearley	15	0	60	1	-	1
Dean	14	1	32	0	-	-
Huddleston	17	6	32	2	-	-
MacLeod	6	0	26	0	-	-
Makepeace	9	0	36	1	-	-
Hartley	3	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JS Sharp (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 8
--> TG Grinter (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> TG Grinter (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> RH Spooner (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> H Dean (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13

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