f9435 cc3636	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1919
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 22nd July 1919 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 0; Essex 0
Umpires	F Parris, AE Street
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 155/2 (Freeman 35*, Gilligan 0*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WP Robertson	c JWHT Douglas b Scoulding	40		85
HW Lee	lbw b JWHT Douglas	33		60
JW Hearne	c Louden b Scoulding	20		50
*PF Warner	b JWHT Douglas	1
EH Hendren	c Gilligan b Scoulding	9		20
CN Bruce	b Russell	41		90
HK Longman	b Russell	39		70
FT Mann	lbw b Russell	12
NE Haig	c JWHT Douglas b Louden	5
CH Gunasekara	not out	2
+HR Murrell	b Russell	5
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 240 minutes, 79.2 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (Lee), 2-80 (Robertson), 3-81 (Warner), 4-96 (Hendren), 5-111 (Hearne), 6-182 (Longman), 7-191 (Bruce), 8-196 (Haig), 9-202 (Mann), 10-210 (Murrell, 79.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JWHT Douglas	27	3	93	2	1	-
Louden	19	3	46	1	-	-
Scoulding	26	5	54	3	-	-
Russell	7.2	1	14	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gillingham	lbw b Hearne	35		75
CAG Russell	c Longman b Lee	78		150
JR Freeman	not out	35		75
+FW Gilligan	not out	0	0	1
PA Perrin	did not bat
WMF Turner	did not bat
*JWHT Douglas	did not bat
CD McIver	did not bat
CH Douglas	did not bat
GM Louden	did not bat
FJ Scoulding	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 150 minutes, 60 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-75 (Gillingham), 2-155 (Russell)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	8	1	27	0	-	-
Gunasekara	16	4	33	0	-	-
Lee	12	5	21	1	-	-
Hearne	17	3	46	1	-	-
Hendren	7	1	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> HK Longman (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in County Championship matches
--> JWHT Douglas reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed HW Lee, his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CAG Russell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed CN Bruce in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 1-22)
--> CAG Russell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed CN Bruce in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 1-22)
--> JWHT Douglas reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when he dismissed PF Warner, his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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