f9596 cc3731	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1920
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 29th, 31st May, 1st June 1920 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 4 wickets
Points	Surrey 5; Essex 0
Umpires	F Parris, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 117/3 (Ducat 32*, Abel 2*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 201/6 (Douglas 66*, Morris 32*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gillingham	run out	95
CAG Russell	b Hitch	2
JR Freeman	b Hitch	16
PA Perrin	b Reay	22
*JWHT Douglas	lbw b Fender	24
+CD McIver	b Hitch	0
CP McGahey	c Fender b Rushby	33
HM Morris	b Hitch	0
JG Dixon	b Rushby	18
W Reeves	c Hobbs b Reay	16
GM Louden	not out	7
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-24, 3-66, 4-115, 5-122, 6-191, 7-194, 8-216, 9-223, 10-248 (70.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	25	1	104	4	-	3
Rushby	19	4	51	2	-	-
Fender	15	3	48	1	-	-
Reay	10.2	2	29	2	-	-
Jeacocke	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c Russell b Louden	39
HS Harrison	c Louden b Reeves	29
A Ducat	c Morris b Reeves	48
HA Peach	b Louden	4
WJ Abel	b Louden	20
A Jeacocke	c Gillingham b Douglas	26
*PGH Fender	b Louden	53
JW Hitch	st McIver b Reeves	38
GM Reay	run out	31
+H Strudwick	not out	20
T Rushby	c Perrin b Louden	9
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-99, 3-104, 4-142, 5-156, 6-217, 7-233, 8-287, 9-323, 10-333 (71.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	17	1	95	1	-	-
Louden	33.2	7	135	5	-	-
Reeves	21	3	87	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gillingham	c Ducat b Rushby	4
CAG Russell	c and b Hitch	21
JR Freeman	b Hitch	11
PA Perrin	run out	30
*JWHT Douglas	not out	78
+CD McIver	b Rushby	13
CP McGahey	b Hitch	6
HM Morris	c Abel b Rushby	36
JG Dixon	b Rushby	8
W Reeves	b Hitch	6
GM Louden	b Rushby	4
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-25, 3-44, 4-98, 5-124, 6-134, 7-206, 8-220, 9-233, 10-238 (86 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	29	6	74	4	-	2
Rushby	28	11	52	5	-	-
Reay	13	1	44	0	-	-
Fender	7	0	30	0	-	-
Ducat	4	1	9	0	-	-
Jeacocke	5	2	8	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	b Louden	7
HS Harrison	b Douglas	15
A Ducat	c Perrin b Douglas	37
HA Peach	c McIver b Douglas	0
WJ Abel	b Reeves	52
A Jeacocke	lbw b Reeves	32
*PGH Fender	not out	10
JW Hitch	not out	2
GM Reay	did not bat
+H Strudwick	did not bat
T Rushby	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 45 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-49, 3-55, 4-66, 5-132, 6-145

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Louden	19	2	85	1	-	-
Douglas	16	7	33	3	-	-
Reeves	7	1	20	2	-	-
Dixon	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Jeacocke made his debut in County Championship matches
--> A Jeacocke made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JR Freeman (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> A Ducat (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> JW Hitch reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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