f12519 cc5668	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1928
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 5; Leicestershire 3
Umpires	A Morton, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 314/8 (Gilligan 51*, Raison 15*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Berry b Snary	7
LC Eastman	b Snary	23
J O'Connor	c Broughton b Smith	123
CAG Russell	b Snary	2
MS Nichols	c and b Coleman	22
HWF Franklin	c Snary b Astill	13
*JWHT Douglas	lbw b Astill	32
+FW Gilligan	not out	70
M Raison	b Astill	15
EC Thompson	b Astill	8
AB Hipkin	c Smith b Astill	4
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 151.3 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-39, 3-41, 4-82, 5-112, 6-192, 7-284, 8-314, 9-332, 10-340 (151.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	17	4	38	0	-	-
Snary	44	17	68	3	-	-
Smith	27	7	72	1	-	-
Astill	44.3	19	75	5	-	-
Armstrong	10	1	27	0	-	-
Coleman	9	2	39	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	not out	126
AW Shipman	c Franklin b Eastman	7
NF Armstrong	lbw b O'Connor	10
GL Berry	c Nichols b Eastman	2
JC Bradshaw	b Eastman	19
WE Astill	c Douglas b Hipkin	62
EA Broughton	b Hipkin	1
+TE Sidwell	b Hipkin	1
CAR Coleman	lbw b Hipkin	5
HC Snary	b Franklin	5
HA Smith	c Thompson b Nichols	1
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 114.3 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-43, 3-46, 4-104, 5-199, 6-203, 7-205, 8-225, 9-245, 10-256 (114.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	10.3	1	25	1	-	-
Eastman	34	12	64	3	-	-
Hipkin	23	12	32	4	-	-
O'Connor	31	8	70	1	-	-
Raison	5	2	13	0	-	-
Thompson	5	2	25	0	-	-
Franklin	6	2	10	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JWHT Douglas made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JA Cutmore (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> EW Dawson (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 118
--> WE Astill (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 10
--> WE Astill reached 1650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings

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