f9697 cc3811	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1920
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 24th, 26th, 27th July 1920 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 4 runs
Points	Essex 5; Middlesex 0
Umpires	J Blake, FW Marlow
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 57/2 (Lee 16*, Warner 7*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 79/1 (Douglas 32*, Freeman 8*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JWHT Douglas	c Murrell b Durston	2
CAG Russell	c Lee b Durston	2
+JR Freeman	b Haig	3
PA Perrin	lbw b Durston	8
CD McIver	b Hearne	43
HM Morris	b Hearne	3
CP McGahey	b Hearne	44
JG Dixon	lbw b Lee	1
LC Eastman	c and b Lee	0
GM Louden	b Lee	2
FJ Scoulding	not out	0
Extras	(15 b, 10 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-18, 4-24, 5-41, 6-122, 7-125, 8-131, 9-133, 10-133 (64.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	15	8	15	1	-	-
Durston	16	9	16	3	-	-
Lee	12.2	3	25	3	-	-
Hearne	12	2	33	3	-	-
Gunasekara	4	2	2	0	-	-
Stevens	5	0	17	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Haig	b Louden	3
HW Lee	not out	80
JW Hearne	b Eastman	16
*PF Warner	retired out	22
EH Hendren	c Louden b Eastman	5
FT Mann	b Louden	0
GTS Stevens	c McGahey b Scoulding	36
CHL Skeet	run out	2
CH Gunasekara	b Scoulding	6
+HR Murrell	b Scoulding	18
FJ Durston	c Freeman b Eastman	3
Extras	(8 b, 13 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-40, 3-?, 4-87, 5-88, 6-156, 7-160, 8-189, 9-207, 10-212 (72.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	4	2	2	0	-	-
Louden	18	6	28	2	-	-
Scoulding	19	1	59	3	-	-
Eastman	17.3	1	58	3	-	-
Russell	14	1	44	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JWHT Douglas	c Hearne b Lee	36
CAG Russell	b Hearne	26
+JR Freeman	c Hendren b Durston	8
PA Perrin	c Hendren b Hearne	50
CD McIver	b Hearne	23
HM Morris	st Murrell b Hearne	17
CP McGahey	c Gunasekara b Hearne	1
JG Dixon	c Warner b Hearne	0
LC Eastman	st Murrell b Hearne	2
GM Louden	lbw b Hearne	1
FJ Scoulding	not out	0
Extras	(24 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	32
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-83, 3-83, 4-131, 5-163, 6-169, 7-171, 8-189, 9-195, 10-196 (76.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	24	11	37	1	-	-
Haig	4	0	20	0	-	-
Lee	22	4	58	1	-	-
Hearne	26.4	5	49	8	-	1

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Haig	b Douglas	6
HW Lee	b Douglas	9
JW Hearne	lbw b Douglas	6
EH Hendren	lbw b Douglas	3
*PF Warner	b Douglas	46
FT Mann	lbw b Douglas	2
GTS Stevens	b Douglas	3
CHL Skeet	lbw b Russell	5
CH Gunasekara	b Louden	4
+HR Murrell	lbw b Russell	23
FJ Durston	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-16, 3-24, 4-27, 5-29, 6-33, 7-50, 8-67, 9-102, 10-113 (64.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	24.2	5	47	7	-	-
Louden	25	11	32	1	-	1
Scoulding	3	0	8	0	-	-
Eastman	2	1	5	0	-	-
Russell	10	5	16	2	-	-

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Notes
--> CHL Skeet made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CH Gunasekara (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> HR Murrell (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> CAG Russell (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> HR Murrell (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> CHL Skeet made his debut for Middlesex in First-Class matches

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