f11730 cc5167	Essex v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1926
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 11th, 12th, 13th August 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3; Derbyshire 1
Umpires	HR Butt, JA Cuffe
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 95/1 (Freeman 34*, O'Connor 45*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (1) 155 all out

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JR Freeman	c and b Townsend	43
JA Cutmore	b Morton	10
J O'Connor	c Storer b Townsend	66
CAG Russell	not out	102
LG Crawley	run out	6
HM Morris	c Cresswell b Morton	1
*JWHT Douglas	lbw b Morton	5
FW Gilligan	c Lee b Morton	4
MS Nichols	b Morton	13
AB Hipkin	b Cresswell	16
GC Melluish	c Morton b Lee	1
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 132.4 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-115, 3-144, 4-153, 5-168, 6-181, 7-199, 8-221, 9-261, 10-281 (132.4 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Worthington	8	5	8	0	-	-
Cresswell	12	2	37	1	-	-
Morton	49	18	94	5	-	-
Townsend	43	17	80	2	-	-
Lee	11.4	3	29	1	-	-
Storer	9	2	19	0	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Bowden	c Hipkin b Melluish	11
GM Lee	c Gilligan b Hipkin	3
H Storer	c Freeman b Nichols	62
*GR Jackson	b Nichols	7
JL Crommelin-Brown	c Hipkin b O'Connor	2
LF Townsend	b Nichols	2
TS Worthington	c Hipkin b O'Connor	13
JM Hutchinson	c Douglas b O'Connor	10
A Morton	lbw b Hipkin	13
+H Elliott	b Hipkin	14
JA Cresswell	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-57, 3-72, 4-90, 5-92, 6-108, 7-109, 8-127, 9-144, 10-155 (64.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	14	0	27	3	-	-
Hipkin	14.2	4	17	3	-	-
O'Connor	22	5	65	3	-	-
Morris	3	1	11	0	-	-
Melluish	8	1	19	1	-	-
Russell	3	0	3	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Jackson b Cresswell	8
J O'Connor	not out	51
LG Crawley	c Morton b Townsend	22
HM Morris	not out	6
+JR Freeman	did not bat
CAG Russell	did not bat
*JWHT Douglas	did not bat
FW Gilligan	did not bat
MS Nichols	did not bat
AB Hipkin	did not bat
GC Melluish	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 29 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-77

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Worthington	5	2	15	0	-	-
Cresswell	9	2	28	1	-	-
Morton	10	1	34	0	-	-
Townsend	5	1	10	1	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Lee	c O'Connor b Melluish	28
H Storer	not out	33
LF Townsend	not out	4
J Bowden	did not bat
*GR Jackson	did not bat
JL Crommelin-Brown	did not bat
TS Worthington	did not bat
JM Hutchinson	did not bat
A Morton	did not bat
+H Elliott	did not bat
JA Cresswell	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 34 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Lee)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	8	1	21	0	-	-
Hipkin	11	4	16	0	-	-
O'Connor	4	1	5	0	-	-
Melluish	8	1	17	1	-	-
Russell	3	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Hutchinson (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> MS Nichols reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings

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