f14581 cc6911	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1934
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 2nd, 4th June 1934 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by an innings and 192 runs
Points	Essex 15; Surrey 0
Umpires	W Bestwick, AE Dipper
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 415/5 (O'Connor 193*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	b Read	5
A Sandham	c TPB Smith b Read	10
RJ Gregory	b R Smith	16
HS Squires	c and b CT Ashton	24
HT Barling	c H Ashton b Read	13
HM Garland-Wells	b Read	0
PGH Fender	b Read	9
*ERT Holmes	b Read	5
EA Watts	b R Smith	16
+EWJ Brooks	b Read	10
AR Gover	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 28.1 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-31, 3-33, 4-47, 5-47, 6-59, 7-75, 8-96, 9-110, 10-115 (28.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	9.1	0	35	7	-	-
R Smith	11	0	60	2	-	-
CT Ashton	4	0	8	1	-	-
TPB Smith	4	0	5	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Garland-Wells b Gover	50
DF Pope	b Watts	2
*TN Pearce	b Gover	20
J O'Connor	c Brooks b Gover	248
H Ashton	c Brooks b Garland-Wells	22
CT Ashton	c Brooks b Gover	118
LC Eastman	c Garland-Wells b Gregory	85
TPB Smith	not out	9
+TH Wade	b Gregory	4
R Smith	not out	0
HD Read	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	570
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-61, 3-82, 4-128, 5-415, 6-557, 7-561, 8-569

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	36	5	143	4	-	-
Watts	20	2	77	1	-	-
Fender	6	1	36	0	-	-
Garland-Wells	22	3	135	1	-	-
Holmes	15	0	102	0	-	-
Gregory	8	1	65	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c O'Connor b CT Ashton	28
A Sandham	c O'Connor b Read	3
RJ Gregory	run out	67
HS Squires	c H Ashton b CT Ashton	0
HT Barling	c R Smith b Read	1
HM Garland-Wells	c sub b TPB Smith	28
*ERT Holmes	c Eastman b TPB Smith	112
EA Watts	c Pope b CT Ashton	0
+EWJ Brooks	run out	8
AR Gover	not out	6
PGH Fender	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-63, 3-76, 4-77, 5-139, 6-191, 7-199, 8-233, 9-263 (71.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	18	3	68	2	-	-
R Smith	17	2	75	0	-	-
CT Ashton	19	3	39	3	-	-
TPB Smith	17.5	1	71	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> H Ashton made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J O'Connor (1) passed his previous highest score of 237 in First-Class matches
--> J O'Connor (1) passed his previous highest score of 237 in County Championship matches
--> CT Ashton (1) passed his previous highest score of 110 in First-Class matches
--> CT Ashton (1) passed his previous highest score of 110 in County Championship matches
--> CT Ashton (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> LC Eastman (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> ERT Holmes (2) passed his previous highest score of 69 in County Championship matches
--> ERT Holmes (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> HD Read achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-26)
--> HD Read achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings
--> HD Read achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 0-56)
--> HD Read achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings

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