First-Class Cricket Matches 1920

ESSEX v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, Leyton, July 24, 26, 27, 1920. Essex won by 4 runs. (Points: Essex 5, Middlesex 0) ESSEX 1 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c Murrell b Durston 2 c Hearne b Lee 36 2 C.A.G.Russell c Lee b Durston 2 b Hearne 26 3 †J.R.Freeman b Haig 3 c Hendren b Durston 8 4 P.A.Perrin lbw b Durston 8 c Hendren b Hearne 50 5 C.D.McIver b Hearne 43 b Hearne 23 6 H.M.Morris b Hearne 3 st Murrell b Hearne 17 7 C.P.McGahey b Hearne 44 c Gunasekera b Hearne 1 8 J.G.Dixon lbw b Lee 1 c Warner b Hearne 0 9 L.C.Eastman c and b Lee 0 st Murrell b Hearne 2 10 G.M.Louden b Lee 2 lbw b Hearne 1 11 F.J.Scoulding not out 0 not out 0 Extras b 15, lb 10 25 b 24, lb 7, nb 1 32 —— —— 133 196 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-4, 3-18, 4-24, 5-41, 6-122, 7-125, 8-131, 9-133, 10-133 FoW (2): 1-58, 2-83, 3-83, 4-131, 5-163, 6-169, 7-171, 8-189, 9-195, 10-196 MIDDLESEX 1 N.E.Haig b Louden 3 b Douglas 6 2 H.W.Lee not out 80 b Douglas 9 3 J.W.Hearne b Eastman 16 lbw b Douglas 6 4 *P.F.Warner retired out 22 (5) b Douglas 46 5 E.H.Hendren c Louden b Eastman 5 (4) lbw b Douglas 3 6 F.T.Mann b Louden 0 lbw b Douglas 2 7 G.T.S.Stevens c McGahey b Scoulding 36 b Douglas 3 8 C.H.L.Skeet run out 2 lbw b Russell 5 9 C.H.Gunasekera b Scoulding 6 b Louden 4 10 †H.R.Murrell b Scoulding 18 lbw b Russell 23 11 F.J.Durston c Freeman b Eastman 3 not out 1 Extras b 8, lb 13 21 b 4, nb 1 5 —— —— 212 113 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-40, 3- , 4-87, 5-88, 6-156, 7-160, 8-189, 9-207, 10-212 FoW (2): 1-15, 2-16, 3-24, 4-27, 5-29, 6-33, 7-50, 8-67, 9-102, 10-113 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Haig 15 8 15 1 (2) 4 0 20 0 Durston 16 9 16 3 (1) 24 11 37 1 Lee 12.2 3 25 3 22 4 58 1 Hearne 12 2 33 3 26.4 5 49 8 1nb Gunasekera 4 2 2 0 Stevens 5 0 17 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 4 2 2 0 24.2 5 47 7 Louden 18 6 28 2 25 11 32 1 1nb Scoulding 19 1 59 3 3 0 8 0 Eastman 17.3 1 58 3 2 1 5 0 Russell 14 1 44 0 10 5 16 2 Umpires: J.Blake and F.W.Marlow. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 57-2 (Lee 16*, Warner 7*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 79-1 (Douglas 32*, Freeman 8*). 182