First-Class Cricket Matches 1920

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, May 8, 10, 1920. Essex won by ten wickets. (Points: Northamptonshire 0, Essex 5) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 C.N.Woolley c Dixon b Scoulding 29 (4) b Reeves 8 2 A.W.White c Freeman b Douglas 7 (1) b Reeves 10 3 R.A.Haywood b Reeves 20 b Reeves 11 4 F.I.Walden lbw b Reeves 9 (5) c Perrin b Douglas 4 5 W.Wells b Reeves 30 (6) b Reeves 0 6 E.F.Tomkins c McGahey b Scoulding 7 (7) c Perrin b Douglas 21 7 D.Hardy b Reeves 0 (2) b Douglas 37 8 W.A.Buswell not out 8 c Russell b Reeves 2 9 *O.C.White b Reeves 3 c Perrin b Douglas 4 10 †B.W.Bellamy b Reeves 2 not out 7 11 J.V.Murdin b Reeves 4 lbw b Douglas 0 Extras b 4, lb 5 9 b 5, lb 1 6 —— —— 128 110 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-56, 3-56, 4-80, 5-107, 6-107, 7-108, 8-116, 9-124, 10-128 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-51, 3-63, 4-67, 5-70, 6-75, 7-87, 8-94, 9-110, 10-110 ESSEX 1 C.A.G.Russell b Woolley 33 not out 55 2 C.P.McGahey c Wells b Woolley 16 not out 44 3 †J.R.Freeman b Woolley 0 4 P.A.Perrin c Haywood b Woolley 0 5 C.D.McIver c Woolley b O.C.White 2 6 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Murdin 19 7 H.M.Morris b Woolley 36 8 J.G.Dixon b Murdin 1 9 N.H.Saint b Murdin 15 10 W.Reeves b Woolley 2 11 F.J.Scoulding not out 2 Extras b 8, lb 3 11 lb 2, w 1 3 —— —— 137 (no wicket) 102 FoW (1): 1-34, 2-34, 3-34, 4-39, 5-61, 6-95, 7-109, 8-133, 9-133, 10-137 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 9 0 40 1 22.5 2 76 5 Dixon 4 0 9 0 Reeves 21.4 9 33 7 (2) 21 10 26 5 Scoulding 17 4 37 2 McGahey (3) 1 0 2 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Wells 6 0 15 0 7 1 24 0 Woolley 23.3 2 57 6 7 0 16 0 O.C.White 7 0 23 1 (5) 5.1 0 16 0 Murdin 11 3 31 3 (3) 7 2 17 0 Walden (4) 4 2 10 0 1w Haywood (6) 3 0 16 0 Umpires: H.Bagshaw and T.Flowers. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (2) 12-0 (A.W.White 5*, Hardy 5*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. C.N.Woolley took a hat-trick in the Essex first innings (McGahey, Freeman, Perrin). 43