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373 & 125-5 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batNZL
289 & 208 NZL flag
Overs: 35.5 RR: 3.49 vs spin: 3.39
vs seam: 2.22
 Overs: 86.4 RR: 2.40 vs spin: 2.72
vs seam: 1.94
Sat 14/05/27 Essex v New Zealanders at Leyton, County Ground, Leyton
ESSEX WIN Essex won by 5 wickets
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New Zealand - 1st Inns 289 (95.0; RR: 3.04)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Blunt c Eastman b Nichols 1 0 0 0
JE Mills c Nichols b O'Connor 64 0 0 0
KC James b Nichols 4 0 0 0
TC Lowry c & b O'Connor 61 0 0 0
CCR Dacre c Ashton b Eastman 9 0 0 0
CS Dempster c Eastman b O'Connor 13 0 0 0
CJ Oliver lbw b O'Connor 28 0 0 0
HM McGirr c Ashton b O'Connor 11 0 0 0
EHL Bernau lbw b Russell 22 0 0 0
WE Merritt not out 49 0 0 0
WHR Cunningham b Meston 23 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 2lb, 1w, 1nb) 4  
TOTAL 289 all out (95.0 overs; RR: 3.04)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (0.0 ov), 20-2 (0.0 ov), 132-3 (0.0 ov), 133-4 (0.0 ov), 143-5 (0.0 ov), 177-6 (0.0 ov), 194-7 (0.0 ov), 194-8 (0.0 ov), 248-9 (0.0 ov), 289-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Nichols 29.0 4 111 2 3.83 0 0
LC Eastman 21.0 6 34 1 1.62 0 0
CAG Russell 10.0 1 37 1 3.70 0 0
AH Meston 7.0 1 13 1 1.86 0 0
J O'Connor 22.0 2 68 5 3.09 0 0
AB Hipkin 6.0 0 22 0 3.67 0 0

Essex - 1st Inns 373 (107.0; RR: 3.49)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JA Cutmore c Dacre b Merritt 47 0 0 0
LC Eastman lbw b McGirr 30 0 0 0
AB Hipkin run out 0 0 0 0
J O'Connor lbw b Lowry 65 0 0 0
CAG Russell b McGirr 76 0 0 0
H Ashton b McGirr 52 0 0 0
JWHT Douglas c Dempster b McGirr 0 0 0 0
HM Morris c Dempster b McGirr 0 0 0 0
MS Nichols c Lowry b Cunningham 61 0 0 0
AH Meston b McGirr 0 0 0 0
GF Eastman not out 15 0 0 0
Extras (19b, 4lb, 4w, 0nb) 27  
TOTAL 373 all out (107.0 overs; RR: 3.49)

Fall of wickets

56-1 (0.0 ov), 56-2 (0.0 ov), 127-3 (0.0 ov), 188-4 (0.0 ov), 262-5 (0.0 ov), 262-6 (0.0 ov), 262-7 (0.0 ov), 319-8 (0.0 ov), 319-9 (0.0 ov), 373-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
EHL Bernau 13.0 3 47 0 3.62 0 0
WHR Cunningham 11.0 0 50 1 4.55 0 0
HM McGirr 29.0 8 77 6 2.66 0 0
WE Merritt 21.0 3 68 1 3.24 0 0
RC Blunt 17.0 2 50 0 2.94 0 0
CCR Dacre 2.0 1 8 0 4.00 0 0
TC Lowry 12.0 1 42 1 3.50 0 0
CJ Oliver 2.0 0 4 0 2.00 0 0

New Zealand - 2nd Inns 208 (86.4; RR: 2.40)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Blunt b O'Connor 21 0 0 0
JE Mills c Douglas b Eastman 0 0 0 0
KC James c Hipkin b O'Connor 26 0 0 0
TC Lowry st Eastman b O'Connor 30 0 0 0
CS Dempster c & b Eastman 79 0 0 0
CCR Dacre lbw b O'Connor 5 0 0 0
CJ Oliver c & b Eastman 13 0 0 0
HM McGirr lbw b Eastman 7 0 0 0
EHL Bernau lbw b Eastman 0 0 0 0
WE Merritt not out 7 0 0 0
WHR Cunningham c Nichols b O'Connor 2 0 0 0
Extras (11b, 2lb, 1w, 4nb) 18  
TOTAL 208 all out (86.4 overs; RR: 2.40)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (0.0 ov), 46-2 (0.0 ov), 59-3 (0.0 ov), 118-4 (0.0 ov), 126-5 (0.0 ov), 164-6 (0.0 ov), 185-7 (0.0 ov), 189-8 (0.0 ov), 206-9 (0.0 ov), 208-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Nichols 12.0 2 25 0 2.08 0 0
LC Eastman 20.0 6 31 5 1.55 0 0
CAG Russell 4.0 3 1 0 0.25 0 0
J O'Connor 32.4 7 92 5 2.88 0 0
AB Hipkin 14.0 4 35 0 2.50 0 0
JWHT Douglas 4.0 2 6 0 1.50 0 0

Essex - 2nd Inns 125-5 (35.5; RR: 3.49)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JA Cutmore c James b Blunt 18 0 0 0
LC Eastman lbw b Blunt 41 0 0 0
J O'Connor st James b Blunt 12 0 0 0
CAG Russell b Blunt 0 0 0 0
H Ashton b Merritt 13 0 0 0
JWHT Douglas not out 19 0 0 0
HM Morris not out 11 0 0 0
AB Hipkin  
MS Nichols  
AH Meston  
GF Eastman  
Extras (1b, 9lb, 1w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 125-5 (35.5 overs; RR: 3.49)

Fall of wickets

44-1 (0.0 ov), 76-2 (0.0 ov), 76-3 (0.0 ov), 77-4 (0.0 ov), 0-5 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WHR Cunningham 2.0 1 1 0 0.50 0 0
HM McGirr 7.0 3 19 0 2.71 0 0
WE Merritt 6.5 0 35 1 5.83 0 0
RC Blunt 13.0 4 29 4 2.23 0 0
CCR Dacre 2.0 0 10 0 5.00 0 0
TC Lowry 3.0 0 10 0 3.33 0 0
CJ Oliver 2.0 0 10 0 5.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Essex v New Zealanders at Leyton

Date

Saturday May 14, 1927

Toss

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

County Ground, Leyton

Umpires

WA Buswell, FH Sugg

Essex Team

Playing XI

JWHT Douglas, CAG Russell, J O'Connor, MS Nichols, H Ashton, JA Cutmore, GF Eastman, LC Eastman, AB Hipkin, AH Meston, HM Morris

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

RC Blunt, CS Dempster, KC James, TC Lowry, WE Merritt, JE Mills, HM McGirr, WHR Cunningham, CJ Oliver, EHL Bernau, CCR Dacre