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Essex 1927 cricket statistics and records

Essex in County Championship: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover County Championship 1927; Tests are excluded.

CAG Russell leads the displayed batting table with 1,608 runs. MS Nichols leads the bowling table with 118 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
30
Recorded players
26
Wins
8
Recorded venues
19

Selected season match starts: 1927-05-04 to 1927-09-01. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

County Championship standings · 1927

League table for 1927. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

County Championship 1927 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1Lancashire28101—154
2Nottinghamshire28123—152
3Yorkshire27103—135
4Kent26126—129
5Derbyshire2083—99
6Surrey2283—107
7Leicestershire2273—104
8Essex2688—106
9Middlesex2055—81
10Sussex2879—108
11Warwickshire2334—88
12Gloucestershire2667—92
13Hampshire2359—78
14Somerset2339—65
15Glamorgan2118—59
16Northamptonshire24412—59
17Worcestershire27117—40

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-09-28.

Season leaders · County Championship 1927

Figures earned for Essex only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Essex County Championship 1927 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
CAG Russell301,608
J O'Connor291,238
JWHT Douglas271,027
JA Cutmore27998
MS Nichols29854

Recorded innings through 1927-09-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Essex County Championship 1927 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
MS Nichols28118
LC Eastman2562
CAG Russell2841
J O'Connor2838
AB Hipkin2633

Recorded innings through 1927-09-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1927

All recorded players for Essex in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 26 players

Essex 1927 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
CAG RussellEssex305011,60816132.82—6500
J O'ConnorEssex294811,238139*26.34—3400
JWHT DouglasEssex2745101,0277329.34—4000
JA CutmoreEssex27472998238*22.18—3100
MS NicholsEssex294958547619.41—3000
AB HipkinEssex3050283810217.46—3100
LC EastmanEssex264325296012.90—2000
HM MorrisEssex1018152816631.06—2200
LG CrawleyEssex671328176*54.67—1100
H AshtonEssex81613196921.27—1000
CT AshtonEssex81402748619.57—1000
EC ThompsonEssex1625921445*13.38—0000
NG WykesEssex68121316230.43—0100
HWF FranklinEssex68218560*30.83—2000
FW GilliganEssex81101413712.82—0000
AH MestonEssex9151119418.50—0000
HJ PalmerEssex918310725*7.13—0000
GRR BrownEssex59310438*17.33—0000
GF EastmanEssex22391163122.25—0000
M MackinnonEssex350553111.00—0000
FWH NicholasEssex120535126.50—1000
RN ShorterEssex91333514*3.50—0000
C BrayEssex23027229.00—0000
PA PerrinEssex24011102.75—0000
JR FreemanEssex11199*——0000
GM LoudenEssex120442.00—0000

Bowling · 15 players

Essex 1927 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
MS NicholsEssex28464,9681242,51011821.2742.103.03109/59
LC EastmanEssex25414,0781781,5436224.8965.772.2716/52
CAG RussellEssex28433,0141191,0564125.7673.512.1015/32
J O'ConnorEssex28413,215841,5343840.3784.612.8604/55
AB HipkinEssex26362,5201299373328.3976.362.2317/34
HJ PalmerEssex9161,411476283219.6344.092.6725/53
JWHT DouglasEssex17231,603626832725.3059.372.5625/52
HWF FranklinEssex453828227925.2242.443.5704/40
GM LoudenEssex122104110522.0042.003.1404/32
RN ShorterEssex71046215206541.2092.402.6801/4
CT AshtonEssex44210971417.7552.502.0302/25
GRR BrownEssex447142337.6723.671.9402/1
AH MestonEssex710384112302115.00192.003.5902/18
EC ThompsonEssex6678148148.0078.003.6901/12
HM MorrisEssex116030——3.0000/3
Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1927. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Essex 1927 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Essex308814010,50941125.5758410,48638827.03

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1927

Latest 12 of 30 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1927-09-01 to 0001-01-01 · County Ground, Hove

Sussex v Essex

Sussex
317 & 111
Essex
411 & 18/0

Essex won by 10 wickets

1927-08-27 to 1927-08-30 · County Ground, Leyton

Essex v Kent

Essex
360 & 123
Kent
225 & 388/7d

Kent won by 130 runs

1927-08-24 to 1927-08-26 · County Ground, Leyton

Essex v Yorkshire

Essex
128/5
Yorkshire
249/5d

Match drawn

1927-08-20 to 1927-08-23 · County Ground, Northampton

Northamptonshire v Essex

Northamptonshire
240/6
Essex
239

Match drawn

1927-08-17 to 1927-08-19 · County Ground, Leyton

Essex v Gloucestershire

Essex
75/5
Gloucestershire
199

Match drawn

1927-08-13 to 1927-08-16 · Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood

Middlesex v Essex

Middlesex
147/6
Essex
Score unavailable

Match drawn

1927-08-06 to 1927-08-09 · St Helen's, Swansea

Glamorgan v Essex

Glamorgan
192 & 105/3
Essex
219

Match drawn

1927-08-03 to 1927-08-05 · County Ground, Leyton

Essex v Sussex

Essex
243 & 277/3
Sussex
279 & 238/7d

Essex won by 7 wickets

1927-08-01 to 1927-08-30 · County Ground, New Road, Worcester

Worcestershire v Essex

Worcestershire
183 & 145
Essex
148 & 307/9d

Essex won by 127 runs

1927-07-27 to 1927-07-29 · Aigburth, Liverpool

Lancashire v Essex

Lancashire
83/2
Essex
Score unavailable

Match drawn

1927-07-23 to 1927-07-26 · Aylestone Road, Leicester

Leicestershire v Essex

Leicestershire
278 & 98/4
Essex
191 & 181

Leicestershire won by 6 wickets

1927-07-20 to 1927-07-21 · Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea

Essex v Nottinghamshire

Essex
121 & 100
Nottinghamshire
196 & 26/2

Nottinghamshire won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

Essex 1927 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
County Ground, Leyton10
Garrison A Cricket Ground, Colchester2
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea2
Aigburth, Liverpool1
Aylestone Road, Leicester1
Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend1
County Ground, Chelmsford1
County Ground, Hove1
County Ground, New Road, Worcester1
County Ground, Northampton1
County Ground, Southampton1
County Ground, Taunton1
Greenbank, Bristol1
Headingley, Leeds1
Kennington Oval, Kennington1
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood1
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston1
St Helen's, Swansea1
Trent Bridge, Nottingham1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in County Championship 1927 for Essex, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

County Championship 1927 batting innings records for Essex
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
JA Cutmore238*Gloucestershire1927-06-15
LG Crawley176*Sussex1927-08-03
HM Morris166Hampshire1927-06-11
NG Wykes162Kent1927-08-27
CAG Russell161Hampshire1927-06-11

Best bowling innings

County Championship 1927 bowling innings records for Essex
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
MS Nichols9/59Hampshire1927-06-18
MS Nichols8/46Derbyshire1927-07-16
AB Hipkin7/34Glamorgan1927-08-06
MS Nichols7/72Yorkshire1927-07-13
MS Nichols7/89Derbyshire1927-06-01

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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    Recorded coverage

    The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Essex in County Championship. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

    Recorded match dates: 1895-05-06 to 2026-09-24. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

    Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

    Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.