f16165 cc7870	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1938
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 15th, 16th, 17th June 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 45 runs
Points	Essex 4; Somerset 12
Umpires	E Robinson, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 61/1 (Pickering 15*, Wade 15*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 159/4 (Lee 81*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Nichols b Waterman	56
H Gimblett	c Wade b Nichols	2
*MD Lyon	b R Smith	34
HFT Buse	lbw b TPB Smith	10
HD Burrough	b Nichols	15
WHR Andrews	not out	77
AW Wellard	b Nichols	25
ATM Jones	c Wade b Nichols	21
CJP Barnwell	b Nichols	6
+WT Luckes	b Eastman	36
HL Hazell	st Wade b Eastman	2
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 92.2 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-57, 3-72, 4-101, 5-136, 6-161, 7-205, 8-215, 9-286, 10-290 (92.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	37	2	102	5	-	-
Daer	5	2	16	0	-	-
Waterman	19	1	66	1	-	-
R Smith	14	0	41	1	-	-
TPB Smith	15	2	53	1	-	-
Eastman	2.2	1	6	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Wellard b Andrews	30
HG Pickering	b Wellard	17
+TH Wade	c Luckes b Wellard	51
*J O'Connor	c Luckes b Wellard	37
MS Nichols	c Luckes b Wellard	6
WG Spencer	b Wellard	7
TPB Smith	c Hazell b Andrews	12
RM Taylor	b Andrews	9
AG Waterman	not out	70
R Smith	b Wellard	53
HB Daer	lbw b Lyon	6
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 89.4 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-74, 3-135, 4-136, 5-144, 6-153, 7-169, 8-176, 9-285, 10-308 (89.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	38	4	124	6	-	-
Andrews	24	3	80	3	-	-
Buse	16	1	60	0	-	-
Gimblett	4	1	7	0	-	-
Hazell	7	1	18	0	-	-
Lyon	0.4	0	9	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Wade b Nichols	103
H Gimblett	b TPB Smith	47
HD Burrough	b Daer	9
HFT Buse	c Nichols b Eastman	15
ATM Jones	c Wade b Nichols	1
WHR Andrews	c Wade b Nichols	34
AW Wellard	c and b R Smith	0
CJP Barnwell	c O'Connor b R Smith	1
*MD Lyon	c O'Connor b Nichols	3
+WT Luckes	not out	1
HL Hazell	c sub b R Smith	2
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-100, 2-109, 3-156, 4-159, 5-208, 6-215, 7-215, 8-219, 9-219, 10-222 (66 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	22	4	43	4	-	-
Daer	4	0	34	1	-	-
R Smith	13	2	50	3	-	-
TPB Smith	14	1	60	1	-	-
Eastman	13	4	29	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Barnwell b Andrews	6
HG Pickering	c Jones b Andrews	11
+TH Wade	b Wellard	0
*J O'Connor	c Buse b Wellard	8
RM Taylor	c Luckes b Andrews	21
MS Nichols	c Gimblett b Wellard	41
AG Waterman	c Luckes b Wellard	22
R Smith	c Luckes b Wellard	0
TPB Smith	c Luckes b Andrews	30
WG Spencer	not out	5
HB Daer	b Buse	9
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-19, 4-45, 5-53, 6-80, 7-88, 8-143, 9-147, 10-159 (61.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	27	6	70	5	-	-
Andrews	26	5	60	4	-	-
Buse	4.1	1	13	1	-	-
Hazell	4	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WG Spencer made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WG Spencer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WT Luckes (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> HG Pickering (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> HG Pickering (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> AG Waterman (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> AG Waterman (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> TPB Smith (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> TPB Smith (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> RM Taylor (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> MS Nichols reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> WHR Andrews reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> AW Wellard reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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FS Lee scored 103, 190 minutes, seven 4's.

 

 

 

 

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