f15764 cc7633	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 12th, 14th June 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Gloucestershire 15
Umpires	W Bestwick, J Hardstaff
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 110/2 (Allen 28*, Hammond 58*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Proffitt	lbw b Goddard	38
RM Taylor	c Goddard b Barnett	2
*TN Pearce	lbw b Goddard	45
J O'Connor	b Goddard	0
MS Nichols	c Hammond b Goddard	50
CT Ashton	lbw b Goddard	4
FS Unwin	st Watkins b Goddard	0
TPB Smith	c Watkins b Goddard	0
+TH Wade	c Watkins b Sinfield	31
R Smith	st Watkins b Sinfield	23
VJ Evans	not out	5
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 94.1 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-91, 3-91, 4-98, 5-104, 6-110, 7-110, 8-173, 9-191, 10-212 (94.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	5	1	7	0	-	-
Barnett	11	5	23	1	-	-
Monks	9	1	17	0	-	-
Stephens	7	2	14	0	-	-
Sinfield	33.1	15	53	2	-	-
Goddard	29	5	84	7	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	lbw b R Smith	13
RW Haynes	b Nichols	0
*BO Allen	c Wade b Nichols	59
WR Hammond	c Evans b R Smith	154
WL Neale	c and b Nichols	5
JF Crapp	not out	24
+BTL Watkins	b Evans	5
EJ Stephens	not out	9
RA Sinfield	did not bat
CI Monks	did not bat
TWJ Goddard	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 75 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-21, 3-229, 4-237, 5-243, 6-260

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	24	5	73	3	-	-
Evans	20	3	99	1	-	-
TPB Smith	13	2	40	0	-	-
O'Connor	1	1	0	0	-	-
R Smith	17	3	57	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TN Pearce	lbw b Goddard	25
S Proffitt	b Goddard	5
CT Ashton	c Hammond b Sinfield	15
J O'Connor	c Stephens b Goddard	0
MS Nichols	not out	28
RM Taylor	c and b Hammond	2
FS Unwin	c Allen b Goddard	0
TPB Smith	c Stephens b Hammond	6
+TH Wade	c Allen b Hammond	1
R Smith	b Hammond	0
VJ Evans	c Hammond b Goddard	1
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 35.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-34, 3-35, 4-67, 5-70, 6-70, 7-77, 8-79, 9-79, 10-88 (35.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	9	1	22	4	-	-
Barnett	3	1	6	0	-	-
Sinfield	9	3	13	1	-	-
Goddard	14.2	3	42	5	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	c Taylor b Ashton	4
RW Haynes	not out	6
*BO Allen	c Evans b Ashton	4
JF Crapp	not out	4
WR Hammond	did not bat
WL Neale	did not bat
+BTL Watkins	did not bat
EJ Stephens	did not bat
RA Sinfield	did not bat
CI Monks	did not bat
TWJ Goddard	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 4 overs)	18
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-14

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	2	0	6	0	-	-
Ashton	2	0	12	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> S Proffitt (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> S Proffitt (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> WR Hammond (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 62
--> CT Ashton (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> RA Sinfield reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TWJ Goddard reached 1400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex second innings

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