f15792 cc7653	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 23rd, 24th, 25th June 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 161 runs
Points	Essex 15; Somerset 0
Umpires	GM Lee, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 66/3 (O'Connor 32*, Nichols 13*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 119/3 (Longrigg 24*, Andrews 7*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	lbw b Wellard	40
AV Avery	c Luckes b Wellard	0
TPB Smith	c Luckes b Andrews	4
J O'Connor	lbw b Wellard	3
MS Nichols	c Andrews b Hazell	8
*TN Pearce	c Wellard b Andrews	25
JN Dennis	c Wellard b Hazell	19
FS Unwin	lbw b Hazell	1
FH Rist	st Luckes b Hazell	4
+TH Wade	not out	4
R Smith	st Luckes b Hazell	0
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 49.5 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-20, 3-51, 4-58, 5-74, 6-95, 7-97, 8-110, 9-119, 10-119 (49.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	19	3	53	3	-	-
Andrews	16	7	32	2	-	-
Hazell	14.5	6	23	5	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Burrough	b Nichols	2
FS Lee	c TPB Smith b R Smith	11
AES Rippon	b Nichols	0
*EF Longrigg	c Wade b Nichols	0
WHR Andrews	c Wade b R Smith	15
CK Linney	b R Smith	3
AW Wellard	b Nichols	48
WN Bunce	b Eastman	3
AA Pearse	b Eastman	3
+WT Luckes	not out	2
HL Hazell	b Eastman	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 29.5 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-11, 4-25, 5-31, 6-32, 7-56, 8-90, 9-92, 10-94 (29.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	13	3	32	4	-	-
R Smith	8	0	22	3	-	-
Eastman	6.5	2	21	3	-	-
TPB Smith	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Wellard b Andrews	7
AV Avery	c Linney b Wellard	11
TPB Smith	lbw b Wellard	1
J O'Connor	c Wellard b Andrews	107
MS Nichols	lbw b Wellard	59
*TN Pearce	c Rippon b Andrews	84
JN Dennis	b Linney	11
FS Unwin	lbw b Wellard	45
FH Rist	st Luckes b Hazell	0
+TH Wade	c Luckes b Wellard	40
R Smith	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 125.1 overs)	373
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-12, 3-23, 4-153, 5-226, 6-251, 7-297, 8-297, 9-358, 10-373 (125.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	40.1	8	113	5	-	-
Andrews	40	11	118	3	-	-
Hazell	29	8	74	1	-	-
Bunce	12	1	53	0	-	-
Linney	4	1	9	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Unwin b O'Connor	49
AES Rippon	lbw b Eastman	15
HD Burrough	c and b TPB Smith	5
*EF Longrigg	not out	75
WHR Andrews	b Nichols	19
+WT Luckes	c Wade b Nichols	0
CK Linney	c sub b Eastman	16
AW Wellard	c Wade b R Smith	1
WN Bunce	b R Smith	6
AA Pearse	b TPB Smith	4
HL Hazell	b TPB Smith	20
Extras	(25 b, 2 lb)	27
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-51, 3-96, 4-145, 5-145, 6-172, 7-173, 8-183, 9-199, 10-237 (76.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12	3	34	2	-	-
R Smith	10	1	35	2	-	-
Eastman	26	8	60	2	-	-
TPB Smith	24.4	6	72	3	-	-
O'Connor	4	1	9	1	-	-

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Notes
--> TN Pearce (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 62
--> FS Lee (2) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 42
--> HL Hazell reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AW Wellard reached 800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> TPB Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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