f16509 cc8083	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Town Ground, Peterborough on 3rd, 5th, 6th June 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Essex 12
Umpires	G Beet, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 235/4 (O'Connor 26*, Taylor 23*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 335 all out

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	lbw b TPB Smith	30
CP Davis	lbw b TPB Smith	35
D Brookes	b Stephenson	23
JE Timms	b TPB Smith	1
AW Snowden	b Stephenson	7
*RP Nelson	c Avery b TPB Smith	15
FP O'Brien	b TPB Smith	4
+KC James	lbw b Eastman	13
WE Merritt	c TPB Smith b Eastman	26
RJ Partridge	not out	5
JE Buswell	b Eastman	9
Extras	(14 b, 4 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 56.7 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-88, 3-94, 4-105, 5-108, 6-121, 7-136, 8-172, 9-176, 10-186 (56.7 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	9	1	30	0	-	-
R Smith	6	0	30	0	-	-
TPB Smith	25	4	64	5	-	-
Taylor	2	1	9	0	-	-
Stephenson	12	2	30	2	-	-
Eastman	2.7	0	5	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	b Nelson	47
AV Avery	b O'Brien	62
+TH Wade	c and b Merritt	66
J O'Connor	b Buswell	26
MS Nichols	b Merritt	2
RM Taylor	b Partridge	50
TPB Smith	c James b Partridge	8
*JWA Stephenson	b Partridge	0
JN Dennis	b Merritt	14
SJ Cray	c James b Nelson	11
R Smith	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 62.7 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-182, 3-182, 4-188, 5-235, 6-249, 7-251, 8-279, 9-297, 10-298 (62.7 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	8	0	42	1	-	-
Partridge	11	2	69	3	-	-
Merritt	16	0	98	3	-	-
Nelson	16.7	3	43	2	-	-
Timms	7	1	24	0	-	-
O'Brien	4	0	10	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	c O'Connor b TPB Smith	19
CP Davis	b Nichols	65
D Brookes	c Stephenson b Eastman	1
JE Timms	c Wade b Stephenson	44
AW Snowden	c Wade b R Smith	22
*RP Nelson	st Wade b TPB Smith	41
FP O'Brien	b Stephenson	11
+KC James	run out	27
WE Merritt	b Stephenson	68
RJ Partridge	c Nichols b Stephenson	8
JE Buswell	not out	1
Extras	(18 b, 10 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 81.5 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-37, 3-125, 4-149, 5-186, 6-205, 7-243, 8-280, 9-318, 10-335 (81.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	11	2	31	1	-	-
R Smith	11	1	39	1	-	-
TPB Smith	26	2	117	2	-	-
Taylor	2	0	14	0	-	-
Stephenson	12.5	1	42	4	-	-
Eastman	19	5	64	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	st James b Merritt	43
AV Avery	lbw b Merritt	29
+TH Wade	c Merritt b Partridge	59
J O'Connor	c Nelson b Buswell	21
MS Nichols	not out	48
RM Taylor	not out	17
TPB Smith	did not bat
*JWA Stephenson	did not bat
JN Dennis	did not bat
SJ Cray	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, 43.6 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-114, 3-145, 4-189

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	6	0	46	1	-	-
Partridge	7	1	26	1	-	-
Merritt	17	1	78	2	-	-
Nelson	6	0	26	0	-	-
Timms	4	0	22	0	-	-
O'Brien	3.6	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JE Buswell (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> TH Wade (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> SJ Cray (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> SJ Cray (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> RP Nelson (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> WE Merritt (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> RJ Partridge (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> LC Eastman reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> AV Avery retired hurt in the Essex second innings (team score 37/0) - he returned when the score was 145/3

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