f16686 cc8229	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 16th, 17th, 18th August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 5 runs
Points	Essex 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	A Dolphin, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 146/6 (Taylor 39*, Stephenson 32*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 137/5 (Wilcox 32*, TPB Smith 0*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BD Carris	b Nichols	53
JDB Robertson	lbw b Nichols	50
WJ Edrich	b Nichols	3
DCS Compton	c and b R Smith	12
FG Mann	c Wilcox b Nichols	46
GE Hart	c Taylor b Farnes	7
+WFF Price	c and b R Smith	10
JM Sims	c and b TPB Smith	17
CIJ Smith	c R Smith b Farnes	5
*IAR Peebles	c Stephenson b Farnes	3
LH Gray	not out	0
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-88, 3-102, 4-121, 5-166, 6-186, 7-203, 8-208, 9-213, 10-215 (48.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	16.5	2	62	3	-	-
Nichols	19	1	102	4	-	-
R Smith	6	1	22	2	-	-
Stephenson	3	1	3	0	-	-
TPB Smith	4	1	17	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	lbw b Smith	2
AV Avery	c Edrich b Smith	21
*DR Wilcox	c Edrich b Gray	0
J O'Connor	b Gray	20
TPB Smith	b Gray	12
MS Nichols	c Price b Gray	6
RM Taylor	lbw b Smith	42
JWA Stephenson	c Price b Sims	40
R Smith	b Smith	0
+TH Wade	c Price b Smith	28
K Farnes	not out	8
Extras	(12 b, 5 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-47, 4-51, 5-63, 6-74, 7-151, 8-151, 9-176, 10-196 (60.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	21.4	4	48	5	-	-
Gray	23	2	74	4	-	-
Sims	6	1	23	1	-	-
Peebles	10	3	34	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BD Carris	lbw b Nichols	5
JDB Robertson	b Farnes	8
WJ Edrich	b Farnes	26
DCS Compton	b Nichols	8
FG Mann	lbw b Farnes	9
GE Hart	c Avery b TPB Smith	34
+WFF Price	c Wade b R Smith	55
JM Sims	b R Smith	17
CIJ Smith	c R Smith b TPB Smith	9
*IAR Peebles	b TPB Smith	0
LH Gray	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 37.5 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-15, 3-25, 4-60, 5-61, 6-123, 7-162, 8-181, 9-181, 10-183 (37.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	15	3	59	3	-	-
Nichols	11	0	53	2	-	-
R Smith	4	0	28	2	-	-
TPB Smith	7.5	0	32	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	lbw b Sims	11
+TH Wade	c Gray b Sims	24
RM Taylor	c Price b Sims	0
J O'Connor	c Carris b Sims	4
MS Nichols	c Price b Peebles	52
*DR Wilcox	c Price b Sims	33
TPB Smith	c Edrich b Sims	2
JWA Stephenson	st Price b Sims	10
R Smith	not out	34
K Farnes	c Carris b Sims	8
LC Eastman	lbw b Smith	4
Extras	(8 b, 6 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 56.4 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-23, 3-35, 4-78, 5-136, 6-139, 7-144, 8-158, 9-182, 10-197 (56.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	16.4	0	71	1	-	-
Gray	3	0	16	0	-	-
Sims	21	1	62	8	-	-
Peebles	10	4	22	1	-	-
Robertson	6	2	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 12
--> FG Mann (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 27
--> WFF Price (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> MS Nichols reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> MS Nichols reached 1500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> IAR Peebles reached 900 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JDB Robertson retired hurt in the Middlesex first innings (team had lost 0 wickets) - he returned when the score was 121/4

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