ESSEX CRICKET

f16220 cc7910	Derbyshire v Essex
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Queen's Park, Chesterfield on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HW Lee, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 31/3 (Worthington 8, LF Townsend 6)
Close of play day 2	No play

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	lbw b Rhodes	40
AV Avery	b Pope	6
RM Taylor	b Rhodes	65
J O'Connor	b Copson	13
DR Wilcox	b Pope	24
*TN Pearce	b Copson	1
AB Lavers	b Rhodes	10
TPB Smith	c Elliott b Rhodes	0
+TH Wade	c Pope b Mitchell	8
R Smith	not out	2
HB Daer	b Rhodes	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 70.1 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-77, 3-103, 4-142, 5-147, 6-164, 7-164, 8-167, 9-175, 10-176 (70.1 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	20	4	57	2	-	-
Pope	19	4	51	2	-	-
Rhodes	15.1	8	25	5	-	-
Mitchell	16	4	36	1	-	-

Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Alderman	b R Smith	1
AF Townsend	lbw b R Smith	4
TS Worthington	not out	8
D Smith	c Wade b Daer	7
LF Townsend	not out	6
*RHR Buckston	did not bat
+H Elliott	did not bat
GH Pope	did not bat
AEG Rhodes	did not bat
TB Mitchell	did not bat
WH Copson	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 12 overs)	31
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-10, 3-17

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	6	2	18	2	-	-
Daer	5	1	8	1	-	-
TPB Smith	1	1	0	0	-	-

Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RM Taylor (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 32
--> GH Pope reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

Play was restricted in this match to the four hours after lunch on the first day.