f15730 cc7606	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 29th, 31st May 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 8 wickets
Points	Middlesex 15; Essex 0
Umpires	TW Oates, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 137/4 (Compton 9*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	c Compton b Smith	25
LC Eastman	c and b Robins	36
AV Avery	b Robins	2
J O'Connor	hit wkt b Robins	3
MS Nichols	lbw b Robins	0
*TN Pearce	run out	11
+N Vere Hodge	not out	100
C Bray	lbw b Compton	23
AB Lavers	c Peebles b Sims	15
TPB Smith	c Robins b Nevell	13
R Smith	b Sims	11
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-64, 3-64, 4-69, 5-81, 6-125, 7-135, 8-164, 9-226, 10-247 (84.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	27	4	50	1	-	-
Nevell	9	1	42	1	-	-
Robins	22	5	52	4	-	-
Peebles	7	1	24	0	-	-
Sims	12.3	5	38	2	-	-
Compton	7	1	33	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	b Nichols	0
JM Sims	lbw b TPB Smith	27
WJ Edrich	lbw b Eastman	38
EH Hendren	c Pearce b Nichols	59
DCS Compton	b O'Connor	87
*RWV Robins	b TPB Smith	8
JH Human	b Eastman	4
JHA Hulme	not out	55
WT Nevell	b TPB Smith	0
CIJ Smith	b TPB Smith	0
IAR Peebles	b TPB Smith	0
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-42, 3-101, 4-137, 5-176, 6-181, 7-280, 8-293, 9-293, 10-293 (82 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	16	4	50	2	-	-
R Smith	7	0	37	0	-	-
TPB Smith	30	3	96	5	-	-
Eastman	26	4	77	2	-	-
O'Connor	3	0	18	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	b Nevell	8
LC Eastman	c and b Smith	29
AV Avery	b Nevell	0
J O'Connor	c Compton b Smith	12
MS Nichols	lbw b Smith	30
*TN Pearce	c Hendren b Sims	1
+N Vere Hodge	b Sims	8
C Bray	lbw b Smith	32
AB Lavers	b Sims	2
TPB Smith	not out	0
R Smith	b Sims	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-45, 4-54, 5-61, 6-71, 7-123, 8-130, 9-130, 10-131 (60.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	16	2	35	4	-	-
Nevell	6	2	21	2	-	-
Robins	9	2	23	0	-	-
Peebles	6	2	10	0	-	-
Sims	21.3	9	31	4	-	-
Compton	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	c Taylor b Nichols	3
JM Sims	c Bray b Nichols	0
WJ Edrich	not out	52
EH Hendren	not out	32
DCS Compton	did not bat
*RWV Robins	did not bat
JH Human	did not bat
JHA Hulme	did not bat
WT Nevell	did not bat
CIJ Smith	did not bat
IAR Peebles	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 19.5 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-6

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	5	1	16	2	-	-
TPB Smith	7	0	32	0	-	-
Eastman	7	1	24	0	-	-
Avery	0.5	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> C Bray made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> C Bray made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LC Eastman (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> N Vere Hodge (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in First-Class matches
--> N Vere Hodge (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> N Vere Hodge (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in County Championship matches
--> N Vere Hodge (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> J O'Connor (2) passed 24000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> C Bray (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> TPB Smith reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JM Sims reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> RM Taylor retired not out in the Essex first innings having scored 23 (team score 60/1) - he returned when the score was 125/6

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