f16639 cc8188	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Rowdens Road, Wells on 26th, 27th July 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 123 runs
Points	Somerset 0; Essex 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, H Cruice
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 75/2 (Eastman 36*, O'Connor 12*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	run out	14
AV Avery	c Luckes b Andrews	2
FH Vigar	c Wellard b Andrews	11
J O'Connor	lbw b Wellard	0
MS Nichols	lbw b Andrews	4
R Smith	b Wellard	9
*DR Wilcox	b Wellard	15
RM Taylor	c Gomm b Wellard	0
JWA Stephenson	b Wellard	8
+TH Wade	c Wellard b Andrews	6
TPB Smith	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 35.1 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-19, 3-20, 4-31, 5-40, 6-50, 7-50, 8-61, 9-72, 10-72 (35.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	18	3	35	5	-	-
Andrews	17.1	5	34	4	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c O'Connor b Nichols	7
H Gimblett	c Wilcox b R Smith	7
HFT Buse	b Stephenson	9
CJP Barnwell	c Wilcox b R Smith	1
*EF Longrigg	c Wade b Stephenson	19
GM Bennett	b Nichols	2
+WT Luckes	b Nichols	0
BA Gomm	c Avery b Stephenson	0
WHR Andrews	b Stephenson	4
AW Wellard	b Stephenson	1
HL Hazell	not out	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 21.4 overs)	51
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-16, 3-18, 4-40, 5-45, 6-45, 7-45, 8-47, 9-50, 10-51 (21.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	11	0	30	3	-	-
R Smith	6	0	17	2	-	-
Stephenson	4.4	1	4	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Lee b Andrews	38
AV Avery	b Wellard	20
FH Vigar	lbw b Hazell	0
J O'Connor	lbw b Wellard	53
MS Nichols	b Wellard	4
R Smith	lbw b Wellard	0
*DR Wilcox	lbw b Wellard	38
RM Taylor	b Wellard	0
JWA Stephenson	not out	4
+TH Wade	c Luckes b Hazell	1
TPB Smith	b Wellard	8
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-49, 3-81, 4-92, 5-92, 6-157, 7-157, 8-164, 9-165, 10-174 (61 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	26	6	68	7	-	-
Andrews	8	1	27	1	-	-
Hazell	24	8	60	2	-	-
Buse	3	1	11	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Taylor b Nichols	16
H Gimblett	c Wade b Nichols	15
HFT Buse	b Taylor	1
BA Gomm	c Wilcox b Nichols	5
*EF Longrigg	run out	0
WHR Andrews	b Taylor	4
GM Bennett	lbw b Taylor	3
+WT Luckes	lbw b Taylor	0
CJP Barnwell	c Wilcox b Nichols	9
AW Wellard	c Vigar b Taylor	12
HL Hazell	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 30.4 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-32, 3-41, 4-41, 5-45, 6-49, 7-50, 8-55, 9-67, 10-72 (30.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	13.4	2	33	4	-	-
R Smith	4	1	3	0	-	-
Stephenson	2	1	2	0	-	-
TPB Smith	3	1	4	0	-	-
Taylor	8	3	23	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> BA Gomm made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BA Gomm made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> AW Wellard reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JWA Stephenson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> AW Wellard reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> RM Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 5-50)
--> RM Taylor reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> RM Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 5-50)

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