f16703 cc8245	Essex v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 23rd, 24th August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Nottinghamshire 4
Umpires	JJ Hills, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 156/3 (TPB Smith 69*, Nichols 16*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WW Keeton	retired hurt	15
CB Harris	c Wade b Farnes	0
*GFH Heane	c TPB Smith b R Smith	48
J Hardstaff	b Nichols	117
GV Gunn	c R Smith b Nichols	40
RJ Giles	c Vigar b Farnes	7
J Knowles	b Farnes	0
W Voce	c Vigar b Nichols	0
+AB Wheat	c Wade b Nichols	3
HJ Butler	b Nichols	6
A Jepson	not out	11
Extras	(20 b, 4 lb)	24
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Harris), 2-108, 3-213, 4-230, 5-230, 6-237, 7-240, 8-248, 9-271 (58.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	19	0	90	3	-	-
Nichols	12.2	2	34	5	-	-
Taylor	8	0	46	0	-	-
R Smith	6	0	25	1	-	-
Stephenson	5	0	18	0	-	-
TPB Smith	8	0	34	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	lbw b Voce	9
+TH Wade	c Harris b Butler	50
TPB Smith	b Voce	102
J O'Connor	c sub b Butler	4
MS Nichols	lbw b Jepson	26
R Smith	b Heane	1
SJ Cray	b Heane	1
*JWA Stephenson	b Voce	13
RM Taylor	not out	10
FH Vigar	c Harris b Voce	4
K Farnes	b Voce	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 62.3 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-111, 3-115, 4-170, 5-175, 6-177, 7-214, 8-215, 9-233, 10-233 (62.3 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Voce	16.3	1	70	5	-	-
Butler	19	2	61	2	-	-
Heane	12	2	44	2	-	-
Jepson	11	2	35	1	-	-
Giles	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Harris	c Wade b Farnes	13
J Knowles	c Wade b Nichols	23
*GFH Heane	c Nichols b Farnes	4
J Hardstaff	c Taylor b Farnes	0
GV Gunn	b Farnes	0
RJ Giles	lbw b Nichols	1
W Voce	run out	11
+AB Wheat	b Farnes	9
HJ Butler	b Nichols	1
A Jepson	not out	6
WW Keeton	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 22.3 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-42, 3-42, 4-42, 5-43, 6-48, 7-66, 8-68, 9-74 (22.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	10.3	2	30	5	-	-
Nichols	11	2	38	3	-	-
Stephenson	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+TH Wade	c Wheat b Voce	21
AV Avery	b Voce	0
TPB Smith	not out	49
J O'Connor	c Voce b Heane	15
MS Nichols	not out	17
R Smith	did not bat
SJ Cray	did not bat
*JWA Stephenson	did not bat
RM Taylor	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
K Farnes	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(3 wickets, 29 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-36, 3-67

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Voce	7	0	20	2	-	-
Butler	7	0	24	0	-	-
Heane	9	1	30	1	-	-
Jepson	6	1	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> J Hardstaff (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 43
--> GV Gunn (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 14
--> TPB Smith (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 69
--> TPB Smith (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> MS Nichols reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> K Farnes completed a hat-trick in the Nottinghamshire second innings (Heane, Hardstaff, Gunn)
--> K Farnes reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings
--> WW Keeton retired hurt in the Nottinghamshire first innings having scored 15 (team score 34/1)

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