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f15909 cc7751	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 11th, 12th August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 307 runs
Points	Essex 0; Middlesex 15
Umpires	E Cooke, A Dolphin
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 125/4 (Nichols 13*)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	b Nichols	51
WJ Edrich	c Evans b Nichols	26
BL Muncer	c Wade b Smith	7
EH Hendren	c Evans b Nichols	31
DCS Compton	run out	55
JHA Hulme	b Smith	13
HGO Owen-Smith	b Farnes	14
JM Sims	c Wilcox b Nichols	5
*RWV Robins	b Smith	87
CIJ Smith	c Farnes b Nichols	2
LH Gray	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-92, 3-92, 4-142, 5-191, 6-191, 7-202, 8-212, 9-231, 10-302 (92.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	19	3	78	1	-	-
Nichols	29	8	85	5	-	-
Eastman	19	5	64	0	-	-
Smith	18.5	3	55	3	-	-
Evans	7	1	10	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	lbw b Smith	0
LC Eastman	c Smith b Owen-Smith	42
AV Avery	b Smith	7
*TN Pearce	lbw b Sims	56
MS Nichols	lbw b Sims	17
N Vere Hodge	b Sims	5
BH Belle	c Price b Smith	1
+TH Wade	not out	16
TPB Smith	b Smith	0
K Farnes	c Hulme b Sims	0
VJ Evans	c Price b Sims	5
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-26, 3-74, 4-125, 5-132, 6-135, 7-139, 8-139, 9-142, 10-156 (55.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22	2	51	4	-	-
Gray	8	1	24	0	-	-
Owen-Smith	10	2	38	1	-	-
Robins	3	0	13	0	-	-
Sims	12.2	4	23	5	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	c Pearce b Smith	73
WJ Edrich	run out	7
BL Muncer	st Wade b Smith	0
EH Hendren	b Nichols	112
DCS Compton	c and b Smith	71
JHA Hulme	not out	16
HGO Owen-Smith	not out	24
JM Sims	did not bat
*RWV Robins	did not bat
CIJ Smith	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-142, 4-251, 5-281

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	11	0	53	0	-	-
Nichols	16	1	52	1	-	-
Eastman	16	2	56	0	-	-
Smith	26	4	100	3	-	-
Evans	11	1	42	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	c Gray b Smith	34
LC Eastman	lbw b Sims	34
AV Avery	c Price b Smith	4
*TN Pearce	st Price b Owen-Smith	2
MS Nichols	c Owen-Smith b Smith	0
N Vere Hodge	b Sims	7
BH Belle	not out	24
+TH Wade	b Owen-Smith	27
TPB Smith	c Compton b Owen-Smith	0
K Farnes	st Price b Owen-Smith	7
VJ Evans	c Owen-Smith b Sims	5
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 38.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-76, 3-77, 4-77, 5-84, 6-90, 7-131, 8-131, 9-147, 10-152 (38.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	13	2	35	3	-	-
Gray	4	1	25	0	-	-
Owen-Smith	8	0	22	4	-	-
Robins	2	0	16	0	-	-
Sims	11.2	2	46	3	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> VJ Evans made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> VJ Evans made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> EH Hendren (1) passed 57000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> EH Hendren (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 63
--> EH Hendren (2) passed 37000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 19
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> MS Nichols reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CIJ Smith reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> HGO Owen-Smith reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings