f15899 cc7742	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 4th, 5th August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 121 runs
Points	Worcestershire 0; Essex 15
Umpires	CWL Parker, FI Walden
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 4/2 (Avery 4*, Taylor 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DR Wilcox	c Bull b Perks	12
AV Avery	b Perks	2
J O'Connor	c Martin b Howorth	62
RM Taylor	lbw b Perks	52
MS Nichols	lbw b Perks	4
N Vere Hodge	b Perks	11
BH Belle	b Perks	13
LC Eastman	c Human b Perks	8
+TH Wade	st Kimpton b Howorth	12
TPB Smith	lbw b Perks	0
VJ Evans	not out	3
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 75.5 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-31, 3-132, 4-157, 5-158, 6-161, 7-177, 8-186, 9-194, 10-198 (75.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	31	9	63	8	-	-
Human	3	0	10	0	-	-
Martin	11	6	14	0	-	-
Howorth	26.5	7	66	2	-	-
Warne	4	0	26	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	b Nichols	29
E Cooper	c Wade b Nichols	9
FB Warne	b Smith	1
HHIH Gibbons	b Nichols	5
RHC Human	c Wilcox b Nichols	6
Nawab of Pataudi	b Smith	6
+RCM Kimpton	b Smith	0
SH Martin	c Eastman b Nichols	0
*BW Quaife	c Wade b Smith	7
R Howorth	b Smith	0
RTD Perks	not out	0
Extras	(15 b, 4 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 37.2 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-18, 3-39, 4-47, 5-66, 6-66, 7-67, 8-82, 9-82, 10-82 (37.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	19	4	36	5	-	-
Smith	18.2	7	27	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+TH Wade	b Perks	0
AV Avery	b Perks	7
VJ Evans	b Perks	0
RM Taylor	lbw b Perks	20
*DR Wilcox	c Pataudi b Howorth	38
J O'Connor	c Kimpton b Howorth	30
MS Nichols	b Howorth	38
LC Eastman	c Kimpton b Perks	3
N Vere Hodge	c Kimpton b Perks	6
BH Belle	b Perks	4
TPB Smith	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-7, 4-48, 5-104, 6-119, 7-152, 8-158, 9-162, 10-165 (52.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	19.2	7	43	7	-	-
Human	8	0	32	0	-	-
Martin	10	2	33	0	-	-
Howorth	15	2	38	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	b Nichols	1
Nawab of Pataudi	c Wade b Smith	67
E Cooper	b Nichols	41
+RCM Kimpton	b Smith	0
*BW Quaife	c Nichols b Smith	2
HHIH Gibbons	b Nichols	7
RHC Human	c Eastman b Smith	0
SH Martin	not out	25
FB Warne	b Smith	8
R Howorth	c Vere Hodge b Smith	0
RTD Perks	b Nichols	1
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 49 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-91, 3-93, 4-112, 5-112, 6-112, 7-124, 8-155, 9-155, 10-160 (49 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	20	2	84	4	-	-
Smith	24	6	57	6	-	-
Eastman	5	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 22
--> E Cooper (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 7
--> RTD Perks reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> TPB Smith reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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