f16337 cc8013	Essex v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 24th, 25th August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Derbyshire 4
Umpires	LC Braund, HW Lee
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 173 all out

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RHR Buckston	c Pearce b Taylor	38
AE Alderman	c Pearce b R Smith	2
TS Worthington	b R Smith	13
LF Townsend	c Taylor b R Smith	70
AF Skinner	c Wade b Nichols	0
GH Pope	b Nichols	6
AEG Rhodes	c Wilcox b TPB Smith	10
AV Pope	lbw b TPB Smith	0
+H Elliott	b TPB Smith	13
TB Mitchell	not out	13
WH Copson	b R Smith	9
Extras	(7 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 62.3 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-33, 3-118, 4-121, 5-127, 6-144, 7-144, 8-150, 9-168, 10-190 (62.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	22	4	56	2	-	-
R Smith	13.3	3	48	4	-	-
TPB Smith	21	8	52	3	-	-
Vigar	3	0	11	0	-	-
Taylor	3	1	7	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	c Skinner b Mitchell	32
AV Avery	b Copson	1
RM Taylor	b Mitchell	35
J O'Connor	c Elliott b Mitchell	49
MS Nichols	st Elliott b Townsend	16
*TN Pearce	lbw b Townsend	9
N Vere Hodge	b Mitchell	5
TPB Smith	not out	8
R Smith	c Townsend b Mitchell	4
+TH Wade	lbw b Mitchell	2
FH Vigar	lbw b Mitchell	0
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-65, 3-73, 4-123, 5-143, 6-149, 7-154, 8-160, 9-173, 10-173 (60.2 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	11	1	36	1	-	-
GH Pope	7	0	29	0	-	-
AV Pope	10	1	28	0	-	-
Mitchell	16.2	3	51	7	-	-
Townsend	16	8	17	2	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RHR Buckston	lbw b Nichols	16
AE Alderman	b Nichols	2
TS Worthington	c and b TPB Smith	22
LF Townsend	c and b TPB Smith	1
GH Pope	c Wilcox b TPB Smith	85
AF Skinner	c Wade b Vigar	9
AEG Rhodes	st Wade b Vigar	0
AV Pope	b R Smith	16
+H Elliott	not out	4
TB Mitchell	lbw b TPB Smith	0
WH Copson	c R Smith b TPB Smith	0
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-28, 3-32, 4-54, 5-90, 6-94, 7-126, 8-160, 9-160, 10-160 (54.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	10	2	32	2	-	-
R Smith	11	2	29	1	-	-
TPB Smith	23.4	6	55	5	-	-
Vigar	10	2	39	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	c Elliott b AV Pope	32
AV Avery	c Elliott b AV Pope	8
RM Taylor	c Alderman b AV Pope	0
J O'Connor	lbw b Mitchell	40
MS Nichols	not out	52
*TN Pearce	not out	38
N Vere Hodge	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 49 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-32, 3-57, 4-101

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	8	1	44	0	-	-
GH Pope	4	1	16	0	-	-
AV Pope	10	2	21	3	-	-
Mitchell	15	1	49	1	-	-
Townsend	10	1	25	0	-	-
Rhodes	1	0	5	0	-	-
Buckston	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GH Pope (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> DR Wilcox (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> TPB Smith reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire second innings
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire second innings

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TPB Smith took three wickets in four balls to end Derbyshire's second innings.

 

 

 

 

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