f15750 cc7623	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 5th, 7th, 8th June 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 5; Essex 3
Umpires	GM Lee, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 75/2 (Taylor 23*, Wade 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 19/1 (Wilcox 7*, Wade 4*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ Knight	c Wilcox b Nichols	0
A Sandham	c Wade b Nichols	0
RJ Gregory	lbw b Stephenson	60
HS Squires	lbw b Stephenson	7
HT Barling	c Proffitt b Nichols	91
LB Fishlock	lbw b Nichols	52
JF Parker	lbw b Smith	40
EA Watts	not out	60
+EWJ Brooks	st Wade b O'Connor	15
JV Daley	c Wade b O'Connor	0
AR Gover	b Smith	0
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-18, 4-124, 5-207, 6-228, 7-303, 8-334, 9-334, 10-335 (98.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	24	6	95	4	-	-
Stephenson	24	5	80	2	-	-
Smith	23.5	0	73	2	-	-
Evans	22	4	69	0	-	-
Proffitt	3	0	5	0	-	-
O'Connor	2	0	3	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	c Brooks b Gover	27
S Proffitt	c Brooks b Watts	16
RM Taylor	b Watts	34
+TH Wade	b Watts	6
J O'Connor	c Daley b Gover	5
MS Nichols	b Watts	0
*TN Pearce	c Watts b Gover	61
JWA Stephenson	b Watts	0
AB Lavers	b Watts	21
TPB Smith	not out	37
VJ Evans	c Brooks b Watts	8
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-70, 3-92, 4-93, 5-93, 6-105, 7-106, 8-138, 9-207, 10-227 (68 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	25	4	80	3	-	-
Watts	25	3	88	7	-	-
Daley	10	3	25	0	-	-
Parker	8	2	22	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ Knight	b Stephenson	7
A Sandham	c Wilcox b Nichols	4
RJ Gregory	c Smith b Nichols	5
HS Squires	c O'Connor b Smith	29
HT Barling	c Stephenson b Smith	46
LB Fishlock	c Wilcox b Smith	7
JF Parker	b Stephenson	66
EA Watts	c and b Stephenson	20
+EWJ Brooks	c Nichols b Smith	8
AR Gover	lbw b Smith	0
JV Daley	not out	1
Extras	(12 b, 17 lb, 2 w)	31
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-15, 3-27, 4-75, 5-93, 6-124, 7-170, 8-185, 9-195, 10-224 (62 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12	3	37	2	-	-
Stephenson	20	1	85	3	-	-
Smith	20	4	40	5	-	-
Evans	3	0	7	0	-	-
O'Connor	7	1	24	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	c Brooks b Daley	37
S Proffitt	b Gover	6
+TH Wade	b Gover	87
RM Taylor	c Brooks b Gover	19
J O'Connor	c Knight b Watts	0
MS Nichols	c Brooks b Gover	9
JWA Stephenson	not out	6
AB Lavers	c Parker b Gover	2
TPB Smith	c Gregory b Gover	0
*TN Pearce	not out	2
VJ Evans	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(8 wickets, 82.3 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-81, 3-120, 4-121, 5-163, 6-168, 7-174, 8-174

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	31.3	10	64	6	-	-
Watts	20	4	42	1	-	-
Daley	13	6	26	1	-	-
Parker	13	3	27	0	-	-
Gregory	5	2	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EWJ Brooks (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> RM Taylor (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> JF Parker (2) passed his previous highest score of 65 in County Championship matches
--> JF Parker (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> TH Wade (2) passed his previous highest score of 58 in County Championship matches
--> EA Watts achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 7-95)
--> EA Watts reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> EA Watts achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-22)
--> AR Gover reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> AR Gover reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex second innings

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