f16311 cc7991	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 13th, 15th, 16th August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 32 runs
Points	Essex 12; Surrey 0
Umpires	A Dolphin, N Kilner
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 49/3 (O'Connor 8*, Nichols 6*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 90/3 (Barling 29*, Garland-Wells 13*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Gregory b Squires	35
DR Wilcox	c Parker b Squires	4
RM Taylor	c Berry b Garland-Wells	29
J O'Connor	c Watts b Garland-Wells	14
MS Nichols	b Garland-Wells	7
*TN Pearce	c Garland-Wells b Squires	3
N Vere Hodge	c Gregory b Garland-Wells	7
TPB Smith	not out	16
+TH Wade	c Brooks b Squires	0
R Smith	lbw b Garland-Wells	4
K Farnes	b Squires	12
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-51, 3-78, 4-90, 5-91, 6-93, 7-105, 8-110, 9-119, 10-132 (61.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	9	0	35	0	-	-
Watts	3	2	4	0	-	-
Squires	23.2	7	46	5	-	-
Berry	1	0	3	0	-	-
Gregory	4	2	12	0	-	-
Parker	4	1	4	0	-	-
Garland-Wells	17	6	27	5	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	b Nichols	4
RJ Gregory	c Eastman b Nichols	6
HS Squires	c Wade b Farnes	9
HT Barling	c TPB Smith b Nichols	41
JF Parker	b Farnes	2
EW Whitfield	c Wade b Nichols	1
*HM Garland-Wells	c Wade b Nichols	19
EA Watts	not out	8
F Berry	c O'Connor b Nichols	0
+EWJ Brooks	c and b Farnes	1
AR Gover	c Eastman b Farnes	12
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 29.5 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-14, 3-47, 4-59, 5-60, 6-76, 7-87, 8-87, 9-88, 10-106 (29.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	14.5	3	58	4	-	-
Nichols	14	4	32	6	-	-
R Smith	1	0	13	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c and b Watts	6
DR Wilcox	b Watts	14
RM Taylor	c Brooks b Gover	13
J O'Connor	lbw b Garland-Wells	22
MS Nichols	not out	133
*TN Pearce	lbw b Gover	59
N Vere Hodge	b Watts	4
TPB Smith	b Gover	1
+TH Wade	lbw b Gregory	12
R Smith	c Brooks b Garland-Wells	41
K Farnes	b Watts	1
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 106.3 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-32, 3-34, 4-87, 5-219, 6-232, 7-233, 8-258, 9-319, 10-320 (106.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	23	3	75	3	-	-
Watts	22.3	3	71	4	-	-
Squires	15	3	38	0	-	-
Berry	6	1	12	0	-	-
Gregory	13	5	36	1	-	-
Parker	12	3	30	0	-	-
Garland-Wells	11	1	33	2	-	-
Whitfield	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Wade b Farnes	14
EW Whitfield	c Farnes b Nichols	1
HS Squires	c Wade b R Smith	26
HT Barling	c Nichols b Eastman	92
*HM Garland-Wells	st Wade b TPB Smith	30
RJ Gregory	c Taylor b Eastman	21
JF Parker	b Farnes	17
EA Watts	b Nichols	45
F Berry	b TPB Smith	18
+EWJ Brooks	not out	19
AR Gover	st Wade b Nichols	2
Extras	(15 b, 14 lb)	29
Total	(all out, 96.5 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-24, 3-63, 4-140, 5-192, 6-203, 7-235, 8-282, 9-306, 10-314 (96.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	31	5	92	2	-	-
Nichols	23.5	8	66	3	-	-
R Smith	7	0	34	1	-	-
TPB Smith	25	4	80	2	-	-
Eastman	10	5	13	2	-	-

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Notes
--> LC Eastman (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> MS Nichols (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 28
--> MS Nichols (2) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 120
--> MS Nichols (2) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> TN Pearce (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> K Farnes reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> EA Watts reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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Nichols 133*, 318 minutes, a five and fourteen 4's.

 

 

 

 

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