f16711 cc8253	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 26th, 28th, 29th August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 210 runs
Points	Essex 12; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	F Chester, JA Newman
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 148/6 (James 3*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 47/4 (James 16*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	b Partridge	13
+TH Wade	c Herbert b Partridge	13
TPB Smith	c Greenwood b Timms	50
J O'Connor	c James b Timms	5
MS Nichols	c James b Partridge	30
R Smith	c James b Timms	21
*JWA Stephenson	c and b Merritt	43
RM Taylor	st James b Merritt	8
SJ Cray	hit wkt b Merritt	5
FH Vigar	not out	6
K Farnes	st James b Herbert	2
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 65.7 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-34, 3-47, 4-114, 5-118, 6-165, 7-180, 8-192, 9-199, 10-206 (65.7 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	16	1	63	3	-	-
Herbert	10.7	2	24	1	-	-
Timms	21	6	51	3	-	-
Merritt	11	0	46	3	-	-
Nelson	7	1	12	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Davis	b Nichols	7
HW Greenwood	b Nichols	32
D Brookes	b Nichols	23
JE Timms	lbw b Nichols	45
FP O'Brien	c Taylor b Nichols	6
*RP Nelson	c Taylor b Farnes	29
+KC James	c Vigar b Nichols	3
WE Merritt	c Avery b Farnes	3
SI Philips	run out	4
RJ Partridge	not out	10
EJ Herbert	b TPB Smith	5
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 43.6 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-51, 3-75, 4-81, 5-140, 6-148, 7-151, 8-156, 9-158, 10-173 (43.6 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	17	2	79	2	-	-
Nichols	15	3	38	6	-	-
Stephenson	5	0	16	0	-	-
R Smith	3	0	23	0	-	-
TPB Smith	3.6	0	11	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	c and b Nelson	90
+TH Wade	c Greenwood b Nelson	61
TPB Smith	c and b Herbert	13
J O'Connor	not out	54
MS Nichols	c Merritt b Partridge	50
R Smith	b Herbert	13
*JWA Stephenson	not out	7
RM Taylor	did not bat
SJ Cray	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
K Farnes	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-138, 2-162, 3-174, 4-245, 5-286

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	15	3	54	1	-	-
Herbert	15	2	50	2	-	-
Timms	14	1	69	0	-	-
Merritt	7	0	30	0	-	-
Nelson	13	2	55	2	-	-
O'Brien	4	0	18	0	-	-
Philips	1	0	12	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Davis	b Farnes	13
HW Greenwood	c Cray b Farnes	8
D Brookes	b Farnes	8
JE Timms	b Farnes	0
+KC James	c Vigar b Farnes	21
*RP Nelson	b TPB Smith	39
WE Merritt	c Wade b Farnes	23
RJ Partridge	c Taylor b Nichols	4
SI Philips	c TPB Smith b Nichols	0
FP O'Brien	b Nichols	3
EJ Herbert	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 30.1 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-24, 3-24, 4-47, 5-54, 6-96, 7-110, 8-116, 9-127, 10-127 (30.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	12	0	47	6	-	-
Nichols	8.1	2	26	3	-	-
TPB Smith	10	1	46	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J O'Connor made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J O'Connor made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MS Nichols made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MS Nichols made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> K Farnes made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> K Farnes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JWA Stephenson (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> AV Avery (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> TH Wade (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> RP Nelson (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4

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