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f15457 cc7453	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1936
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 11th, 13th, 14th July 1936 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3; Middlesex 5
Umpires	F Chester, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 173/6 (Hulme 88, Watkins 5)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 4/2 (Benka 3*)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Hart	b Nichols	8
HF Benka	b Farnes	0
WH Wignall	b Farnes	0
EH Hendren	b Farnes	10
*RWV Robins	b Nichols	6
DCS Compton	b Farnes	53
JHA Hulme	c Stephenson b Farnes	101
WR Watkins	b Nichols	20
+WFF Price	not out	9
CIJ Smith	b Farnes	23
IAR Peebles	lbw b Farnes	3
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 76.2 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-19, 4-19, 5-27, 6-159, 7-202, 8-203, 9-228, 10-238 (76.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	29.2	7	84	7	-	-
Nichols	29	5	83	3	-	-
Stephenson	9	3	31	0	-	-
Eastman	6	2	11	0	-	-
Smith	3	1	24	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	lbw b Smith	15
JR Sheffield	lbw b Robins	0
MS Nichols	c Price b Smith	0
J O'Connor	c and b Peebles	70
CT Ashton	lbw b Robins	0
*TN Pearce	c Peebles b Smith	35
TPB Smith	c Compton b Smith	0
JWA Stephenson	b Smith	1
LC Eastman	c Watkins b Smith	3
+TH Wade	not out	11
K Farnes	b Smith	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-15, 3-15, 4-16, 5-85, 6-85, 7-87, 8-113, 9-143, 10-144 (60 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	25	15	28	7	-	-
Hulme	3	1	11	0	-	-
Robins	20	6	60	2	-	-
Peebles	9	1	28	1	-	-
Compton	3	1	9	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Hart	b Farnes	0
HF Benka	b Farnes	24
WH Wignall	b Nichols	1
+WFF Price	lbw b Stephenson	20
EH Hendren	c O'Connor b Smith	65
DCS Compton	b Nichols	5
CIJ Smith	c Sheffield b Nichols	12
JHA Hulme	not out	3
*RWV Robins	not out	4
WR Watkins	did not bat
IAR Peebles	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 53 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-30, 4-82, 5-105, 6-119, 7-131

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	16	6	37	2	-	-
Nichols	16	6	26	3	-	-
Stephenson	9	1	29	1	-	-
Smith	12	2	42	1	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	c Price b Smith	2
JR Sheffield	c Price b Smith	6
MS Nichols	c Price b Robins	9
J O'Connor	c Wignall b Smith	18
CT Ashton	b Smith	9
*TN Pearce	b Smith	9
TPB Smith	c Price b Robins	42
JWA Stephenson	not out	17
LC Eastman	lbw b Robins	0
+TH Wade	not out	17
K Farnes	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, 52 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-20, 3-22, 4-48, 5-49, 6-65, 7-110, 8-114

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	19	7	31	5	-	-
Hulme	3	0	13	0	-	-
Robins	19	9	47	3	-	-
Peebles	11	1	38	0	-	-

Notes
--> WH Wignall made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WR Watkins (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 23000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> TH Wade (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> CIJ Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> K Farnes reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> JWA Stephenson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings