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f16179 cc7877	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1938
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 18th, 20th, 21st June 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 1 wicket
Points	Essex 4; Middlesex 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 108/4 (Compton 15, Hart 6)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 17/0 (Edrich 4, Brown 12)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DR Wilcox	c Muncer b Smith	91
HG Pickering	c Brown b Baxter	4
+TH Wade	c Compton b Baxter	67
J O'Connor	c Robins b Baxter	22
LC Eastman	c Hart b Smith	10
MS Nichols	lbw b Smith	28
AG Waterman	b Sims	42
TPB Smith	lbw b Smith	1
AB Quick	c Price b Smith	6
WG Spencer	c Edrich b Sims	10
R Smith	not out	4
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-164, 3-190, 4-193, 5-208, 6-274, 7-276, 8-282, 9-290, 10-300 (94 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	36	7	84	5	-	-
Baxter	21	3	80	3	-	-
Edrich	4	0	17	0	-	-
Robins	4	0	18	0	-	-
Sims	29	6	86	2	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	b Nichols	24
SM Brown	b Nichols	53
+WFF Price	lbw b TPB Smith	3
DCS Compton	b Nichols	28
JHA Hulme	c and b TPB Smith	5
GE Hart	b R Smith	72
*RWV Robins	b Nichols	16
BL Muncer	c Wade b Nichols	17
JM Sims	c Wilcox b R Smith	23
CIJ Smith	not out	23
AD Baxter	b Nichols	7
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 82.4 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-82, 3-82, 4-102, 5-132, 6-162, 7-210, 8-246, 9-253, 10-281 (82.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	37.4	1	116	6	-	-
R Smith	15	1	65	2	-	-
TPB Smith	23	4	69	2	-	-
Eastman	7	1	21	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DR Wilcox	run out	16
HG Pickering	lbw b Smith	15
+TH Wade	lbw b Smith	0
J O'Connor	c Compton b Sims	2
LC Eastman	lbw b Smith	0
AG Waterman	b Robins	32
TPB Smith	c Price b Smith	101
MS Nichols	c Edrich b Sims	31
AB Quick	lbw b Sims	8
WG Spencer	c Price b Robins	5
R Smith	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 80.4 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-29, 3-32, 4-33, 5-44, 6-105, 7-185, 8-199, 9-204, 10-221 (80.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	26.4	6	68	4	-	-
Baxter	6	0	21	0	-	-
Edrich	3	1	8	0	-	-
Robins	19	3	46	2	-	-
Sims	26	5	68	3	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	c and b TPB Smith	58
SM Brown	c Wilcox b TPB Smith	31
+WFF Price	c Nichols b TPB Smith	10
DCS Compton	not out	87
JHA Hulme	run out	26
GE Hart	c O'Connor b TPB Smith	0
*RWV Robins	c Wade b TPB Smith	6
BL Muncer	c sub b TPB Smith	0
CIJ Smith	c Quick b TPB Smith	12
JM Sims	lbw b TPB Smith	1
AD Baxter	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 83.2 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-83, 3-132, 4-170, 5-172, 6-190, 7-190, 8-206, 9-217

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	30.2	8	88	0	-	-
R Smith	6	1	23	0	-	-
TPB Smith	37	7	99	8	-	-
Eastman	10	2	22	0	-	-

Notes
--> AD Baxter made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DR Wilcox (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> TH Wade (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> SM Brown (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 68
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 84
--> CIJ Smith (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> AD Baxter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-87)
--> JM Sims reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> CIJ Smith reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> CIJ Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> TPB Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 8-155)
--> TPB Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> TPB Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 8-155)

TPB Smith 101, twelve 4's. He was last out, having batted 167 minutes.
TPB Smith then took eight of the nine second innings wickets to fall, the other being run out.
Middlesex needed 24 to win with one wicket remaining. Compton scored 23 of them to win the match by one wicket.