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f16328 cc8002	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 17th, 18th, 19th August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Essex 0
Umpires	N Kilner, EJ Smith
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 237/6 (Compton 71, Price 19)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 286/4 (Nichols 55, Wilcox 0)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Human b Gray	6
AV Avery	lbw b Allen	16
RM Taylor	b Smith	6
J O'Connor	lbw b Edrich	20
MS Nichols	b Smith	2
*TN Pearce	c Price b Robins	16
DR Wilcox	c Edrich b Gray	18
N Vere Hodge	st Price b Robins	2
TPB Smith	c Edrich b Robins	0
+TH Wade	lbw b Robins	9
K Farnes	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 44.3 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-32, 3-32, 4-38, 5-72, 6-80, 7-82, 8-82, 9-108, 10-108 (44.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	11	5	23	2	-	-
Gray	11	2	22	2	-	-
Allen	5	2	4	1	-	-
Edrich	6	0	24	1	-	-
Robins	11.3	4	22	4	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	c Taylor b Smith	82
SM Brown	lbw b Nichols	4
GOB Allen	c and b Smith	53
DCS Compton	not out	180
JHA Hulme	c Wade b Farnes	0
JH Human	b Farnes	1
*RWV Robins	st Wade b Smith	3
+WFF Price	c sub b Smith	51
CIJ Smith	b Pearce	2
IAR Peebles	c sub b Pearce	2
LH Gray	b Smith	3
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 109.1 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-132, 3-153, 4-154, 5-162, 6-179, 7-338, 8-343, 9-357, 10-392 (109.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	23	2	79	2	-	-
Nichols	21	0	92	1	-	-
Smith	44.1	4	138	5	-	-
Eastman	17	5	40	0	-	-
Pearce	4	0	32	2	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	c Human b Peebles	79
RM Taylor	lbw b Smith	4
J O'Connor	lbw b Gray	122
MS Nichols	c Gray b Smith	62
*TN Pearce	b Robins	17
DR Wilcox	lbw b Smith	3
N Vere Hodge	b Smith	0
TPB Smith	run out	6
+TH Wade	not out	3
K Farnes	b Gray	3
LC Eastman	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 101.3 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-183, 3-227, 4-267, 5-295, 6-295, 7-296, 8-305, 9-309 (101.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	24	4	73	4	-	-
Gray	19.3	2	61	2	-	-
Edrich	7	1	18	0	-	-
Robins	23	0	64	1	-	-
Peebles	25	5	65	1	-	-
Compton	3	0	18	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	not out	19
SM Brown	not out	5
GOB Allen	did not bat
DCS Compton	did not bat
JHA Hulme	did not bat
JH Human	did not bat
*RWV Robins	did not bat
+WFF Price	did not bat
CIJ Smith	did not bat
IAR Peebles	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(no wicket, 5.4 overs)	26

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	3	1	5	0	-	-
Nichols	2	0	8	0	-	-
Pearce	0.4	0	11	0	-	-

Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Middlesex (1) ?/? (Compton 180*, [unknown] ?*)
--> JH Human made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JH Human made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed his previous highest score of 177 in County Championship matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed his previous highest score of 177 in First-Class matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 66
--> RM Taylor (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 3
--> RM Taylor (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> J O'Connor (2) passed 24000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 52
--> MS Nichols (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 51
--> GOB Allen reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

Compton 180*, his highest innings of the season,155 minutes, twenty-five 4's.
O'Connor 122, 185 minutes, nine 4's.