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f16454 cc8037	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 10th, 11th, 12th May 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 2 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Essex 4
Umpires	FI Walden, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 356/6 (Nichols 42, Stephenson 16)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 353 all out

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	c Price b Sims	121
SJ Cray	b Gray	7
RM Taylor	b Edrich	9
J O'Connor	c Price b Gray	128
MS Nichols	b Sims	45
LC Eastman	c and b Peebles	20
TPB Smith	b Peebles	1
*JWA Stephenson	c Price b Smith	17
DF Cock	b Sims	10
+TH Wade	not out	16
R Smith	c and b Sims	12
Extras	(3 b, 11 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 114 overs)	403
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-28, 3-253, 4-288, 5-325, 6-327, 7-360, 8-369, 9-377, 10-403 (114 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	29	6	66	1	-	-
Gray	19	1	76	2	-	-
Edrich	14	0	52	1	-	-
Sims	28	5	101	4	-	-
Peebles	20	2	77	2	-	-
Thompson	4	1	14	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	st Wade b Taylor	37
SM Brown	b Nichols	12
WJ Edrich	c Wade b Nichols	14
DCS Compton	run out	181
JHA Hulme	lbw b Nichols	6
AW Thompson	b R Smith	18
+WFF Price	c Taylor b Stephenson	18
JM Sims	c TPB Smith b R Smith	19
CIJ Smith	b Nichols	37
*IAR Peebles	c Stephenson b Nichols	7
LH Gray	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-62, 3-68, 4-76, 5-105, 6-135, 7-189, 8-254, 9-274, 10-353 (81 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	24	2	82	5	-	-
Stephenson	13	2	67	1	-	-
Eastman	7	0	33	0	-	-
R Smith	11	1	56	2	-	-
Taylor	12	1	56	1	-	-
TPB Smith	14	3	56	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	b Smith	27
SJ Cray	b Smith	10
RM Taylor	c Thompson b Gray	10
J O'Connor	lbw b Sims	14
MS Nichols	c Price b Gray	41
LC Eastman	lbw b Peebles	36
*JWA Stephenson	b Gray	0
R Smith	not out	26
TPB Smith	did not bat
DF Cock	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 45.1 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-44, 3-60, 4-72, 5-133, 6-167, 7-173 (45.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	16	0	56	2	-	-
Gray	15.1	0	54	3	-	-
Sims	10	2	38	1	-	-
Peebles	4	1	16	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Stephenson	7
SM Brown	c sub b Stephenson	58
WJ Edrich	c Avery b Taylor	35
CIJ Smith	b Stephenson	45
DCS Compton	c R Smith b Stephenson	15
JHA Hulme	c O'Connor b Nichols	16
JM Sims	run out	6
AW Thompson	c R Smith b Nichols	10
+WFF Price	not out	21
*IAR Peebles	not out	4
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 26.6 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-86, 3-150, 4-159, 5-172, 6-181, 7-187, 8-206

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	11	0	81	2	-	-
Stephenson	11.6	0	94	4	-	-
Taylor	4	0	42	1	-	-

Notes
--> AW Thompson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AV Avery (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 119
--> AV Avery (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> DCS Compton (1) passed his previous highest score of 180 in County Championship matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed his previous highest score of 180 in First-Class matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 111
--> LC Eastman (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> SM Brown (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> IAR Peebles reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings