f14545 cc6883	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1934
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 19th, 21st, 22nd May 1934 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3; Worcestershire 5
Umpires	JW Hitch, A Morton
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 367/6 (Eastman 31*, Bray 6*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 444/3 (Martin 60*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Perks b Brook	35
DF Pope	c Jackson b Brook	18
*TN Pearce	c Perks b Brook	111
J O'Connor	b Jackson	23
MS Nichols	c and b Howorth	102
RM Taylor	lbw b Jackson	28
LC Eastman	b Perks	35
C Bray	not out	64
TPB Smith	c Martin b Perks	30
+JR Sheffield	c Martin b Perks	2
AG Daer	lbw b Brook	7
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 160 overs)	469
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-63, 3-90, 4-300, 5-300, 6-344, 7-383, 8-429, 9-448, 10-469 (160 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	35	10	92	3	-	-
Jackson	35	7	75	2	-	-
Martin	23	4	53	0	-	-
Brook	41	6	145	4	-	-
Howorth	20	2	68	1	-	-
Nichol	2	0	7	0	-	-
Pataudi	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CF Walters	c and b Smith	178
HHIH Gibbons	c Sheffield b Smith	104
Nawab of Pataudi	b Cutmore	97
SH Martin	c Cutmore b Smith	72
CH Bull	not out	29
R Howorth	c Smith b Eastman	5
GW Brook	c Eastman b Smith	2
RTD Perks	c Smith b Eastman	5
PF Jackson	b Smith	5
+ES Baker	c Eastman b Smith	0
M Nichol	absent
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 160.4 overs)	515
Fall of wickets:
1-279, 2-310, 3-444, 4-473, 5-490, 6-493, 7-506, 8-513, 9-515 (160.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	15	2	57	0	-	-
Daer	12	3	29	0	-	-
Eastman	54	7	145	2	-	-
Smith	45.4	5	147	6	-	-
O'Connor	19	3	76	0	-	-
Pope	3	0	17	0	-	-
Cutmore	6	1	15	1	-	-
Taylor	2	0	3	0	-	-
Sheffield	4	0	8	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c and b Brook	18
DF Pope	c and b Brook	7
C Bray	c Baker b Brook	7
J O'Connor	not out	30
MS Nichols	c Walters b Brook	11
RM Taylor	not out	34
*TN Pearce	did not bat
LC Eastman	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
+JR Sheffield	did not bat
AG Daer	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 52 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-28, 3-37, 4-59

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	4	1	7	0	-	-
Jackson	12	5	8	0	-	-
Brook	19	4	45	4	-	-
Howorth	15	4	41	0	-	-
Pataudi	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> M Nichol made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> M Nichol made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CF Walters (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> SH Martin (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> TPB Smith reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> LC Eastman reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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M Nichol was found dead in bed on the second morning

 

 

 

 

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