f16235 cc7925	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 13th, 14th, 15th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Kent 4
Umpires	JA Newman, CWL Parker
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 12/0 (Wilcox 1*, Eastman 11*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 142/0 (Fagg 104*, Sunnucks 35*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Taylor	244		295	31	-
PR Sunnucks	c Wade b Smith	3
+WHV Levett	c Wilcox b Daer	0
LJ Todd	b Smith	39
TW Spencer	c Taylor b Vigar	14
*FGH Chalk	c Lavers b Eastman	61
FG Foy	c and b Taylor	25
NW Harding	st Wade b Vigar	9
DVP Wright	c Wade b Taylor	2
AE Watt	not out	24
C Lewis	c Vigar b Taylor	5
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 122.1 overs)	429
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-28, 3-161, 4-195, 5-332, 6-386, 7-397, 8-399, 9-401, 10-429 (122.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22	4	96	2	-	-
Daer	10	3	51	1	-	-
Eastman	40	15	68	1	-	-
Lavers	9	1	30	0	-	-
Vigar	19	3	91	2	-	-
O'Connor	2	0	6	0	-	-
Pearce	10	0	43	0	-	-
Taylor	10.1	1	41	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	c Harding b Todd	5
LC Eastman	lbw b Todd	44
RM Taylor	b Lewis	37
J O'Connor	c Lewis b Wright	63
AV Avery	b Wright	1
*TN Pearce	not out	137
AB Lavers	lbw b Wright	1
+TH Wade	b Wright	4
FH Vigar	lbw b Wright	0
R Smith	c Fagg b Wright	37
HB Daer	lbw b Wright	4
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 103.3 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-57, 3-127, 4-128, 5-194, 6-198, 7-207, 8-207, 9-338, 10-350 (103.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	19	6	46	2	-	-
Watt	22	3	63	0	-	-
Harding	5	1	34	0	-	-
Wright	31.3	7	107	7	-	-
Lewis	26	7	83	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	not out	202		170	27	-
PR Sunnucks	run out	82
AE Watt	not out	24
+WHV Levett	did not bat
LJ Todd	did not bat
TW Spencer	did not bat
*FGH Chalk	did not bat
FG Foy	did not bat
NW Harding	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
C Lewis	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 68 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-283 (Sunnucks)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	10	3	46	0	-	-
Daer	9	0	46	0	-	-
Eastman	17	2	52	0	-	-
Vigar	13	0	75	0	-	-
O'Connor	5	0	23	0	-	-
Taylor	10	0	46	0	-	-
Wilcox	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	b Watt	1
LC Eastman	c Wright b Todd	0
RM Taylor	not out	7
J O'Connor	not out	0
AV Avery	did not bat
*TN Pearce	did not bat
AB Lavers	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
HB Daer	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 3.3 overs)	8
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	2	0	6	1	-	-
Watt	1.3	0	2	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Kent (1) ?/? (Fagg ?*, [unknown] ?*)
--> FG Foy made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> FG Foy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AE Fagg (1) 50 in 42 minutes
--> AE Fagg (1) 100 in 94 minutes
--> AE Fagg (1) 150 in 190 minutes
--> AE Fagg (1) 200 in 230 minutes
--> AE Fagg (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 148
--> FG Foy (1) equalled his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> FG Foy (1) equalled his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 27
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 48
--> AE Fagg (2) 50 in 35 minutes
--> AE Fagg (2) 100 in 69 minutes
--> AE Fagg (2) 150 in 119 minutes
--> AE Fagg (2) 200 in 165 minutes
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 69
--> RM Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 2-55)
--> RM Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 2-55)
--> DVP Wright reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> LJ Todd reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> LJ Todd reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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AE Fagg became the first player in first-class cricket to score two double-centuries in the same match.
AE Fagg (2) scored a century before lunch on the first day and 98 in 90 minutes before lunch on the third day.
TN Pearce (1) scored 137 in 185 minutes with 16 fours
Rain prevented any play after lunch on the 3rd day
TH Wade conceded no byes until Kent had scored 626 runs in the match.

 

 

 

 

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