f16487 cc8066	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 27th, 29th, 30th May 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 295 runs
Points	Essex 12; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	A Skelding, CN Woolley
Scorers	M Platts (Worcestershire), H Yarnold (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 271 all out
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 285/5 (O'Connor 118*, TPB Smith 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	lbw b Jenkins	47
LC Eastman	st Buller b Jenkins	18
+TH Wade	c Buller b Jenkins	0
J O'Connor	c White b Perks	4
MS Nichols	not out	116
RM Taylor	c Martin b Jenkins	9
DF Cock	b Jenkins	0
*JWA Stephenson	lbw b Howorth	24
TPB Smith	b Jenkins	3
JN Dennis	lbw b Jenkins	0
R Smith	c Howorth b Perks	35
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 81.6 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-35, 3-42, 4-82, 5-112, 6-112, 7-177, 8-188, 9-188, 10-271 (81.6 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	25.6	6	74	2	-	-
Howorth	22	1	83	1	-	-
Jenkins	33	10	98	7	-	-
Gibbons	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AFT White	b Nichols	9
BP King	b Nichols	54
E Cooper	b Nichols	20
*HHIH Gibbons	b Nichols	0
SH Martin	c TPB Smith b Nichols	5
JMH Jewell	b TPB Smith	2
R Howorth	not out	34
RTD Perks	b TPB Smith	23
RO Jenkins	c Nichols b Taylor	2
+JS Buller	absent hurt
CH Bull	absent
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 27.2 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-71, 3-71, 4-83, 5-92, 6-106, 7-144, 8-155 (27.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12	0	64	5	-	-
R Smith	5	0	40	0	-	-
TPB Smith	8	0	35	2	-	-
Taylor	2.2	0	10	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	c White b Howorth	77
LC Eastman	c Perks b Howorth	52
+TH Wade	c +sub (H Yarnold) b Jenkins	0
J O'Connor	not out	118
MS Nichols	c Martin b Perks	4
RM Taylor	b Perks	23
TPB Smith	not out	1
DF Cock	did not bat
*JWA Stephenson	did not bat
JN Dennis	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-99, 2-102, 3-200, 4-229, 5-275

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	17	2	80	2	-	-
Howorth	24	0	109	2	-	-
Jenkins	13	1	64	1	-	-
Gibbons	3	0	22	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AFT White	c Dennis b R Smith	9
BP King	c R Smith b Stephenson	61
E Cooper	c Wade b R Smith	7
*HHIH Gibbons	b R Smith	0
SH Martin	b R Smith	7
JMH Jewell	c Wade b R Smith	0
R Howorth	c R Smith b Eastman	6
RTD Perks	b R Smith	5
RO Jenkins	not out	9
+JS Buller	absent hurt
CH Bull	absent
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 27.4 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-24, 3-24, 4-44, 5-44, 6-55, 7-64, 8-106 (27.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	7	1	18	0	-	-
R Smith	13	1	46	6	-	-
Eastman	7	0	32	1	-	-
Stephenson	0.4	0	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JMH Jewell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JMH Jewell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JMH Jewell made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CH Bull made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CH Bull made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> J O'Connor (2) passed 27500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 97
--> RO Jenkins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-64)
--> RO Jenkins achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings
--> RO Jenkins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-64)
--> RO Jenkins achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings
--> R Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 5-27)
--> R Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 5-27)

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CH Bull was killed and JS Buller injured in a car crash over the weekend
On the third day, H Yarnold, who was 12th man and scorer, was allowed to keep wicket for Worcestershire. Margaret Platts took his place as scorer.

 

 

 

 

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