f16666 cc8211	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	H Cruice, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 85/3 (Stanning 30*, Gibbons 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 189/8 (Stephenson 16*, R Smith 10*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CJ Lyttelton	c Nichols b TPB Smith	26
E Cooper	c and b TPB Smith	28
J Stanning	b TPB Smith	30
CH Palmer	b TPB Smith	0
HHIH Gibbons	st Wade b TPB Smith	46
SH Martin	lbw b Nichols	24
RHC Human	st Wade b TPB Smith	7
AP Singleton	lbw b Stephenson	14
RO Jenkins	run out	5
RTD Perks	not out	54
+JS Buller	lbw b TPB Smith	22
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-70, 3-80, 4-91, 5-127, 6-138, 7-163, 8-171, 9-213, 10-264 (57.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	13	0	61	1	-	-
R Smith	4	0	16	0	-	-
Taylor	6	0	36	0	-	-
TPB Smith	21.3	2	85	7	-	-
Eastman	2	0	12	0	-	-
Avery	4	1	15	0	-	-
Stephenson	7	1	31	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Lyttelton b Martin	11
AV Avery	c Buller b Martin	4
*DR Wilcox	b Martin	46
J O'Connor	c Buller b Martin	58
MS Nichols	c Gibbons b Singleton	6
TPB Smith	c Martin b Perks	17
FS Unwin	b Perks	9
JWA Stephenson	not out	16
RM Taylor	lbw b Perks	1
R Smith	not out	10
+TH Wade	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, 61 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-22, 3-90, 4-103, 5-136, 6-152, 7-170, 8-171

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	17	1	57	3	-	-
Martin	20	7	39	4	-	-
Human	5	1	15	0	-	-
Jenkins	6	2	17	0	-	-
Singleton	10	1	42	1	-	-
Palmer	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> E Cooper (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> LC Eastman (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 10
--> JWA Stephenson reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> SH Martin reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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