County Championship, 1937
Somerset v Essex
County Ground, Taunton
8,10 May 1937 (3-day match)
Result: Essex won by 6 wickets
Toss: Somerset
Umpires: F Chester and CV Tarbox
Close of play:
Day 1: Somerset 223, Essex 119/5 (TN Pearce 26*, AB Quick 2*)
Somerset 1st innings
FS Lee c Taylor b Eastman 18
H Gimblett b Nichols 14
HD Burrough c Taylor b Eastman 32
EF Longrigg c Taylor b TPB Smith 12
GM Bennett b Eastman 32
CJP Barnwell c TPB Smith b Eastman 33
AW Wellard c R Smith b TPB Smith 21
*RA Ingle c & b TPB Smith 5
WHR Andrews lbw b R Smith 24
+WT Luckes lbw b Nichols 10
HL Hazell not out 3
Extras (b 6, lb 11, w 2) 19
Total (all out, 83 overs) 223
FoW: 1-23, 2-46, 3-77, 4-96, 5-143,
6-172, 7-191, 8-193, 9-219, 10-223.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 20 7 28 2
R Smith 17 7 46 1
TPB Smith 20 4 67 3
Eastman 26 6 63 4
Essex 1st innings
RM Taylor b Andrews 7
LC Eastman lbw b Wellard 25
C Bray c Wellard b Andrews 0
J O'Connor c Gimblett b Andrews 47
MS Nichols c Hazell b Wellard 10
*TN Pearce lbw b Andrews 27
AB Quick lbw b Hazell 21
AG Powell lbw b Wellard 1
TPB Smith not out 32
R Smith c Bennett b Andrews 37
+TH Wade not out 10
Extras (b 5, lb 6) 11
Total (9 wickets declared, 85 overs) 228
FoW: 1-11, 2-15, 3-49, 4-73, 5-116, 6-121, 7-122, 8-160, 9-210.
Bowling O M R W
Wellard 29 4 85 3
Andrews 24 4 67 5
Hazell 24 8 45 1
Gimblett 8 2 20 0
Somerset 2nd innings
FS Lee b R Smith 0
H Gimblett lbw b Nichols 0
HD Burrough c Pearce b Nichols 0
EF Longrigg lbw b TPB Smith 26
GM Bennett b Nichols 0
AW Wellard c O'Connor b R Smith 0
*RA Ingle lbw b Nichols 23
CJP Barnwell b TPB Smith 0
WHR Andrews not out 44
+WT Luckes lbw b Eastman 12
HL Hazell b TPB Smith 0
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (all out, 34.3 overs) 106
FoW: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-2, 5-4, 6-50, 7-50, 8-52, 9-105, 10-106.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 12 6 20 4
R Smith 8 3 15 2
TPB Smith 8.3 0 51 3
Eastman 6 1 19 1
Essex 2nd innings (target: 102 runs)
RM Taylor b Andrews 9
LC Eastman lbw b Andrews 1
C Bray c & b Bennett 39
J O'Connor c Luckes b Andrews 25
MS Nichols not out 23
*TN Pearce not out 3
Extras (nb 2) 2
Total (4 wickets, 36.5 overs) 102
DNB: AB Quick, AG Powell, TPB Smith, R Smith, +TH Wade.
FoW: 1-4, 2-11, 3-44, 4-95.
Bowling O M R W
Wellard 12 0 36 0
Andrews 9 2 19 3
Hazell 3 1 16 0
Gimblett 7 2 14 0
Bennett 5.5 1 15 1
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