County Championship, 1938
Essex v Middlesex
Chelmsford
18,20,21 June 1938 (3-day match)
Result: Middlesex won by 1 wicket
Points: Middlesex 12, Essex 4
Toss: Essex
Umpires: HG Baldwin and CN Woolley
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 300, Middlesex 108/4 (Compton 15*, Hart 6*)
Day 2: Middlesex 281, Essex 221, Middlesex 17/0 (Edrich 4*, Brown 12*)
Essex 1st innings
*DR Wilcox c Muncer b Smith 91
HG Pickering c Brown b Baxter 4
+TH Wade c Compton b Baxter 67
J O'Connor c Robins b Baxter 22
LC Eastman c Hart b Smith 10
MS Nichols lbw b Smith 28
AG Waterman b Sims 42
TPB Smith lbw b Smith 1
AB Quick c Price b Smith 6
WG Spencer c Edrich b Sims 10
R Smith not out 4
Extras (b 12, lb 2, nb 1) 15
Total (all out, 94 overs) 300
FoW: 1-12, 2-164, 3-190, 4-193, 5-208, 6-274, 7-276, 8-282,
9-290, 10-300.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 36 7 84 5
Baxter 21 3 80 3
Edrich 4 0 17 0
Robins 4 0 18 0
Sims 29 6 86 2
Middlesex 1st innings
WJ Edrich b Nichols 24
SM Brown b Nichols 53
+WFF Price lbw b TPB Smith 3
DCS Compton b Nichols 28
JHA Hulme c & b TPB Smith 5
GE Hart b R Smith 72
*RWV Robins b Nichols 16
BL Muncer c Wade b Nichols 17
JM Sims c Wilcox b R Smith 23
CIJ Smith not out 23
AD Baxter b Nichols 7
Extras (b 4, lb 6) 10
Total (all out, 82.4 overs) 281
FoW: 1-73, 2-82, 3-82, 4-102, 5-132, 6-162, 7-210, 8-246, 9-253,
10-281.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 37.4 1 116 6
R Smith 15 1 65 2
TPB Smith 23 4 69 2
Eastman 7 1 21 0
Essex 2nd innings
*DR Wilcox run out 16
HG Pickering lbw b Smith 15
+TH Wade lbw b Smith 0
J O'Connor c Compton b Sims 2
LC Eastman lbw b Smith 0
AG Waterman b Robins 32
TPB Smith c Price b Smith 101
MS Nichols c Edrich b Sims 31
AB Quick lbw b Sims 8
WG Spencer c Price b Robins 5
R Smith not out 1
Extras (b 2, lb 8) 10
Total (all out, 80.4 overs) 221
FoW: 1-29, 2-29, 3-32, 4-33, 5-44, 6-105, 7-185, 8-199, 9-204,
10-221.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 26.4 6 68 4
Baxter 6 0 21 0
Edrich 3 1 8 0
Robins 19 3 46 2
Sims 26 5 68 3
Middlesex 2nd innings (target: 241 runs)
WJ Edrich c & b TPB Smith 58
SM Brown c Wilcox b TPB Smith 31
+WFF Price c Nichols b TPB Smith 10
DCS Compton not out 87
JHA Hulme run out 26
GE Hart c O'Connor b TPB Smith 0
*RWV Robins c Wade b TPB Smith 6
BL Muncer c sub b TPB Smith 0
CIJ Smith c Quick b TPB Smith 12
JM Sims lbw b TPB Smith 1
AD Baxter not out 1
Extras (b 3, lb 6) 9
Total (9 wickets, 83.2 overs) 241
FoW: 1-57, 2-83, 3-132, 4-170, 5-172, 6-190, 7-190, 8-206, 9-217.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 30.2 8 88 0
R Smith 6 1 23 0
TPB Smith 37 7 99 8
Eastman 10 2 22 0
- TPB Smith 101, twelve 4's. He was last out, having batted 167 minutes.
- TPB Smith then took eight of the nine second innings wickets to fall, the
other being run out.
- Middlesex needed 24 to win with one wicket remaining. Compton scored 23 of
them to win the match by one wicket.
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