Essex 1st innings
LC Eastman            c Goddard          b Emmett              22
AV Avery              c Allen            b Barnett            138
RM Taylor             c Hammond          b Sinfield             9
J O'Connor            lbw                b Barnett             83
MS Nichols                               b Sinfield           159
*TN Pearce            c Wilson           b Barnett             71
TPB Smith             c Hammond          b Goddard             34
N Vere-Hodge          c Wilson           b Goddard              8
R Smith               c Allen            b Goddard              4
+TH Wade              not out                                  10
K Farnes              c Crapp            b Goddard              0
Extras                (b 5, lb 10)                             15
Total                 (all out)                               553


FoW: 1-77, 2-98, 3-234, 4-282, 5-459, 6-530, 7-531, 8-536, 9-553,
     10-553.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hammond                      7      2     22      0
Barnett                     19      0     71      3
Scot                        20      0    106      0
Sinfield                    40      9     96      2
Goddard                     43.3    9    127      4
Emmett                      28      2     99      1
Neale                        3      0     17      0

Gloucestershire 1st innings
CJ Barnett            c Taylor           b Nichols             43
V Hopkins             lbw                b Nichols              5
*BO Allen             c Wade             b Farnes               0
WR Hammond                               b Nichols              4
WL Neale                                 b Nichols              5
JF Crapp                                 b Nichols              5
GM Emmett                                b Nichols             15
+AE Wilson            lbw                b Nichols              0
RA Sinfield           not out                                  11
TWJ Goddard           c &                b Nichols              2
CJ Scott                                 b Nichols              0
Extras                (b 4, lb 2, nb 1)                         7
Total                 (all out)                                97

FoW: 1-24, 2-43, 3-51, 4-57, 5-58, 6-63, 7-63, 8-83, 9-87, 10-97.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Farnes                      12      1     44      1
Nichols                     15.2    3     37      9
R Smith                      4      0      9      0


Gloucestershire 2nd innings (following on)
CJ Barnett            lbw b Nichols                           151
RA Sinfield           c Taylor           b Farnes               6
*BO Allen             c Pearce           b Eastman             28
WR Hammond            lbw                b Nichols              2
WL Neale              c Taylor           b Nichols              2
JF Crapp              c Wade             b Farnes              89
V Hopkins             c TPB Smith        b Nichols              1
GM Emmett             c Pearce           b Nichols             39
+AE Wilson            c Wade             b Farnes              48
TWJ Goddard           not out                                   8
CJ Scott                                 b Nichols              2
Extras                (b 2, lb 12, nb 1)                       15
Total                 (all out)                               391

FoW:  1-19, 2-49, 3-59, 4-113, 5-272, 6-273, 7-288, 8-360, 9-388, 10-391.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Farnes                      27      2     90      3
Nichols                     30.1    2    128      6
R.Smith                      5      0     39      0
TPB Smith                   13      1     62      0
Eastman                     12      2     27      1
Taylor                       3      0     30      0
Pearce                       1      1      0      0

• Essex scored 553, their highest total of the season.
• Avery 138 in 176 minutes, twelve 4's.
• Nichols 159 in 208 minutes, one 6, a 5 and fifteen 4's
• Nichols 9/37, was the best bowling performance of the 1938 season
• Barnett 151, after retiring hurt with his score on 34. Resuming after thirty minutes, one six and seventeen 4's in an innings of 190 minutes.