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County Championship, 1938
Kent v Essex
Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend
7,9,10 May 1938 (3-day match)

Result: Kent won by 6 wickets
Points: Kent 12, Essex 0

Toss: Essex
Umpires: GM Lee and JA Newman

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Essex 450, Kent 4/0 (Spencer 2*, Fagg 2*)
  • Day 2: Kent 548, Essex 66/3 (O'Connor 14*, Nichols 11*)
    Essex 1st innings
    *DR Wilcox            c Todd             b Harding             10
    LC Eastman            lbw                b Todd                13
    AV Avery              c Ames             b Wright              16
    J O'Connor                               b Wright              20
    MS Nichols            c Chalk            b Wright             163
    RM Taylor                            c & b Todd                 7
    AB Lavers             c Cole             b Harding             39
    AB Quick                                 b Todd                17
    TPB Smith             lbw                b Todd               103
    +TH Wade                                 b Harding             37
    R Smith               not out                                   7
    Extras                (b 6, lb 4, w 2, nb 6)                   18
    Total                 (all out, 111.4 overs)                  450
    
    FoW: 1-26, 2-26, 3-57, 4-64, 5-71, 6-140, 7-170, 8-354, 9-437,
         10-450.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Harding                     24      1    126      3
    Cole                        15      1     61      0
    Todd                        30      3    116      4
    Wright                      32.4    6     92      3
    Lewis                       10      3     37      0
    
    Kent 1st innings
    TW Spencer            c Wade             b Nichols              2
    AE Fagg               c Wade             b Nichols             19
    FE Woolley            c Taylor           b TPB Smith           38
    *FGH Chalk            c TPB Smith        b Eastman             46
    +LEG Ames             c Taylor           b TPB Smith          170
    BH Valentine          c Eastman          b Nichols            151
    LJ Todd                                  b Nichols             29
    DVP Wright            not out                                  51
    NW Harding                               b Nichols              4
    CG Cole               run out                                   3
    C Lewis                                  b TPB Smith           19
    Extras                (b 3, lb 13)                             16
    Total                 (all out, 113.5 overs)                  548
    
    FoW: 1-5, 2-46, 3-64, 4-166, 5-368, 6-459, 7-468, 8-482, 9-485,
         10-548.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Nichols                     33      5    146      5
    TPB Smith                   36.5    5    152      3
    Eastman                     30      1    135      1
    R Smith                      8      0     66      0
    Lavers                       4      0     14      0
    O'Connor                     2      0     19      0
    
    Essex 2nd innings
    *DR Wilcox                               b Todd                 0
    LC Eastman            c Valentine        b Wright              24
    AV Avery                                 b Todd                16
    J O'Connor            c Todd             b Wright             113
    MS Nichols            lbw                b Wright              26
    RM Taylor             c Woolley          b Valentine           35
    AB Lavers                                b Valentine           22
    AB Quick                                 b Wright               8
    TPB Smith             lbw                b Todd                10
    +TH Wade                                 b Wright               0
    R Smith               not out                                   0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 2)                               6
    Total                 (all out, 67.1 overs)                   260
    
    FoW: 1-0, 2-41, 3-41, 4-111, 5-186, 6-225, 7-249, 8-260, 9-260,
         10-260.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Harding                     11      1     59      0
    Cole                         3      0     11      0
    Todd                        25.1    4     80      3
    Wright                      23      7     78      5
    Valentine                    5      1     26      2
    
    Kent 2nd innings (target: 163 runs)
    AE Fagg               lbw                b Eastman             27
    FE Woolley            c R Smith          b Eastman             53
    *FGH Chalk            c Quick            b Nichols             20
    +LEG Ames             not out                                  41
    BH Valentine          st Wade            b Eastman              3
    LJ Todd               not out                                  17
    Extras                (lb 3)                                    3
    Total                 (4 wickets, 30 overs)                   164
    
    DNB: TW Spencer, DVP Wright, NW Harding, CG Cole, C Lewis.
    
    FoW: 1-63, 2-100, 3-104, 4-137.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Nichols                     11      0     71      1
    TPB Smith                    2      0      3      0
    Eastman                      9      0     50      3
    R Smith                      4      0     28      0
    Taylor                       4      0      9      0
    

    • The match aggregate of 1,422 runs was only 58 runs short of the highest in a county championship match in England (1475 - Northamptonshire v Surrey, 1920).
    • 610 runs were scored by both teams on Day 2.
    • Nichols 163, two 6's, seventeen 4's in 288 minutes
    • TPB Smith 103, two 6's, seventeen 4's, 113 minutes.
    • Woolley scored 36 of his 1st innings 38 in boundaries (nine 4's) in 17 minutes.
    • Ames 170 in 135 minutes, three 6's and twenty-four 4's.
    • Valentine 151 in 140 minutes, two 6's and twenty-two 4's.
    • O'Connor 113 in 149 minutes, twenty 4's.




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