f14745 cc7045	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1934
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1934 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 3; Essex 5
Umpires	G Beet, JA Newman
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 140/0 (Cutmore 62*, Pope 71*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 19/1 (Walters 5*, Bull 4*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CF Walters	b Farnes	26
HHIH Gibbons	c Powell b Nichols	46
CH Bull	c Powell b Smith	18
SH Martin	lbw b Eastman	35
R Howorth	b Nichols	1
+BW Quaife	not out	36
SC Porthouse	b Smith	7
RTD Perks	b Smith	8
AP Singleton	b Smith	0
GW Brook	b Smith	0
PF Jackson	c and b Smith	2
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-72, 3-119, 4-121, 5-145, 6-170, 7-184, 8-184, 9-184, 10-188 (70.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12	4	29	2	-	-
Farnes	15	3	40	1	-	-
Eastman	20	2	56	1	-	-
Smith	19.2	4	42	6	-	-
O'Connor	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c and b Brook	75
DF Pope	lbw b Singleton	129
J O'Connor	lbw b Brook	48
*DR Wilcox	c Quaife b Perks	60
MS Nichols	lbw b Jackson	24
LC Eastman	b Howorth	16
FH Rist	lbw b Howorth	7
RM Taylor	not out	11
TPB Smith	b Howorth	6
+AG Powell	b Howorth	1
K Farnes	st Quaife b Howorth	10
Extras	(18 b, 8 lb, 3 w)	29
Total	(all out, 153.5 overs)	416
Fall of wickets:
1-164, 2-255, 3-294, 4-360, 5-362, 6-377, 7-388, 8-394, 9-396, 10-416 (153.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	35	6	93	1	-	-
Jackson	27	5	83	1	-	-
Martin	12	3	22	0	-	-
Brook	31	10	70	2	-	-
Singleton	19	5	56	1	-	-
Howorth	28.5	9	60	5	-	-
Bull	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CF Walters	not out	5
HHIH Gibbons	b Farnes	8
CH Bull	not out	4
SH Martin	did not bat
R Howorth	did not bat
+BW Quaife	did not bat
SC Porthouse	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
AP Singleton	did not bat
GW Brook	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 8 overs)	19
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Gibbons)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	4	1	11	0	-	-
Farnes	4	2	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> HHIH Gibbons (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> SH Martin (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 19
--> JA Cutmore (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 50
--> JA Cutmore (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> DR Wilcox (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 7
--> LC Eastman (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> RM Taylor (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> MS Nichols reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> R Howorth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-66)
--> AP Singleton reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AP Singleton reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> R Howorth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-66)

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