f15305 cc7341	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1936
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 13th, 14th, 15th May 1936 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 47 runs
Points	Middlesex 0; Essex 15
Umpires	HG Baldwin, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 106/5 (Hart 40*, Covington 11*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 38/1 (Hart 16*, Sims 20*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Hendren b Smith	2
RM Taylor	c Hendren b Gray	4
MS Nichols	b Smith	9
J O'Connor	c Covington b Peebles	26
*TN Pearce	c Price b Peebles	73
C Bray	c Peebles b Sims	0
LC Eastman	c and b Robins	28
JWA Stephenson	b Robins	6
TPB Smith	lbw b Robins	26
+TH Wade	b Gray	17
VJ Evans	not out	12
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-26, 4-53, 5-54, 6-118, 7-140, 8-162, 9-193, 10-213 (85.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	21	3	42	2	-	-
Gray	15.2	6	35	2	-	-
Robins	17	4	33	3	-	-
Peebles	18	2	55	2	-	-
Sims	11	2	24	1	-	-
Hulme	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	lbw b Nichols	0
GE Hart	c Wade b Nichols	52
JM Sims	b Stephenson	8
EH Hendren	c Wade b Eastman	38
*RWV Robins	b Smith	5
JHA Hulme	c Pearce b Eastman	0
FE Covington	b Nichols	19
BL Muncer	c Evans b Stephenson	11
CIJ Smith	b Smith	39
IAR Peebles	c Bray b Evans	5
LH Gray	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-13, 3-65, 4-78, 5-79, 6-121, 7-132, 8-158, 9-183, 10-183 (55.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	19	4	53	3	-	-
Stephenson	17	4	78	2	-	-
Eastman	9	2	17	2	-	-
Smith	6	2	23	2	-	-
Evans	4.3	2	6	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	lbw b Smith	6
RM Taylor	st Price b Peebles	49
C Bray	c Price b Smith	9
J O'Connor	lbw b Robins	56
MS Nichols	lbw b Robins	9
*TN Pearce	lbw b Robins	2
LC Eastman	lbw b Peebles	1
JWA Stephenson	lbw b Robins	10
TPB Smith	not out	37
+TH Wade	b Robins	1
VJ Evans	b Sims	5
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-54, 3-89, 4-133, 5-134, 6-135, 7-137, 8-160, 9-176, 10-193 (71.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15	4	41	2	-	-
Gray	15	5	24	0	-	-
Robins	15	2	40	5	-	-
Peebles	15	1	51	2	-	-
Sims	11.3	1	29	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WFF Price	c Smith b Nichols	1
GE Hart	c Taylor b Nichols	23
JM Sims	b Nichols	20
EH Hendren	lbw b Nichols	8
*RWV Robins	lbw b Stephenson	34
JHA Hulme	b Stephenson	53
FE Covington	c Wade b Stephenson	4
CIJ Smith	c Bray b Stephenson	8
BL Muncer	c Pearce b Stephenson	15
IAR Peebles	c O'Connor b Eastman	3
LH Gray	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-40, 3-52, 4-61, 5-121, 6-129, 7-151, 8-161, 9-172, 10-176 (54.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	19	2	55	4	-	-
Stephenson	18.3	2	53	5	-	-
Eastman	7	1	24	1	-	-
Smith	5	0	22	0	-	-
Evans	5	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J O'Connor (2) passed 22500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> CIJ Smith reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JWA Stephenson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 4-29)
--> JWA Stephenson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings

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