f15573 cc7560	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1936
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 29th, 31st August, 1st September 1936 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 185 runs
Points	Worcestershire 15; Essex 0
Umpires	GM Lee, CWL Parker
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 41/3 (Wilcox 21*, Belle 14*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 179 all out

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	lbw b Nichols	34
R Howorth	c TPB Smith b Nichols	6
SH Martin	c Wilcox b TPB Smith	47
HHIH Gibbons	run out	70
*BW Quaife	b Farnes	37
J Horton	b Nichols	9
AP Singleton	c Wade b TPB Smith	44
BP King	b Evans	16
+JS Buller	lbw b TPB Smith	9
RTD Perks	c and b TPB Smith	18
PF Jackson	not out	14
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 97.4 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-47, 3-155, 4-184, 5-203, 6-233, 7-259, 8-277, 9-296, 10-319 (97.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	21	2	69	1	-	-
Nichols	13	1	49	3	-	-
Evans	31	6	87	1	-	-
R Smith	3	0	20	0	-	-
TPB Smith	29.4	6	79	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DR Wilcox	c Buller b Perks	94
RM Taylor	b Perks	2
MS Nichols	lbw b Jackson	2
J O'Connor	lbw b Perks	1
BH Belle	b Perks	23
AB Quick	c Buller b Perks	1
TPB Smith	c and b Howorth	38
R Smith	b Perks	0
K Farnes	b Howorth	6
+TH Wade	b Howorth	8
VJ Evans	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 67.1 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-18, 3-19, 4-61, 5-70, 6-166, 7-166, 8-174, 9-185, 10-188 (67.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	24	2	60	6	-	-
Jackson	15	3	36	1	-	-
Howorth	19.1	7	42	3	-	-
Singleton	9	1	39	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	c TPB Smith b O'Connor	23
R Howorth	c Quick b Nichols	7
SH Martin	c and b TPB Smith	18
HHIH Gibbons	b TPB Smith	36
*BW Quaife	c Wade b Farnes	9
J Horton	lbw b Farnes	3
AP Singleton	c Wade b Farnes	4
BP King	not out	50
+JS Buller	run out	1
RTD Perks	b Nichols	15
PF Jackson	run out	4
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 60.5 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-49, 3-51, 4-81, 5-91, 6-99, 7-107, 8-110, 9-143, 10-179 (60.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	18	5	49	3	-	-
Nichols	11.5	0	50	2	-	-
TPB Smith	26	6	65	2	-	-
O'Connor	5	2	6	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DR Wilcox	c Horton b Howorth	32
+TH Wade	b Jackson	4
MS Nichols	b Howorth	15
J O'Connor	c and b Howorth	49
BH Belle	b Perks	4
RM Taylor	lbw b Jackson	2
AB Quick	b Howorth	1
TPB Smith	lbw b Jackson	4
R Smith	c Buller b Howorth	3
K Farnes	not out	8
VJ Evans	b Jackson	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-50, 3-57, 4-79, 5-107, 6-109, 7-114, 8-114, 9-123, 10-125 (43 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	12	1	31	1	-	-
Jackson	11	2	32	4	-	-
Howorth	17	3	50	5	-	-
Horton	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HHIH Gibbons (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> DR Wilcox (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> R Howorth reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RTD Perks reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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