f15700 cc7584	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 19th, 20th, 21st May 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Surrey 4
Umpires	E Cooke, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 55/3 (O'Connor 13*, Nichols 12*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Knight	c Taylor b Eastman	20
A Sandham	c Eastman b Stephenson	16
RJ Gregory	lbw b Stephenson	52
EW Whitfield	lbw b Stephenson	13
LB Fishlock	c Quick b Stephenson	50
*ERT Holmes	b Nichols	0
EA Watts	lbw b Stephenson	1
KCW King	b Nichols	4
+EWJ Brooks	c Quick b Smith	11
AR Gover	c Eastman b Smith	11
JV Daley	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-52, 3-78, 4-136, 5-137, 6-138, 7-157, 8-175, 9-177, 10-186 (78.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	19	6	34	2	-	-
Stephenson	26	3	75	5	-	-
Eastman	13	5	21	1	-	-
Smith	20.4	2	48	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	c Daley b Gover	11
LC Eastman	lbw b Watts	18
C Bray	b Gover	1
J O'Connor	not out	13
MS Nichols	not out	12
*TN Pearce	did not bat
AB Quick	did not bat
AV Avery	did not bat
JWA Stephenson	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 20 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-29, 3-30

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	10	3	20	2	-	-
Watts	6	1	28	1	-	-
King	2	0	2	0	-	-
Daley	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RM Taylor (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6

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