f16212 cc7904	Hampshire v Essex
	County Championship 1938
Venue	United Services Ground, Portsmouth on 2nd, 4th, 5th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by 227 runs
Points	Hampshire 12; Essex 0
Umpires	CWL Parker, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 127 all out
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 88/2 (O'Connor 13*, Taylor 17*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NT McCorkell	c Pearce b R Smith	31
AG Holt	lbw b TPB Smith	26
G Hill	c Wade b Nichols	19
WCL Creese	c Pearce b Nichols	17
*RH Moore	c Wade b Nichols	0
AE Pothecary	run out	26
JP Blake	lbw b TPB Smith	6
GS Boyes	c O'Connor b TPB Smith	37
OW Herman	lbw b TPB Smith	3
RCL Court	b Nichols	24
GEM Heath	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 66.2 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-70, 3-93, 4-93, 5-104, 6-124, 7-128, 8-134, 9-177, 10-195 (66.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	20	5	50	4	-	-
R Smith	21	5	42	1	-	-
TPB Smith	25.2	5	97	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	b Herman	4
LC Eastman	c Blake b Heath	1
AV Avery	b Heath	10
J O'Connor	c Blake b Herman	8
MS Nichols	b Heath	0
*TN Pearce	c Heath b Court	73
TPB Smith	c Boyes b Heath	0
AB Lavers	c Moore b Heath	14
RM Taylor	lbw b Heath	11
+TH Wade	b Court	4
R Smith	not out	0
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 45.3 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-14, 3-24, 4-24, 5-34, 6-36, 7-53, 8-81, 9-99, 10-127 (45.3 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	17	3	55	2	-	-
Heath	18	4	45	6	-	-
Court	10.3	1	25	2	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NT McCorkell	c Wade b Nichols	8
AG Holt	b Nichols	0
G Hill	c Pearce b Nichols	122
WCL Creese	c and b TPB Smith	28
*RH Moore	b Nichols	111
AE Pothecary	c Taylor b TPB Smith	14
JP Blake	c Wade b Nichols	8
GS Boyes	not out	13
OW Herman	b Nichols	0
RCL Court	b Nichols	11
GEM Heath	b TPB Smith	0
Extras	(7 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 81.5 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-20, 3-59, 4-246, 5-289, 6-289, 7-309, 8-322, 9-322, 10-323 (81.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	30	5	112	7	-	-
R Smith	14	1	64	0	-	-
TPB Smith	27.5	2	98	3	-	-
Eastman	8	0	32	0	-	-
Lavers	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Blake b Court	31
AV Avery	b Creese	21
RM Taylor	c Boyes b Heath	20
J O'Connor	c Hill b Herman	28
MS Nichols	c and b Court	21
*TN Pearce	not out	8
DR Wilcox	c Creese b Herman	7
TPB Smith	c Hill b Herman	2
AB Lavers	b Creese	12
+TH Wade	lbw b Boyes	5
R Smith	c Heath b Boyes	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 85.3 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-55, 3-94, 4-127, 5-127, 6-135, 7-139, 8-153, 9-164, 10-164 (85.3 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	26	0	56	3	-	-
Heath	18	5	42	1	-	-
Court	17	6	34	2	-	-
Creese	12	8	18	2	-	-
Boyes	12.3	8	5	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RH Moore (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 79
--> TPB Smith reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Hampshire first innings

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Hill 122, twelve 4's, 210 minutes.
Moore 111, fourteen 4's, 146 minutes.
Rain delayed the start of the third day until 2.30pm.