f16552 cc8115	Essex v Hampshire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 21st, 22nd, 23rd June 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Hampshire 4
Umpires	F Chester, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 311/7 (Hill 66*, Boyes 21*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 273 all out

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NT McCorkell	b R Smith	5
J Bailey	lbw b Nichols	6
AG Holt	c O'Connor b Stephenson	18
J Arnold	c FS Unwin b Vigar	58
WCL Creese	b Vigar	30
AE Pothecary	c and b Stephenson	75
PA MacKenzie	st Wade b TPB Smith	22
G Hill	c Vigar b Nichols	71
GS Boyes	st Wade b TPB Smith	33
*GR Taylor	not out	0
RCL Court	lbw b TPB Smith	0
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-13, 3-51, 4-121, 5-122, 6-173, 7-252, 8-327, 9-329, 10-329 (96 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	22	3	68	2	-	-
R Smith	14	2	67	1	-	-
Stephenson	13	2	29	2	-	-
TPB Smith	25	2	72	3	-	-
Vigar	13	2	49	2	-	-
Eastman	6	2	21	0	-	-
Lavers	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	lbw b Hill	46
R Smith	c McCorkell b Court	4
+TH Wade	b Court	0
J O'Connor	lbw b Boyes	122
MS Nichols	c McCorkell b Hill	20
EJ Unwin	c McCorkell b Court	2
FS Unwin	c Boyes b Hill	0
AB Lavers	c Pothecary b MacKenzie	29
*JWA Stephenson	c Taylor b MacKenzie	8
TPB Smith	st McCorkell b Boyes	19
FH Vigar	not out	11
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-21, 3-57, 4-85, 5-102, 6-103, 7-147, 8-170, 9-234, 10-273 (93 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Court	19	3	70	3	-	-
Bailey	24	7	56	0	-	-
Hill	20	5	52	3	-	-
Boyes	16	7	23	2	-	-
MacKenzie	14	0	60	2	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NT McCorkell	b R Smith	10
J Bailey	b Nichols	5
AG Holt	b R Smith	3
J Arnold	c Wade b Stephenson	18
WCL Creese	c Nichols b Stephenson	21
AE Pothecary	not out	20
PA MacKenzie	b R Smith	0
G Hill	lbw b R Smith	5
GS Boyes	lbw b Nichols	2
*GR Taylor	b R Smith	1
RCL Court	c Stephenson b Nichols	1
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 30.2 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-17, 3-37, 4-65, 5-66, 6-67, 7-87, 8-92, 9-93, 10-96 (30.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12.2	2	35	3	-	-
R Smith	15	4	34	5	-	-
Stephenson	3	1	17	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Taylor b Hill	71
R Smith	c MacKenzie b Court	1
+TH Wade	lbw b Court	13
J O'Connor	lbw b Court	0
MS Nichols	not out	36
EJ Unwin	b Court	12
FS Unwin	not out	17
AB Lavers	did not bat
*JWA Stephenson	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 38.6 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-85, 3-85, 4-89, 5-115

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Court	15.6	1	53	4	-	-
Bailey	6	1	47	0	-	-
Hill	8	0	32	1	-	-
Boyes	9	3	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EJ Unwin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EJ Unwin made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Arnold (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> AE Pothecary (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 122
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 28000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 74
--> G Hill reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> MS Nichols reached 1750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire second innings
--> R Smith reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire second innings
--> RCL Court achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-83)
--> RCL Court achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-85)

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