f16303 cc7985	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	E Cooke, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 134/5 (Snowden 44*, Lubbock 24*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 22/2 (Brookes 5*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	c Wade b Nichols	37
RJ Partridge	b Nichols	9
D Brookes	b Nichols	0
JE Timms	c Farnes b Nichols	14
+KC James	b Farnes	1
*AW Snowden	c Avery b Nichols	64
CWS Lubbock	c and b Eastman	39
FP O'Brien	c Pearce b Smith	35
MEF Dunkley	c Taylor b Eastman	0
EJ Herbert	not out	3
JE Buswell	b Farnes	7
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-42, 4-43, 5-73, 6-164, 7-176, 8-176, 9-204, 10-214 (73.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	25.2	7	69	2	-	-
Nichols	30	5	84	5	-	-
Smith	12	3	43	1	-	-
Eastman	6	4	13	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c O'Brien b Buswell	3
AV Avery	c Dunkley b Lubbock	46
RM Taylor	lbw b Lubbock	49
J O'Connor	b O'Brien	0
MS Nichols	lbw b Buswell	10
*TN Pearce	not out	46
DR Wilcox	b Lubbock	22
N Vere Hodge	not out	20
K Farnes	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	20
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 75 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-101, 3-102, 4-102, 5-128, 6-187

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	19	4	60	2	-	-
Partridge	19	4	49	0	-	-
Herbert	7	0	19	0	-	-
Timms	13	2	35	0	-	-
O'Brien	6	3	9	1	-	-
Lubbock	11	2	24	3	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	b Farnes	12
D Brookes	c Smith b Nichols	19
EJ Herbert	b Farnes	4
JE Timms	b Farnes	54
RJ Partridge	run out	18
+KC James	c Taylor b Eastman	4
*AW Snowden	b Smith	1
CWS Lubbock	c Pearce b Farnes	13
FP O'Brien	not out	41
MEF Dunkley	not out	3
JE Buswell	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 62 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-22, 3-50, 4-88, 5-101, 6-102, 7-127, 8-142

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	22	3	56	4	-	-
Nichols	13	3	28	1	-	-
Smith	15	4	50	1	-	-
Eastman	12	3	35	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AW Snowden (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> RM Taylor (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> RJ Partridge (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> CWS Lubbock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 1-8)
--> CWS Lubbock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 1-8)

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A storm at 2.30pm on the third day flooded the ground.

 

 

 

 

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