ESSEX CRICKET

f15689 cc7576	Essex v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 15th, 17th May 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Derbyshire won by 74 runs
Points	Essex 0; Derbyshire 15
Umpires	HW Lee, JA Newman
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 68/3 (O'Connor 13, Nichols 11)

Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	c Pearce b Nichols	1
+AE Alderman	c Smith b Stephenson	18
CS Elliott	c Wade b Smith	54
TS Worthington	b Eastman	4
LF Townsend	c Nichols b Smith	6
GH Pope	c and b Stephenson	81
E Carrington	c Pearce b Smith	15
AEG Rhodes	c Stephenson b Smith	22
AV Pope	b Stephenson	6
*RHR Buckston	b Smith	10
TB Mitchell	not out	10
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 96.4 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-23, 3-37, 4-44, 5-142, 6-170, 7-182, 8-201, 9-210, 10-234 (96.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12	2	32	1	-	-
Stephenson	20	4	47	3	-	-
Eastman	30	12	62	1	-	-
Smith	34.4	10	86	5	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	c Carrington b Mitchell	24
LC Eastman	c Alderman b GH Pope	0
C Bray	b Rhodes	10
J O'Connor	c AV Pope b GH Pope	17
MS Nichols	st Alderman b Townsend	29
*TN Pearce	lbw b Townsend	9
AB Quick	c Mitchell b Townsend	0
AG Powell	c Alderman b Mitchell	1
JWA Stephenson	not out	18
TPB Smith	run out	0
+TH Wade	lbw b Mitchell	0
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-35, 3-39, 4-75, 5-93, 6-93, 7-94, 8-106, 9-122, 10-122 (61.1 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Pope	12	5	12	0	-	-
GH Pope	13	4	34	2	-	-
Rhodes	3	0	3	1	-	-
Mitchell	20.1	6	37	3	-	-
Townsend	13	4	22	3	-	-

Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	lbw b Eastman	8
+AE Alderman	b Smith	13
CS Elliott	c Wade b Smith	10
TS Worthington	c Taylor b Eastman	4
LF Townsend	st Wade b Eastman	0
GH Pope	c O'Connor b Smith	21
E Carrington	b Smith	3
AEG Rhodes	b Eastman	0
AV Pope	not out	20
TB Mitchell	c O'Connor b Smith	0
*RHR Buckston	b Smith	4
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 32 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-23, 3-38, 4-38, 5-38, 6-61, 7-61, 8-69, 9-69, 10-86 (32 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	2	1	6	0	-	-
Stephenson	2	1	7	0	-	-
Eastman	14	6	35	4	-	-
Smith	14	4	35	6	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	b Townsend	11
LC Eastman	c Rhodes b Townsend	30
C Bray	c Carrington b AV Pope	2
J O'Connor	c Mitchell b Townsend	32
MS Nichols	lbw b AV Pope	2
*TN Pearce	c Rhodes b Mitchell	37
AB Quick	b Townsend	0
AG Powell	retired ill	1
JWA Stephenson	lbw b Townsend	0
TPB Smith	b Mitchell	2
+TH Wade	not out	7
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-43, 3-62, 4-64, 5-90, 6-90, 7-92, 8-93, 9-124 (53.1 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Pope	11	4	20	2	-	-
GH Pope	2	1	7	0	-	-
Mitchell	16.1	6	48	2	-	-
Townsend	24	6	49	5	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GH Pope (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in first-class matches
--> GH Pope (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in County Championship matches
--> MS Nichols reached 1400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> TPB Smith reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire second innings
--> AG Powell retired ill in the Essex second innings having scored 1 (team had lost 6 wickets)