Lancashire Cricket Club

f16271 cc7955	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 0; Essex 4
Umpires	JA Newman, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 250/7 (TPB Smith 14, Wade 0)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 85/5 (Pearce 4*)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Edge b Wilkinson	35
AV Avery	c Farrimond b Pollard	3
RM Taylor	b Pollard	7
J O'Connor	lbw b Nutter	16
MS Nichols	run out	98
*TN Pearce	b Edge	57
JN Dennis	c Nutter b Edge	0
TPB Smith	b Wilkinson	18
+TH Wade	b Pollard	10
R Smith	lbw b Nutter	15
JWA Stephenson	not out	19
Extras	(7 b, 13 lb, 2 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 119.1 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-30, 3-58, 4-81, 5-225, 6-225, 7-241, 8-265, 9-267, 10-300 (119.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edge	24	5	56	2	-	-
Pollard	39	7	99	3	-	-
Nutter	19.1	4	41	2	-	-
Wilkinson	33	8	72	2	-	-
Iddon	4	1	10	0	-	-

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	b TPB Smith	52
E Paynter	c Wade b Nichols	13
J Iddon	c Wade b Nichols	12
N Oldfield	c Wade b Nichols	19
JL Hopwood	b Nichols	1
AE Nutter	b Nichols	11
+W Farrimond	lbw b Nichols	3
*TA Higson	not out	32
R Pollard	c and b TPB Smith	13
LL Wilkinson	c Taylor b TPB Smith	14
CA Edge	b TPB Smith	1
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-44, 3-96, 4-96, 5-98, 6-114, 7-121, 8-156, 9-174, 10-178 (64 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	28	7	65	6	-	-
R Smith	10	2	30	0	-	-
Stephenson	7	1	17	0	-	-
TPB Smith	19	3	59	4	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Hopwood b Edge	0
AV Avery	lbw b Edge	5
RM Taylor	c Wilkinson b Edge	43
J O'Connor	c and b Iddon	21
*TN Pearce	not out	4
JWA Stephenson	b Wilkinson	10
MS Nichols	did not bat
JN Dennis	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(5 wickets, 33.3 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-18, 3-62, 4-77, 5-85 (33.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edge	9	2	33	3	-	-
Pollard	8	0	26	0	-	-
Nutter	4	2	6	0	-	-
Wilkinson	8.3	4	6	1	-	-
Iddon	4	0	12	1	-	-

Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> CA Edge made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TN Pearce (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> J O'Connor (2) passed 26500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> MS Nichols reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Lancashire first innings