f16220 cc7910	Derbyshire v Essex
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Queen's Park, Chesterfield on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HW Lee, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 31/3 (Worthington 8*, LF Townsend 6*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	lbw b Rhodes	40
AV Avery	b Pope	6
RM Taylor	b Rhodes	65
J O'Connor	b Copson	13
DR Wilcox	b Pope	24
*TN Pearce	b Copson	1
AB Lavers	b Rhodes	10
TPB Smith	c Elliott b Rhodes	0
+TH Wade	c Pope b Mitchell	8
R Smith	not out	2
HB Daer	b Rhodes	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 70.1 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-77, 3-103, 4-142, 5-147, 6-164, 7-164, 8-167, 9-175, 10-176 (70.1 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	20	4	57	2	-	-
Pope	19	4	51	2	-	-
Rhodes	15.1	8	25	5	-	-
Mitchell	16	4	36	1	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Alderman	b R Smith	1
AF Townsend	lbw b R Smith	4
TS Worthington	not out	8
D Smith	c Wade b Daer	7
LF Townsend	not out	6
*RHR Buckston	did not bat
+H Elliott	did not bat
GH Pope	did not bat
AEG Rhodes	did not bat
TB Mitchell	did not bat
WH Copson	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 12 overs)	31
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-10, 3-17

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	6	2	18	2	-	-
Daer	5	1	8	1	-	-
TPB Smith	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RM Taylor (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 32
--> GH Pope reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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