f16578 cc8133	Derbyshire v Essex
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Queen's Park, Chesterfield on 1st, 3rd July 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Derbyshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Derbyshire 12; Essex 0
Umpires	E Robinson, FI Walden
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 173/7 (GH Pope 63*, Elliott 22*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Cray	c Smith b Copson	0
FH Vigar	b AV Pope	7
RM Taylor	lbw b Copson	2
J O'Connor	b Copson	6
MS Nichols	lbw b Copson	67
R Smith	lbw b AV Pope	45
*FS Unwin	c Elliott b Copson	1
JWA Stephenson	c Elliott b AV Pope	1
DF Cock	b AV Pope	1
+TH Wade	c Smith b Copson	11
TPB Smith	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 38.1 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-14, 4-16, 5-101, 6-112, 7-113, 8-115, 9-134, 10-143 (38.1 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	17.1	3	57	6	-	-
AV Pope	15	1	62	4	-	-
Rhodes	3	0	20	0	-	-
GH Pope	3	1	2	0	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Alderman	c Wade b R Smith	10
D Smith	b Stephenson	26
TS Worthington	c Wade b Nichols	32
LF Townsend	b Nichols	1
GH Pope	b Stephenson	82
AEG Rhodes	b Nichols	2
*TD Hounsfield	b Stephenson	11
AV Pope	lbw b Stephenson	1
+H Elliott	b Stephenson	24
TB Mitchell	not out	13
WH Copson	b Stephenson	5
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 54.7 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-66, 3-68, 4-73, 5-77, 6-98, 7-102, 8-183, 9-208, 10-214 (54.7 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	23	1	95	3	-	-
R Smith	4	0	27	1	-	-
Stephenson	19.7	8	41	6	-	-
TPB Smith	5	0	23	0	-	-
Taylor	2	0	21	0	-	-
Vigar	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Cray	c GH Pope b Copson	2
FH Vigar	b AV Pope	0
RM Taylor	c Hounsfield b Copson	2
J O'Connor	b AV Pope	1
MS Nichols	lbw b GH Pope	53
R Smith	c AV Pope b Copson	9
*FS Unwin	c Elliott b AV Pope	3
JWA Stephenson	c Elliott b Copson	2
DF Cock	b GH Pope	36
TPB Smith	st Elliott b Mitchell	1
+TH Wade	not out	3
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 39.2 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-33, 6-38, 7-41, 8-110, 9-113, 10-117 (39.2 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	14	3	21	4	-	-
AV Pope	16	4	48	3	-	-
GH Pope	6	0	27	2	-	-
Mitchell	3.2	0	16	1	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Alderman	not out	19
D Smith	not out	20
TS Worthington	did not bat
LF Townsend	did not bat
GH Pope	did not bat
AEG Rhodes	did not bat
*TD Hounsfield	did not bat
AV Pope	did not bat
+H Elliott	did not bat
TB Mitchell	did not bat
WH Copson	did not bat
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(no wicket, 10.6 overs)	47

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	5.6	2	14	0	-	-
Stephenson	5	1	25	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> H Elliott (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> AV Pope reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WH Copson reached 750 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> MS Nichols reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> JWA Stephenson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Derbyshire first innings (previous best was 5-39)

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