f16677 cc8221	Essex v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 12th, 14th August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 31 runs
Points	Essex 12; Derbyshire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, FJ Durston
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (2) 26/2 (Smith 12*, Worthington 7*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	lbw b Nichols	14
AF Townsend	b R Smith	30
AE Alderman	b Nichols	10
TS Worthington	lbw b R Smith	6
GH Pope	b Nichols	1
AEG Rhodes	c Stephenson b R Smith	0
AV Pope	c TPB Smith b Nichols	0
*RHR Buckston	not out	5
+H Elliott	run out	0
TB Mitchell	b Nichols	0
WH Copson	b Nichols	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 25.1 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-47, 3-56, 4-57, 5-58, 6-59, 7-63, 8-66, 9-68, 10-70 (25.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	6	0	34	0	-	-
Nichols	12.1	4	18	6	-	-
R Smith	7	1	15	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Elliott b Copson	0
AV Avery	not out	84
*DR Wilcox	c Smith b Copson	9
J O'Connor	b AV Pope	5
MS Nichols	c Smith b AV Pope	2
TPB Smith	c AV Pope b Copson	36
RM Taylor	lbw b AV Pope	18
JWA Stephenson	st Elliott b Mitchell	10
R Smith	b Mitchell	7
+TH Wade	c Townsend b Mitchell	0
K Farnes	b AV Pope	5
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 55.7 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-13, 3-20, 4-24, 5-104, 6-136, 7-153, 8-167, 9-167, 10-180 (55.7 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Copson	14	2	35	3	-	-
AV Pope	15.7	2	40	4	-	-
GH Pope	7	0	24	0	-	-
Rhodes	9	2	29	0	-	-
Mitchell	10	1	48	3	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Smith	b Nichols	16
AF Townsend	b Nichols	6
AE Alderman	b Nichols	0
TS Worthington	c R Smith b Farnes	14
GH Pope	c Wade b Farnes	5
AEG Rhodes	b Farnes	8
AV Pope	not out	12
*RHR Buckston	c Taylor b Farnes	2
+H Elliott	b Nichols	8
TB Mitchell	b Farnes	7
WH Copson	b Nichols	0
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 19.2 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-12, 3-37, 4-49, 5-52, 6-54, 7-54, 8-67, 9-78, 10-79 (19.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	10	1	52	5	-	-
Nichols	9.2	2	26	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AV Avery (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 21
--> AV Avery (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> MS Nichols reached 1800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> AV Pope reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WH Copson reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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