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51 & 72 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batESS
72 & 174 ESS flag
Overs: 30.4 RR: 2.35 vs spin: 1.84
vs seam: 1.69
 Overs: 61.0 RR: 2.85 vs spin: 1.88
vs seam: 2.59
Wed 26/07/39 Somerset v Essex, County Championship, Rowdens Road, Wells
ESSEX WIN Essex won by 123 runs
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Essex - 1st Inns 72 (35.1; RR: 2.05)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
LC Eastman run out 14 0 0 0
AV Avery c Luckes b Andrews 2 0 0 0
FH Vigar c Wellard b Andrews 11 0 0 0
J O'Connor lbw b Wellard 0 0 0 0
MS Nichols lbw b Andrews 4 0 0 0
R Smith b Wellard 9 0 0 0
DR Wilcox b Wellard 15 0 0 0
RM Taylor c Gomm b Wellard 0 0 0 0
JWA Stephenson b Wellard 8 0 0 0
TH Wade c Wellard b Andrews 6 0 0 0
TPB Smith not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 2nb) 3  
TOTAL 72 all out (35.1 overs; RR: 2.05)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (0.0 ov), 19-2 (0.0 ov), 20-3 (0.0 ov), 31-4 (0.0 ov), 40-5 (0.0 ov), 50-6 (0.0 ov), 50-7 (0.0 ov), 61-8 (0.0 ov), 72-9 (0.0 ov), 72-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AW Wellard 18.0 3 35 5 1.94 0 0
WHR Andrews 17.1 5 34 4 2.00 0 0

Somerset - 1st Inns 51 (21.4; RR: 2.35)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
FS Lee c O'Connor b Nichols 7 0 0 0
H Gimblett c Wilcox b Smith 7 0 0 0
HFT Buse b Stephenson 9 0 0 0
CJP Barnwell c Wilcox b Smith 1 0 0 0
EF Longrigg c Wade b Stephenson 19 0 0 0
GM Bennett b Nichols 2 0 0 0
WT Luckes b Nichols 0 0 0 0
BA Gomm c Avery b Stephenson 0 0 0 0
WHR Andrews b Stephenson 4 0 0 0
AW Wellard b Stephenson 1 0 0 0
HL Hazell not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 0  
TOTAL 51 all out (21.4 overs; RR: 2.35)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (0.0 ov), 16-2 (0.0 ov), 18-3 (0.0 ov), 40-4 (0.0 ov), 45-5 (0.0 ov), 45-6 (0.0 ov), 45-7 (0.0 ov), 47-8 (0.0 ov), 50-9 (0.0 ov), 51-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Nichols 11.0 0 30 3 2.73 0 0
R Smith 6.0 0 17 2 2.83 0 0
JWA Stephenson 4.4 1 4 5 1.00 0 0

Essex - 2nd Inns 174 (61.0; RR: 2.85)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
LC Eastman c Lee b Andrews 38 0 0 0
AV Avery b Wellard 20 0 0 0
FH Vigar lbw b Hazell 0 0 0 0
J O'Connor lbw b Wellard 53 0 0 0
MS Nichols b Wellard 4 0 0 0
R Smith lbw b Wellard 0 0 0 0
DR Wilcox lbw b Wellard 38 0 0 0
RM Taylor b Wellard 0 0 0 0
JWA Stephenson not out 4 0 0 0
TH Wade c Luckes b Hazell 1 0 0 0
TPB Smith b Wellard 8 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 7lb, 0w, 1nb) 8  
TOTAL 174 all out (61.0 overs; RR: 2.85)

Fall of wickets

48-1 (0.0 ov), 49-2 (0.0 ov), 81-3 (0.0 ov), 92-4 (0.0 ov), 92-5 (0.0 ov), 157-6 (0.0 ov), 157-7 (0.0 ov), 164-8 (0.0 ov), 165-9 (0.0 ov), 174-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AW Wellard 26.0 6 68 7 2.62 0 0
WHR Andrews 8.0 1 27 1 3.38 0 0
HL Hazell 24.0 8 60 2 2.50 0 0
HFT Buse 3.0 1 11 0 3.67 0 0

Somerset - 2nd Inns 72 (30.4; RR: 2.35)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
FS Lee c Taylor b Nichols 16 0 0 0
H Gimblett c Wade b Nichols 15 0 0 0
HFT Buse b Taylor 1 0 0 0
BA Gomm c Wilcox b Nichols 5 0 0 0
EF Longrigg run out 0 0 0 0
WHR Andrews b Taylor 4 0 0 0
GM Bennett lbw b Taylor 3 0 0 0
WT Luckes lbw b Taylor 0 0 0 0
CJP Barnwell c Wilcox b Nichols 9 0 0 0
AW Wellard c Vigar b Taylor 12 0 0 0
HL Hazell not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 7  
TOTAL 72 all out (30.4 overs; RR: 2.35)

Fall of wickets

31-1 (0.0 ov), 32-2 (0.0 ov), 41-3 (0.0 ov), 41-4 (0.0 ov), 45-5 (0.0 ov), 49-6 (0.0 ov), 50-7 (0.0 ov), 55-8 (0.0 ov), 67-9 (0.0 ov), 72-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Nichols 13.4 2 33 4 2.54 0 0
R Smith 4.0 1 3 0 0.75 0 0
JWA Stephenson 2.0 1 2 0 1.00 0 0
TPB Smith 3.0 1 4 0 1.33 0 0
RM Taylor 8.0 3 23 5 2.88 0 0

Match Info

Match

Somerset v Essex at Wells, County Championship

Date

Wednesday July 26, 1939

Toss

Essex won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Rowdens Road, Wells

Umpires

H Cruice, HG Baldwin

Somerset Team

Playing XI

H Gimblett, AW Wellard, WHR Andrews, CJP Barnwell, GM Bennett, HFT Buse, BA Gomm, HL Hazell, FS Lee, EF Longrigg, WT Luckes

Essex Team

Playing XI

J O'Connor, MS Nichols, TPB Smith, R Smith, AV Avery, LC Eastman, JWA Stephenson, RM Taylor, FH Vigar, TH Wade, DR Wilcox