County Championship, 1938
Essex v Yorkshire
Valentine's Park, Ilford
11,12,13 May 1938 (3-day match)
Result: Yorkshire won by 4 wickets
Points: Yorkshire 12, Essex 4
Toss: Essex
Umpires: HG Baldwin and F Chester
First-Class Debuts: A Hamer (Yorkshire).
Close of play:
Day 1: Essex 327, Yorkshire 26/0 (Sutcliffe 14*, Hutton 12*)
Day 2: Yorkshire 289, Essex 111/2 (Wilcox 49*, O'Connor 23*)
Essex 1st innings
*DR Wilcox b Verity 30
LC Eastman c Barber b Verity 36
AV Avery b Robinson 3
J O'Connor st Wood b Verity 129
MS Nichols c Leyland b Hamer 37
RM Taylor c Hamer b Hutton 1
AB Lavers b Robinson 19
AB Quick c Wood b Robinson 0
TPB Smith lbw b Robinson 12
+TH Wade lbw b Verity 24
R Smith not out 11
Extras (b 11, lb 14) 25
Total (all out, 132.5 overs) 327
FoW: 1-63, 2-69, 3-79, 4-164, 5-171, 6-208, 7-208, 8-242, 9-297,
10-327.
Bowling O M R W
Smailes 20 5 62 0
Turner 14 3 33 0
Robinson 42 16 109 4
Verity 35.5 14 49 4
Hutton 12 1 31 1
Hamer 9 2 18 1
Yorkshire 1st innings
H Sutcliffe st Wade b TPB Smith 57
L Hutton b Eastman 29
W Barber b Eastman 0
M Leyland c O'Connor b TPB Smith 114
C Turner lbw b TPB Smith 63
*AB Sellers run out 4
TF Smailes b TPB Smith 0
+A Wood c O'Connor b Eastman 0
H Verity c & b Eastman 0
A Hamer c & b TPB Smith 0
EP Robinson not out 4
Extras (b 8, lb 10) 18
Total (all out, 110.4 overs) 289
FoW: 1-68, 2-86, 3-86, 4-277, 5-281, 6-283, 7-284, 8-285, 9-285,
10-289.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 22 6 50 0
R Smith 9 1 32 0
Eastman 33 12 58 4
TPB Smith 34.4 7 99 5
Lavers 12 2 32 0
Essex 2nd innings
*DR Wilcox c Hamer b Verity 59
AV Avery c Hutton b Turner 2
+TH Wade b Verity 34
J O'Connor lbw b Smailes 23
MS Nichols c Sellers b Verity 3
RM Taylor b Smailes 18
AB Lavers c Turner b Smailes 27
AB Quick c Barber b Verity 9
TPB Smith c & b Robinson 21
LC Eastman c Turner b Verity 13
R Smith not out 2
Extras (b 1, lb 6) 7
Total (all out, 77.4 overs) 218
FoW: 1-3, 2-65, 3-113, 4-125, 5-125, 6-162, 7-174, 8-190, 9-216,
10-218.
Bowling O M R W
Smailes 28 10 76 3
Turner 4 0 7 1
Robinson 7.4 0 35 1
Verity 29 8 75 5
Hamer 9 2 18 0
Yorkshire 2nd innings (target: 257 runs)
H Sutcliffe lbw b Nichols 24
L Hutton not out 93
W Barber lbw b TPB Smith 26
M Leyland b Eastman 4
C Turner c Lavers b Eastman 9
*AB Sellers lbw b TPB Smith 49
TF Smailes b TPB Smith 25
+A Wood not out 10
Extras (b 9, lb 8) 17
Total (6 wickets, 74.3 overs) 257
DNB: H Verity, A Hamer, EP Robinson.
FoW: 1-30, 2-81, 3-90, 4-104, 5-193, 6-245.
Bowling O M R W
Nichols 11 2 36 1
R Smith 3 1 10 0
Eastman 25 5 78 2
TPB Smith 29.3 6 82 3
Lavers 6 0 34 0
- J O'Connor's 129, eighteen 4's, 261 minutes.
- M Leyland 114, 165 minutes, sixteen 4's.
- Yorkshire needed 257 in 210 mins, winning with ten minutes remaining.
- A Hamer in his debut took a wicket with his seventh ball in First-Class
cricket.
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