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County Championship, 1938
Essex v Kent
Colchester
13,14,15 July 1938
Result: Match drawn
Toss: Kent
Umpires: JA Newman and CWL Parker
Close of play:
Day 1: Kent 429, Essex 12/0 (Wilcox 1*, Eastman 11*).
Day 2: Essex 350, Kent 142/0 (Fagg 104*, Sunnucks 35*).
Kent 1st innings
AE Fagg lbw b Taylor 244
PR Sunnucks c Wade b Smith 3
+WHV Levett c Wilcox b Daer 0
LJ Todd b Smith 39
TW Spencer c Taylor b Vigar 14
*FGH Chalk c Lavers b Eastman 61
FG Foy c & b Taylor 25
NW Harding st Wade b Vigar 9
DVP Wright c Wade b Taylor 2
AE Watt not out 24
C Lewis c Vigar b Taylor 5
Extras (lb 3) 3
Total (all out) 429
FoW: 1-15, 2-28, 3-161, 4-195, 5-332, 6-386, 7-397, 8-399, 9-401,
10-429.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 22 4 96 2
Daer 10 3 51 1
Eastman 40 15 68 1
Lavers 9 1 30 0
Vigar 19 3 91 2
O'Connor 2 0 6 0
Pearce 10 0 43 0
Taylor 10.1 1 41 4
Essex 1st innings
DR Wilcox c Harding b Todd 5
LC Eastman lbw b Todd 44
RM Taylor b Lewis 37
J O'Connor c Lewis b Wright 63
AV Avery b Wright 1
*TN Pearce not out 137
AB Lavers lbw b Wright 1
+TH Wade b Wright 4
FH Vigar lbw b Wright 0
R Smith c Fagg b Wright 37
HB Daer lbw b Wright 4
Extras (b 5, lb 6, nb 6) 17
Total (all out) 350
FoW: 1-44, 2-57, 3-127, 4-128, 5-194, 6-198, 7-207, 8-207, 9-338,
10-350.
Bowling O M R W
Todd 19 6 46 2
Watt 22 3 63 0
Harding 5 1 34 0
Wright 31.3 7 107 7
Lewis 26 7 83 1
Kent 2nd innings
AE Fagg not out 202
PR Sunnucks run out 82
AE Watt not out 24
Extras (b 2, lb 2, nb 1) 5
Total (1 wicket declared) 313
FoW: 1-283.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 10 3 46 0
Daer 9 0 46 0
Eastman 17 2 52 0
Vigar 13 0 75 0
O'Connor 5 0 23 0
Taylor 10 0 46 0
Wilcox 4 0 20 0
Essex 2nd innings
DR Wilcox b Watt 1
LC Eastman c Wright b Todd 0
RM Taylor not out 7
J O'Connor not out 0
Extras 0
Total (2 wickets) 8
FoW: 1-0, 2-8.
Bowling O M R W
Todd 2 0 6 1
Watt 1.3 0 2 1
- Fagg became the first player in first-class cricket to score two
double-centuries in the same match.
1st innings, 244 out of 386 in 295 minutes, thirty-one 4's.
2nd innings, 202 out of 313, reaching his century in 69 minutes,
the second fastest century of the season. In all batted 170 minutes,
twenty-seven 4's.
- Fagg scored a century before lunch on the first day and 98 in 90
minutes before lunch on the third day.
- Pearce scored 137, 185 minutes, sixteen 4's.
- Rain prevented any play after lunch on the 3rd day .
- Wade conceded no byes until Kent had scored 626 runs in the match.
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