County Championship - Season 1939

County Championship - Results

NOTE: All matches were 8 ball overs

Date	Opponents	Venue	Results	Scores
06 May	Sussex	Hove	Match Drawn Toss unknown	Sussex 462-9 (JG Langridge 140, Knott 3-91) Hants 228 (Walker 54, Oakes 4-36) Hants 349 (Walker 107no, J Langridge 3-65) Sussex 13-2 (Oakes 6no, Heath 1-4)
10 May	Northamptonshire	Northampton	Match Drawn Toss unknown	Hants 500-9 (Creese 241, Partridge 3-107) Nhants 299 (Timms 114, Hill 4-50) Nhants 280-6 (Nelson 79no, Heath 3-80)
13 May	Warwickshire	Portsmouth	Match Drawn Toss unknown	Warwick 163 (Wyatt 33, Steele 6-62) Hants 259-6 (Creese 104, Wilmot 2-60) Warwick 152-5 (Croom 80, Boyes 4-85)
20 May	Worcestershire	Worcester	Lost by 6 wkts Toss unknown	Hants 319 (Arnold 179no, Jenkins 3-40) Worcs 262 (Gibbons 111no, Heath 4-86) Hants 197 (Walker 62, Perks 8-59) Worcs 256-4 (Martin 102no, Gibbons 100no, Bailey 2-77)
24 May	Middlesex	Lords	Lost by 9 wkts Toss unknown	Middx 402 (Compton 143, Boyes 4-53) Hants 183 (Bailey 38, Smith 3-29) Hants 224 (Arnold 62, Smith 4-50) Middx 8-1 (Peebles 7no, Taylor 1-8)
27 May	Kent	Southampton	Lost by 179 runs Toss unknown	Kent 134 (Valentine 44, Heath 5-48) Hants 211 (Boyes 47no, Todd 4-52) Kent 364 (Fagg 149, Steele 6-121) Hants 108 (Steele 27, Todd 5-40)
31 May	Lancashire	Old Trafford	Lost by an innings and 66 runs Toss unknown	Lancs 488-6 (Iddon 141no, Hill 2-99) Hants 290 (Bailey 100, Wilkinson 4-108) Hants 132 (Arnold 34, Wilkinson 8-53)
03 Jun	Yorkshire	Sheffield, Bramall Lane	Lost by an innings and 129 runs Toss unknown	Hants 174 (Bailey 45, Smailes 4-41) Yorks 493-1 (Hutton 280no, Sutcliffe 116, Heath 1-131) Hants 190 (Arnold 52, Hutton 4-40)
07 Jun	Lancashire	Southampton	Lost by 6 wkts Toss unknown	Hants 434 (Bailey 97, Phillipson 7-104) Lancs 256 (Farrimond 53, Knott 4-108) Hants 206-8 (McCorkell 62, Wilkinson 4-94) Lancs 385-4 (Hopwood 135, Iddon 102no, Knott 3-112)
10 Jun	Warwickshire	Edgbaston	Match Drawn Toss unknown	Hants 364 (Holt 115, Arnold 109, Mayer 5-71) Warwick 141 (Wilmot 40no, MacKenzie 4-34) Warwick 490-5 (Dollery 170, Ord 105no, Heath 2-80)
14 Jun	Nottinghamshire	Portsmouth	Match Drawn Toss unknown	Notts 446-6 (Heane 138, Gunn 100no, Boyes 2-57) Hants 206-4 (Arnold 81, Butler 2-57)
21 Jun	Essex	Brentwood	Lost by 5 wkts Toss unknown	Hants 329 (Pothecary 75, TPB Smith 3-72) Essex 273 (O'Connor 122, Hill 3-52) Hants 96 (Creese 21, R Smith 5-34) Essex 155-5 (Eastman 71, Court 4-53)
24 Jun	Middlesex	Newport, IOW	Lost by an innings and 25 runs Toss unknown	Middx 261 (Edrich 118, Boyes 5-45) Hants 93 (Creese 30, Smith 6-23) Hants 143 (Bailey 37, Peebles 4-23)
28 Jun	Essex	Southampton	Lost by 37 runs Toss unknown	Essex 181 (Cray 44, Boyes 6-45) Hants 229 (Boyes 53no, TPB Smith 3-56) Essex 241-9 (O'Connor 65, R Smith 65no, Hill 2-34) Hants 156 (Arnold 50, TPB Smith 5-38)
01 Jul	Somerset	Taunton	Match Drawn Toss unknown	Somerset 490-8 (McRae 107, MacKenzie 2-71) Hants 321 (MacKenzie 66, Hazell 5-65) Hants 277-4 (Walker 90no, Wellard 2-73)
05 Jul	Glamorgan	Swansea	Match Drawn Toss unknown	Hants 50-2 (Bailey 23no, Clay 1-11)
08 Jul	Northamptonshire	Southampton	Won by 8 wkts Toss unknown	Nhants 146 (O'Brien 60, Hill 6-45) Hants 169-9 (1 abs) (Bailey 56, Merritt 5-56) Nhants 157 (Brookes 72, Boyes 4-31) Hants 135-2 (Bailey 55, Partridge 2-36)
12 Jul	Sussex	Portsmouth	Lost by 6 wkts Toss unknown	Hants 301 (Arnold 109, Nye 5-100) Sussex 286 (Holmes 80, MacKenzie 2-22) Hants 221 (Bailey 71, J Langridge 6-76) Sussex 237-4 (JG Langridge 60, Boyes 2-53)
15 Jul	Glamorgan	Southampton	Match Drawn Toss unknown	Glam 157 (HG Davies 36, Baring 5-27) Hants 22-2 (McCorkell 14, Mercer 2-0)
19 Jul	Gloucestershire	Bristol	Lost by 5 wkts Toss unknown	Hants 103 (Blake 28, Scott 4-18) Glos 104-6 (Hammond 30, Bailey 3-36) Hants 66 (Arnold 20, Goddard 8-36) Glos 66-5 (Hopkins 16, Creese 3-17)
22 Jul	Leicestershire	Leicester, Aylestone Road	Lost by 4 wkts Toss unknown	Hants 193 (Pothecary 67, Palmer 3-42, Prentice 3-42) Leics 157 (Armstrong 71no, Bailey 6-72) Hants 79-9 (McCorkell 22, Sperry 7-19) Leics 116-6 (Tompkin 39, Boyes 4-60)
26 Jul	Gloucestershire	Bournemouth	Lost by 43 runs Toss unknown	Glos 212 (Crapp 64, Creese 5-50) Hants 167 (Walker 45, Goddard 7-77) Glos 160-7 (Eagar 48no, Creese 2-34) Hants 162 (Creese 68, Goddard 5-65)
02 Aug	Surrey	Portsmouth	Match Drawn Toss unknown	Hants 301 (Walker 108no, Brown 7-86) Surrey 240 (Brown 61, Knott 8-85) Hants 94-1 (Bailey 36no, Gover 1-16)
05 Aug	Kent	Canterbury	Won by 7 wkts Toss unknown	Kent 161 (Ames 51, Baring 5-67) Hants 135 (McCorkell 34, Lewis 6-38) Kent 83 (Chalk 18, Baring 5-43) Hants 111-3 (McCorkell 40no, Bailey 40, Lewis 3-40)
09 Aug	Surrey	The Oval	Match Drawn Toss unknown	Hants 233 (Bailey 94, Gover 5-41) Surrey 99-2 (Whitfield 49no, Heath 1-33)
12 Aug	Leicestershire	Southampton	Won by 177 runs Toss unknown	Hants 285 (Arnold 82, Sperry 5-83) Leics 189 (Tompkin 53, Boyes 3-13) Hants 245-7 (Walker 66, Lester 4-28) Leics 164 (Armstrong 72no, Knott 4-44)
16 Aug	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge	Lost by an innings and 97 runs Toss unknown	Hants 296 (Walker 147, Heane 6-52) Notts 465-9 (Hardstaff 159, Creese 3-82) Hants 72 (Arnold 27, Butler 5-23)
19 Aug	Somerset	Bournemouth	Lost by an innings and 62 runs Toss unknown	Somerset 453-8 (McRae 96, Heath 3-79) Hants 161 (Baring 46, Hazell 6-60) Hants 230 (McCorkell 107, Meyer 6-48)
23 Aug	Worcestershire	Bournemouth	Lost by 32 runs Toss unknown	Worcs 164 (Howorth 64, Dean 4-38) Hants 191 (McCorkell 74, Jenkins 3-42) Worcs 190 (King 90, Hill 6-38) Hants 131 (Walker 39, Martin 6-38)
26 Aug	Yorkshire	Bournemouth	Lost by an innings and 11 runs Toss unknown	Hants 116 (MacKenzie 51, Verity 6-22) Yorks 243 (Mitchell 65, Dean 5-58) Hants 116 (Pothecary 61, Hutton 3-13)

Totals
Runs scored 10603 for 466 wkts at an average of 22.75 per wkt.
Runs against 11344 for 368 wkts at an average of 30.82 per wkt.
Played 30, Won 3, Drawn 10, Lost 17, Points 84
Points System: WIN: 12 pts, TIED: 6 pts, LOST and won 1st inns: 4 pts, LOST and tied 1st inns: 2 pts, LOST and lost 1st inns: no points, DRAW and won 1st inns: 4 pts, DRAW and lost 1st inns: no points, DRAW and won 1st inns in a match played under 1-day rules: 8 pts. Position decided by average points per match.
Finish - 15th

Averages

Ct	St	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	50's	100's	HS	Runs	Average	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	5fers	10Wm	BP	RPO	Average
16		J Arnold	26	44	3	7	3	179no	1441	35.14	5	1	43	0	0	0	-	8.60	--
6		J Bailey	25	44	4	7	1	100	1243	31.07	392.1	70	1376	42	1	0	6-72	3.50	32.76
3		AEG Baring	10	15	2	0	0	46	100	7.69	193.2	24	728	32	3	1	5-27	3.76	22.75
3		JP Blake	6	10	0	0	0	39	127	12.70
27		GS Boyes	28	43	5	2	0	59no	687	18.07	492.5	102	1591	67	2	0	6-45	3.22	23.74
5		RCL Court	9	14	3	0	0	32	119	10.81	167.6	9	776	15	0	0	4-53	4.62	51.73
20		WCL Creese	29	47	3	2	2	241	1237	28.11	262.4	45	915	29	1	0	5-50	3.48	31.55
1		TA Dean *	3	6	4	0	0	20no	37	18.50	40	2	222	10	1	0	5-58	5.55	22.20
		L Harrison *	2	4	0	0	0	16	37	9.25
2		GEM Heath	23	32	14	0	0	34no	122	6.77	520	57	1923	54	1	0	5-48	3.69	35.61
7		G Hill	19	27	3	1	0	71	380	15.83	362.2	48	1225	35	2	0	6-38	3.38	35.00
		AG Holt	11	18	2	0	1	115	400	25.00	4	0	43	1	0	0	1-24	10.75	43.00
3		CJ Knott	7	10	1	0	0	16	40	4.44	195.7	20	816	35	1	0	8-85	4.16	23.31
30	11	NT McCorkell	27	47	1	4	1	107	1030	22.39
9		PA MacKenzie	19	31	3	4	0	76	586	20.92	88	2	500	14	0	0	4-34	5.68	35.71
		RH Moore	3	6	0	0	0	37	113	18.83	2	0	10	0	0	0	-	5.00	--
		CGA Paris	2	3	0	0	0	18	42	14.00
10		AE Pothecary	21	36	4	6	0	75	753	23.53
1		RB Proud	4	6	0	0	0	33	68	11.33
		INR Shield *	4	5	1	0	0	6	16	4.00	66	7	274	4	0	0	2-91	4.15	68.50
3		JWJ Steele	5	5	1	0	0	27	66	16.50	125.2	8	489	18	2	0	6-62	3.90	27.16
14		GR Taylor	22	33	4	0	0	41	284	9.79	1.5	0	10	1	0	0	1-8	6.15	10.00
26		DF Walker	25	41	3	6	3	147	1117	29.39
		Extras/run outs							558				403	11
186	11	TOTALS	330	527	61	39	11		10603		2918.2	395	11344	368	14	1

* County Championship Debut

Hundreds

Score	Player	Opponents	Venue
241	WCL Creese	Northamptonshire	Northampton
179no	J Arnold	Worcestershire	Worcester
147	DF Walker	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge
115	AG Holt	Warwickshire	Edgbaston
109	J Arnold	Warwickshire	Edgbaston
109	J Arnold	Sussex	Portsmouth
108no	DF Walker	Surrey	Portsmouth
107	NT McCorkell	Somerset	Bournemouth
107no	DF Walker	Sussex	Hove
104	WCL Creese	Warwickshire	Portsmouth
100	J Bailey	Lancashire	Old Trafford

5 Fers

Return	Player	Opponents	Venue
8-85	CJ Knott	Surrey	Portsmouth
6-38	G Hill	Worcestershire	Bournemouth
6-45	G Hill	Northamptonshire	Southampton
6-45	GS Boyes	Essex	Southampton
6-62	JWJ Steele	Warwickshire	Portsmouth
6-72	J Bailey	Leicestershire	Leicester, Aylestone Road
6-121	JWJ Steele	Kent	Southampton
5-27	AEG Baring	Glamorgan	Southampton
5-43	AEG Baring	Kent	Canterbury
5-45	GS Boyes	Middlesex	Newport, IOW
5-48	GEM Heath	Kent	Southampton
5-50	WCL Creese	Gloucestershire	Bournemouth
5-58	TA Dean	Yorkshire	Bournemouth
5-67	AEG Baring	Kent	Canterbury

10 Wkt Matches

Returns	Player	Opponents	Venue
10-110 (5-67 & 5-43)	AEG Baring	Kent	Canterbury

100 Partnerships

Wkt	Score	Players	Opponents	Venue
1st	149	NT McCorkell and J Bailey	Sussex	Hove
2nd	157	PA MacKenzie and DF Walker	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge
2nd	101	J Bailey and AE Pothecary	Northamptonshire	Southampton
3rd	120	AE Pothecary and J Arnold	Nottinghamshire	Portsmouth
4th	137	AG Holt and J Arnold	Warwickshire	Edgbaston
4th	134	WCL Creese and J Arnold	Warwickshire	Portsmouth
5th	177	WCL Creese and DF Walker	Somerset	Taunton
5th	130	WCL Creese and AE Pothecary	Northamptonshire	Northampton
8th	140	J Arnold and GS Boyes	Worcestershire	Worcester