f20651 cc10320	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 25th, 26th August 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 12 runs
Points	Essex 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	H Elliott, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 0/1 (Angell 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Yawar Saeed	8
+PA Gibb	c McMahon b Tremlett	34
RE Evans	c Lawrence b Tremlett	14
*DJ Insole	c Stephenson b Hilton	33
TE Bailey	lbw b Hilton	33
LHR Ralph	c Wight b McMahon	20
FH Vigar	c Stephenson b Tremlett	28
R Smith	c Brocklehurst b Tremlett	70
WT Greensmith	b Tremlett	7
JA Bailey	c Hilton b Tremlett	4
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 119.4 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-42, 3-87, 4-107, 5-150, 6-163, 7-216, 8-236, 9-249, 10-268 (119.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	14	5	34	0	-	-
Yawar Saeed	11	2	31	1	-	-
McMahon	32	14	51	1	-	-
Tremlett	22.4	6	55	6	-	-
Hilton	34	7	53	2	-	-
Lawrence	6	0	27	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c JA Bailey b TE Bailey	0
J Lawrence	c Insole b Smith	0
PB Wight	b JA Bailey	36
MF Tremlett	b TE Bailey	25
JG Lomax	c Evans b Greensmith	3
+HW Stephenson	c TE Bailey b Greensmith	2
*BG Brocklehurst	b JA Bailey	16
R Smith	b JA Bailey	0
Yawar Saeed	lbw b JA Bailey	5
J Hilton	not out	0
JWJ McMahon	c Smith b JA Bailey	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 38.4 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-51, 4-64, 5-66, 6-67, 7-68, 8-86, 9-91, 10-91 (38.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	11	5	20	2	-	-
Smith	6	1	21	1	-	-
Ralph	4	0	20	0	-	-
Greensmith	9	5	17	2	-	-
JA Bailey	8.4	4	9	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Insole b TE Bailey	15
J Lawrence	b Smith	4
PB Wight	b JA Bailey	15
MF Tremlett	b TE Bailey	2
JG Lomax	b JA Bailey	8
+HW Stephenson	c Insole b TE Bailey	22
*BG Brocklehurst	lbw b TE Bailey	20
R Smith	not out	35
Yawar Saeed	c Gibb b TE Bailey	12
J Hilton	c Gibb b TE Bailey	12
JWJ McMahon	b Smith	12
Extras	(4 b, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-29, 3-33, 4-44, 5-48, 6-84, 7-90, 8-110, 9-137, 10-165 (69.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	22	5	42	6	-	-
Smith	6.2	0	19	2	-	-
Ralph	7	1	10	0	-	-
Greensmith	14	2	34	0	-	-
JA Bailey	18	4	51	2	-	-
Vigar	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> FH Vigar (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> MF Tremlett reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex first innings

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