f23795 cc11868	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 24th, 26th, 27th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 106 runs
Points	Essex 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0
Umpires	A Jepson, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 188/7 (JF Taylor 42*, Ralph 14*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 77/2 (Wight 35*, Palmer 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Smith	c G Atkinson b Lomax	75
LA Savill	c Biddulph b Alley	26
WT Greensmith	c Stephenson b Biddulph	18
J Milner	b Lomax	0
*TE Bailey	c Stephenson b Lomax	17
BR Knight	run out	34
+B Taylor	c and b Lomax	0
JF Taylor	lbw b Biddulph	2
LHR Ralph	c Lomax b Biddulph	1
PJ Phelan	not out	2
KC Preston	c G Atkinson b Biddulph	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-99, 2-107, 3-110, 4-126, 5-160, 6-160, 7-163, 8-167, 9-176, 10-177 (52.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	17.2	4	62	4	-	-
Palmer	10	0	30	0	-	-
Alley	6	0	25	1	-	-
Lomax	19	7	58	4	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Savill b Knight	3
B Roe	lbw b Bailey	2
PB Wight	c Phelan b Knight	11
WE Alley	c Milner b Knight	3
JG Lomax	c Knight b Bailey	13
MJ Kitchen	c B Taylor b Bailey	6
KE Palmer	c Smith b Knight	1
*+HW Stephenson	c Milner b Knight	0
BA Langford	c Milner b Knight	9
KD Biddulph	not out	0
CRM Atkinson	absent hurt
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 15.2 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-6, 3-19, 4-22, 5-33, 6-34, 7-34, 8-48, 9-48 (15.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	8	2	23	6	-	-
Bailey	7.2	1	25	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Smith	c Wight b Lomax	72
LA Savill	c G Atkinson b Biddulph	7
WT Greensmith	c Alley b Biddulph	3
J Milner	c Stephenson b Lomax	14
JF Taylor	c Stephenson b Lomax	86
*TE Bailey	c Alley b Palmer	4
BR Knight	b Alley	26
LHR Ralph	c G Atkinson b Lomax	25
+B Taylor	run out	0
PJ Phelan	b Biddulph	17
KC Preston	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-22, 3-73, 4-73, 5-103, 6-124, 7-157, 8-217, 9-254, 10-268 (62 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	20	3	82	3	-	-
Palmer	9	0	47	1	-	-
Alley	13	2	52	1	-	-
Lomax	20	3	78	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Bailey	3
B Roe	c Ralph b Knight	35
PB Wight	c B Taylor b Bailey	40
KE Palmer	c Savill b Knight	14
WE Alley	c Bailey b Knight	69
JG Lomax	c and b Preston	22
MJ Kitchen	c Phelan b Preston	1
CRM Atkinson	c Knight b Preston	1
*+HW Stephenson	c B Taylor b Bailey	31
BA Langford	not out	52
KD Biddulph	lbw b Bailey	18
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-69, 3-93, 4-93, 5-165, 6-185, 7-185, 8-194, 9-252, 10-291 (72.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	29	3	112	3	-	-
Bailey	26.4	1	99	4	-	-
Preston	15	1	68	3	-	-
Ralph	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GJ Smith (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> JF Taylor (2) passed his previous highest score of 47 in County Championship matches
--> JF Taylor (2) passed his previous highest score of 57 in first-class matches
--> PB Wight (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 38
--> PB Wight (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 38
--> WE Alley (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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