f24713 cc12292	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 11th, 13th, 14th May 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Somerset 2
Umpires	WH Copson, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 13/1 (Bear 4*, Phelan 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 151/7 (Bailey 49*, Greensmith 9*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Preston	29
B Roe	lbw b Preston	55
RT Virgin	b Knight	105
WE Alley	c Smith b Preston	0
PB Wight	run out	33
CHM Greetham	c Barker b Bailey	10
KE Palmer	c Barker b Knight	4
*+HW Stephenson	c Fletcher b Preston	40
BA Langford	lbw b Bailey	2
DG Doughty	c Taylor b Knight	2
FE Rumsey	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 123.1 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-114, 3-114, 4-195, 5-212, 6-238, 7-255, 8-266, 9-277, 10-297 (123.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	28	4	71	3	-	-
Bailey	30	6	79	2	-	-
Preston	23.1	5	32	4	-	-
Phelan	37	9	79	0	-	-
Hobbs	5	0	24	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	lbw b Langford	9
MJ Bear	c Wight b Rumsey	26
PJ Phelan	b Palmer	4
GJ Smith	c and b Rumsey	4
BR Knight	b Palmer	2
*TE Bailey	c Alley b Langford	55
KWR Fletcher	c Rumsey b Doughty	37
+B Taylor	c and b Doughty	8
WT Greensmith	lbw b Langford	9
RNS Hobbs	c Roe b Palmer	7
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 76.3 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-32, 3-41, 4-46, 5-46, 6-102, 7-126, 8-151, 9-168, 10-168 (76.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	26.3	9	39	3	-	-
Langford	14	8	27	3	-	-
Rumsey	19	2	49	2	-	-
Doughty	17	5	46	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Hobbs b Bailey	2
B Roe	c Smith b Knight	3
RT Virgin	c Fletcher b Knight	6
WE Alley	b Bailey	1
PB Wight	b Knight	9
CHM Greetham	b Knight	8
KE Palmer	not out	21
*+HW Stephenson	c Greensmith b Knight	0
BA Langford	not out	19
DG Doughty	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 32 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-10, 4-18, 5-25, 6-32, 7-34

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	16	7	25	5	-	-
Bailey	16	5	44	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	not out	13
MJ Bear	not out	9
PJ Phelan	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
*TE Bailey	did not bat
KWR Fletcher	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 9 overs)	22

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	4	3	2	0	-	-
Langford	2	0	5	0	-	-
Rumsey	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Virgin (1) passed his previous highest score of 89 in County Championship matches
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 86
--> DG Doughty made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DG Doughty made his debut in first-class matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches

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