f29174 cc14336	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Garrison A Cricket Ground, Colchester on 7th, 8th, 9th June 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Essex 16 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Somerset 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Jepson, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 231/9 (Taylor 2*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 42/1 (Virgin 14*, Taylor 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Lever	7
MJ Kitchen	c Taylor b Lever	10
SG Wilkinson	c Lever b East	50
*DB Close	c Saville b Turner	88
GI Burgess	c Fletcher b Hobbs	23
PW Denning	b Lever	26
TW Cartwright	b Lever	9
KJ O'Keeffe	c Taylor b Lever	8
+DJS Taylor	not out	2
BA Langford	c Fletcher b Turner	2
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-28, 3-121, 4-160, 5-217, 6-217, 7-235, 8-236, 9-239 (108 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	6	39	0	-	-
Lever	18	2	42	5	-	-
Turner	22	4	38	2	-	-
Acfield	18	5	33	0	-	-
Hobbs	20	7	36	1	-	-
East	11	3	37	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c O'Keeffe b Jones	54
GJ Saville	retired hurt	4
KWR Fletcher	b O'Keeffe	38
B Ward	c Taylor b Jones	21
KD Boyce	c Jones b Burgess	74
*+B Taylor	lbw b Langford	3
S Turner	b O'Keeffe	9
RNS Hobbs	c Close b Cartwright	37
RE East	c Jones b O'Keeffe	0
JK Lever	not out	5
DL Acfield	c Virgin b Cartwright	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-97, 3-191, 4-196, 5-198, 6-209, 7-209, 8-250, 9-250 (85 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	19	5	80	2	-	-
Burgess	9	3	22	1	-	-
Cartwright	18	8	58	2	-	-
Close	2	1	4	0	-	-
O'Keeffe	29	9	64	3	-	-
Langford	8	2	17	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Lever b Boyce	24
MJ Kitchen	c Edmeades b Lever	14
+DJS Taylor	c Taylor b Turner	5
SG Wilkinson	c and b Turner	7
*DB Close	c Saville b Turner	5
GI Burgess	c Taylor b Boyce	0
PW Denning	c Fletcher b Lever	38
TW Cartwright	c Ward b Turner	0
KJ O'Keeffe	c Taylor b Boyce	9
BA Langford	lbw b Turner	0
AA Jones	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 11 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 47.2 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-43, 3-50, 4-51, 5-63, 6-63, 7-81, 8-106, 9-109, 10-116 (47.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	17	3	35	3	-	-
Lever	13	3	29	2	-	-
Turner	17.2	6	39	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	not out	34
*+B Taylor	c Taylor b Jones	0
KWR Fletcher	not out	70
GJ Saville	did not bat
B Ward	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 31.1 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Taylor)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	11.1	0	39	1	-	-
Cartwright	15	5	45	0	-	-
O'Keeffe	2	0	10	0	-	-
Langford	3	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DB Close (1) passed 20000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 68
--> DB Close (1) passed 28000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> KD Boyce (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> BEA Edmeades (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> S Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 4-10)
--> S Turner achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings
--> S Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 4-10)
--> S Turner achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings
--> GJ Saville retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 4 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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