f30738 cc14963	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 3rd, 4th, 5th September 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WL Budd, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 283/7 (Botham 17*; 89.1 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 65/2 (Slocombe 23*, Richards 25*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	c Smith b Lever	4
BC Rose	b Lever	18
PW Denning	c Smith b Boyce	2
IVA Richards	c McEwan b Turner	44
*DB Close	b Lever	86
PA Slocombe	c Turner b Lever	61
PM Roebuck	c Smith b Boyce	22
IT Botham	b Boyce	17
D Breakwell	not out	3
HR Moseley	b Boyce	8
RJ Clapp	b Boyce	0
Extras	(3 b, 20 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	32
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-18, 3-62, 4-89, 5-226, 6-255, 7-283, 8-287, 9-297, 10-297 (95.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	24.4	3	69	5	-	-
Lever	30	7	88	4	-	-
Turner	28	7	71	1	-	-
Acfield	9	2	26	0	-	-
East	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Richards b Close	55
BR Hardie	c Taylor b Botham	33
KS McEwan	c Richards b Moseley	106
*KWR Fletcher	c Taylor b Breakwell	52
GA Gooch	run out	12
S Turner	not out	37
KD Boyce	not out	0
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 96.4 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-175, 3-230, 4-246, 5-285

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clapp	8	1	37	0	-	-
Moseley	21	4	61	1	-	-
Botham	11	1	30	1	-	-
Rose	5	2	4	0	-	-
Close	18.4	6	79	1	-	-
Richards	5	2	14	0	-	-
Breakwell	28	8	70	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	lbw b Lever	0
PA Slocombe	c East b Lever	29
PW Denning	b Boyce	8
IVA Richards	c Gooch b Lever	39
*DB Close	b East	47
+DJS Taylor	b Acfield	33
PM Roebuck	not out	48
IT Botham	b Acfield	10
D Breakwell	run out	28
HR Moseley	c Turner b Lever	5
RJ Clapp	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-22, 3-83, 4-90, 5-170, 6-170, 7-207, 8-249, 9-262

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	25	6	65	1	-	-
Lever	17	1	63	4	-	-
Turner	10	1	29	0	-	-
Acfield	24	3	81	2	-	-
East	3	1	9	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Richards b Botham	17
BR Hardie	c Botham b Moseley	25
KS McEwan	c Richards b Breakwell	15
*KWR Fletcher	st Taylor b Close	14
GA Gooch	st Taylor b Breakwell	5
S Turner	st Taylor b Breakwell	7
KD Boyce	c Slocombe b Close	59
RE East	b Close	0
+N Smith	not out	32
JK Lever	b Botham	3
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 58 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-49, 3-72, 4-79, 5-85, 6-101, 7-110, 8-153, 9-165

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clapp	4	0	22	0	-	-
Moseley	9	1	24	1	-	-
Botham	8	2	15	2	-	-
Close	16	5	59	3	-	-
Richards	2	1	1	0	-	-
Breakwell	19	7	57	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 28
--> DB Close (1) passed 24000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 75
--> PA Slocombe (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> PA Slocombe (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 15
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 31
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 18
--> IVA Richards (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 39
--> PM Roebuck (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches

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