f15681 cc7571	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 8th, 10th May 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Essex 15
Umpires	F Chester, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 119/5 (Pearce 26*, Quick 2*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Taylor b Eastman	18
H Gimblett	b Nichols	14
HD Burrough	c Taylor b Eastman	32
EF Longrigg	c Taylor b TPB Smith	12
GM Bennett	b Eastman	32
CJP Barnwell	c TPB Smith b Eastman	33
AW Wellard	c R Smith b TPB Smith	21
*RA Ingle	c and b TPB Smith	5
WHR Andrews	lbw b R Smith	24
+WT Luckes	lbw b Nichols	10
HL Hazell	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 83 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-46, 3-77, 4-96, 5-143, 6-172, 7-191, 8-193, 9-219, 10-223 (83 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	20	7	28	2	-	-
R Smith	17	7	46	1	-	-
TPB Smith	20	4	67	3	-	-
Eastman	26	6	63	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	b Andrews	7
LC Eastman	lbw b Wellard	25
C Bray	c Wellard b Andrews	0
J O'Connor	c Gimblett b Andrews	47
MS Nichols	c Hazell b Wellard	10
*TN Pearce	lbw b Andrews	27
AB Quick	lbw b Hazell	21
AG Powell	lbw b Wellard	1
TPB Smith	not out	32
R Smith	c Bennett b Andrews	37
+TH Wade	not out	10
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-15, 3-49, 4-73, 5-116, 6-121, 7-122, 8-160, 9-210

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	29	4	85	3	-	-
Andrews	24	4	67	5	-	-
Hazell	24	8	45	1	-	-
Gimblett	8	2	20	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b R Smith	0
H Gimblett	lbw b Nichols	0
HD Burrough	c Pearce b Nichols	0
EF Longrigg	lbw b TPB Smith	26
GM Bennett	b Nichols	0
AW Wellard	c O'Connor b R Smith	0
*RA Ingle	lbw b Nichols	23
CJP Barnwell	b TPB Smith	0
WHR Andrews	not out	44
+WT Luckes	lbw b Eastman	12
HL Hazell	b TPB Smith	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 34.3 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-2, 5-4, 6-50, 7-50, 8-52, 9-105, 10-106 (34.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12	6	20	4	-	-
R Smith	8	3	15	2	-	-
TPB Smith	8.3	0	51	3	-	-
Eastman	6	1	19	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	b Andrews	9
LC Eastman	lbw b Andrews	1
C Bray	c and b Bennett	39
J O'Connor	c Luckes b Andrews	25
MS Nichols	not out	23
*TN Pearce	not out	3
AB Quick	did not bat
AG Powell	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 36.5 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-11, 3-44, 4-95

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	12	0	36	0	-	-
Andrews	9	2	19	3	-	-
Hazell	3	1	16	0	-	-
Gimblett	7	2	14	0	-	-
Bennett	5.5	1	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> LC Eastman (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6

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