f20996 cc10474	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 16th, 18th, 19th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4; Essex 0
Umpires	P Corrall, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 22/1 (Dodds 17*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 140/3 (Dodds 94*, Insole 20*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c Taylor b Smith	4
FL Angell	c Taylor b Ralph	31
J Lawrence	c Taylor b Insole	77
MF Tremlett	c Preston b Greensmith	1
PB Wight	c Preston b Ralph	97
CF Davey	c Williams b Greensmith	16
+HW Stephenson	c Williams b Greensmith	5
Yawar Saeed	c Ralph b Preston	28
KD Biddulph	c Taylor b Ralph	1
JWJ McMahon	not out	10
B Lobb	c Barker b Preston	1
Extras	(15 b, 14 lb)	29
Total	(all out, 108.5 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-91, 3-96, 4-168, 5-207, 6-215, 7-267, 8-288, 9-289, 10-300 (108.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	20.5	5	51	2	-	-
Smith	19	2	71	1	-	-
Ralph	23	3	51	3	-	-
Insole	16	5	28	1	-	-
Greensmith	30	10	70	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Lawrence b Yawar Saeed	94
G Barker	lbw b Lawrence	5
+PA Gibb	c Stephenson b Lobb	0
CCP Williams	b Yawar Saeed	21
*DJ Insole	c Tremlett b McMahon	29
R Horsfall	c Wight b Yawar Saeed	0
B Taylor	b Yawar Saeed	2
R Smith	b Biddulph	50
WT Greensmith	st Stephenson b Lawrence	52
LHR Ralph	c Angell b McMahon	22
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-29, 3-99, 4-148, 5-154, 6-156, 7-160, 8-258, 9-291, 10-291 (102 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	17	0	57	1	-	-
Biddulph	16	2	55	1	-	-
Yawar Saeed	18	4	72	4	-	-
Lawrence	22	4	60	2	-	-
McMahon	28	13	28	2	-	-
Tremlett	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Taylor b Preston	3
CF Davey	not out	33
J Lawrence	b Preston	4
MF Tremlett	c and b Insole	22
PB Wight	not out	35
*GG Tordoff	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
Yawar Saeed	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 32 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-18, 3-51

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	9	1	21	2	-	-
Smith	7	1	16	0	-	-
Insole	6	1	19	1	-	-
Dodds	7	0	28	0	-	-
Barker	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FL Angell (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> J Lawrence (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> Yawar Saeed (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> MF Tremlett (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 13
--> MF Tremlett (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 21
--> Yawar Saeed reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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