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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 5th, 7th, 8th May 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Somerset won by 43 runs |
| Points | Somerset 12; Essex 4 |
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, AE Pothecary |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 8/0 (Dodds 4*, Barker 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 273/7 (Bailey 111*, Smith 1*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | c Bailey b Preston | 45 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Insole b Smith | 43 | |||||
| PB Wight | c and b Smith | 43 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c Bear b Greensmith | 12 | |||||
| G Atkinson | lbw b Smith | 0 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Bailey | 31 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | run out | 65 | |||||
| BA Langford | lbw b Ralph | 3 | |||||
| KD Biddulph | c and b Greensmith | 10 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | not out | 2 | |||||
| B Lobb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 111.4 overs) | 271 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-81, 2-115, 3-142, 4-150, 5-161, 6-215, 7-226, 8-268, 9-271 (111.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 23 | 3 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Preston | 21 | 5 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 28 | 10 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 16 | 8 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 23.4 | 5 | 74 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Stephenson b Lobb | 16 | |||||
| G Barker | b Lomax | 17 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c Stephenson b Lobb | 4 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | lbw b Lobb | 44 | |||||
| TE Bailey | not out | 111 | |||||
| LA Savill | c Stephenson b Lobb | 6 | |||||
| MJ Bear | b Lobb | 37 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | lbw b Lobb | 31 | |||||
| R Smith | not out | 1 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 2 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 119 overs) | 273 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-33, 3-45, 4-93, 5-107, 6-182, 7-270 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 28 | 6 | 75 | 6 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 21 | 6 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Biddulph | 16 | 4 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 22 | 8 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 11 | 2 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langford | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tremlett | 9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | b Dodds | 45 | |||||
| JG Lomax | st Gibb b Smith | 29 | |||||
| PB Wight | not out | 81 | |||||
| G Atkinson | st Gibb b Dodds | 27 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | not out | 12 | |||||
| CL McCool | did not bat | ||||||
| +HW Stephenson | did not bat | ||||||
| BA Langford | did not bat | ||||||
| KD Biddulph | did not bat | ||||||
| JWJ McMahon | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lobb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 13 lb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 79 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-58, 2-116, 3-172 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 7 | 5 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Preston | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 10 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 15 | 5 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 16 | 2 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Insole | 8 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dodds | 12 | 1 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | run out | 45 | |||||
| G Barker | b Lobb | 23 | |||||
| R Smith | run out | 18 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Lobb | 43 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | c McCool b Lobb | 0 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Atkinson b Lobb | 6 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | b Tremlett | 2 | |||||
| KC Preston | b McCool | 8 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | b Tremlett | 0 | |||||
| MJ Bear | lbw b McMahon | 1 | |||||
| LA Savill | not out | 14 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 32 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-67, 3-130, 4-130, 5-139, 6-142, 7-146, 8-146, 9-150, 10-166 (32 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 10 | 2 | 45 | 4 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Biddulph | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| McCool | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tremlett | 8 | 3 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> CL McCool made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> L Pickles (2) equalled his previous highest score of 45 in County Championship matches
--> L Pickles (2) equalled his previous highest score of 45 in First-Class matches
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> CL McCool made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-41)
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-41)
--> B Lobb reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
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