f22654 cc11282	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 9th, 11th, 12th May 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0
Umpires	LH Gray, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 145/3 (Insole 60*, Bailey 24*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 97/2 (Atkinson 40*, McCool 33*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Alley	b Preston	11
JG Lomax	b Preston	0
G Atkinson	lbw b Knight	36
CL McCool	c Insole b Bailey	1
PB Wight	c and b Ralph	22
*MF Tremlett	b Knight	5
KE Palmer	c Insole b Ralph	6
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Greensmith	23
BA Langford	b Knight	6
KD Biddulph	not out	9
B Lobb	c Knight b Greensmith	2
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-14, 3-15, 4-56, 5-73, 6-82, 7-82, 8-93, 9-124, 10-128 (50.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	8	2	26	1	-	-
Preston	13	2	33	2	-	-
Knight	15	4	31	3	-	-
Ralph	12	3	23	2	-	-
Greensmith	2.2	0	8	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Lobb	6
G Barker	c McCool b Alley	14
+B Taylor	c McCool b Biddulph	27
*DJ Insole	lbw b Biddulph	94
TE Bailey	c Stephenson b Lomax	34
MJ Bear	b Biddulph	18
LA Savill	c McCool b Lomax	12
BR Knight	c Alley b Lomax	12
WT Greensmith	not out	38
LHR Ralph	c Lomax b McCool	12
KC Preston	c Biddulph b Lobb	17
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 8 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 105.1 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-35, 3-63, 4-156, 5-203, 6-206, 7-224, 8-234, 9-267, 10-305 (105.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	16.1	1	45	2	-	-
Biddulph	26	2	73	3	-	-
Alley	15	0	42	1	-	-
Palmer	19	3	46	0	-	-
McCool	12	3	40	1	-	-
Lomax	17	5	38	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Alley	c Taylor b Bailey	3
JG Lomax	lbw b Knight	17
G Atkinson	c Greensmith b Knight	53
CL McCool	c Insole b Preston	85
PB Wight	c Taylor b Bailey	43
*MF Tremlett	b Bailey	2
KE Palmer	not out	52
+HW Stephenson	c Preston b Bailey	5
BA Langford	b Knight	30
KD Biddulph	c sub b Greensmith	13
B Lobb	c sub b Greensmith	1
Extras	(6 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 109 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-37, 3-132, 4-204, 5-208, 6-209, 7-217, 8-280, 9-308, 10-311 (109 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	28.1	4	67	4	-	-
Preston	26	6	68	1	-	-
Knight	18	3	60	3	-	-
Ralph	15	3	34	0	-	-
Greensmith	21.5	6	75	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Palmer b Alley	17
LA Savill	not out	56
+B Taylor	b Alley	10
*DJ Insole	not out	47
TC Dodds	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
MJ Bear	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 44.2 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-36

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	3	0	18	0	-	-
Biddulph	12	5	25	0	-	-
Alley	9	0	24	2	-	-
Palmer	4	0	11	0	-	-
McCool	6	0	23	0	-	-
Lomax	6	2	12	0	-	-
Langford	4.2	1	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BR Knight (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> CL McCool (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 69
--> BR Knight achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 2-16)
--> TE Bailey reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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