f23940 cc11988	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 16th, 17th, 18th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 89 runs
Points	Somerset 14 (Batting 2); Essex 0
Umpires	N Oldfield, JH Parks
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 28/0 (Barker 21*, Smith 7*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 133/2 (Roe 47*, Alley 4*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Smith b Kent	63
B Roe	b Preston	17
AA Baig	lbw b Preston	14
WE Alley	b Greensmith	117
PB Wight	b Hobbs	9
JG Lomax	c Taylor b Hobbs	47
KE Palmer	c Milner b Bailey	20
CHM Greetham	not out	21
*+HW Stephenson	lbw b Bailey	9
BA Langford	b Knight	4
CRM Atkinson	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-62, 3-150, 4-175, 5-258, 6-284, 7-310, 8-323, 9-329

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	16	5	36	2	-	-
Knight	10	1	33	1	-	-
Preston	15	2	56	2	-	-
Greensmith	25	9	66	1	-	-
Hobbs	19	2	60	2	-	-
Kent	24	3	72	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	run out	21
GJ Smith	c Wight b Palmer	24
MJ Bear	c Langford b CRM Atkinson	13
J Milner	c Stephenson b Palmer	26
*TE Bailey	c Lomax b Langford	17
BR Knight	c Langford b CRM Atkinson	13
WT Greensmith	lbw b Langford	42
+B Taylor	b Langford	6
RNS Hobbs	c Palmer b Langford	4
T Kent	not out	14
KC Preston	b Palmer	6
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 72.5 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-58, 3-80, 4-90, 5-113, 6-137, 7-149, 8-177, 9-182, 10-202 (72.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	19.5	5	59	3	-	-
Lomax	7	2	10	0	-	-
Langford	21	5	60	4	-	-
CRM Atkinson	25	8	57	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Preston b Greensmith	81
B Roe	c Hobbs b Kent	61
AA Baig	b Greensmith	0
WE Alley	not out	50
PB Wight	not out	4
JG Lomax	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
CHM Greetham	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-125, 3-196

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	24	6	44	0	-	-
Knight	17	4	53	0	-	-
Preston	12	2	53	0	-	-
Greensmith	7	2	30	2	-	-
Hobbs	1	0	2	0	-	-
Kent	4	0	14	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c and b CRM Atkinson	71
GJ Smith	b Palmer	9
MJ Bear	run out	21
J Milner	lbw b Palmer	51
BR Knight	c Stephenson b CRM Atkinson	2
*TE Bailey	not out	47
WT Greensmith	b Palmer	0
+B Taylor	lbw b Langford	5
RNS Hobbs	c Langford b CRM Atkinson	1
T Kent	c Greetham b Lomax	16
KC Preston	c Palmer b Lomax	7
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-94, 3-123, 4-125, 5-178, 6-178, 7-183, 8-192, 9-238, 10-246 (95.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	20	4	55	3	-	-
Lomax	8.4	2	22	2	-	-
Langford	39	14	63	1	-	-
CRM Atkinson	26	6	81	3	-	-
Wight	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Alley (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> KE Palmer (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 13
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 7
--> G Atkinson (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 68
--> B Roe (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> G Barker (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> T Kent (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> T Kent (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> CRM Atkinson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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