f25888 cc12882	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1965
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 17th, 19th, 20th July 1965 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 2 runs
Points	Essex 0; Somerset 10
Umpires	J Arnold, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 295/8 (Clayton 26*, Rumsey 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 130/3 (Barker 53*, Knight 27*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Knight	117
RT Virgin	b Knight	20
B Roe	lbw b Knight	2
WE Alley	b Knight	0
CHM Greetham	c Barker b Hobbs	30
MJ Kitchen	c Hobbs b Bailey	80
+G Clayton	not out	26
*CRM Atkinson	lbw b Bailey	3
BA Langford	c Barker b Bailey	3
FE Rumsey	not out	1
GH Hall	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-44, 3-48, 4-99, 5-227, 6-277, 7-282, 8-292

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	34	5	92	4	-	-
Pritchard	18	2	55	0	-	-
Bailey	30	4	61	3	-	-
Hobbs	18	5	49	1	-	-
Phelan	10	1	25	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Clayton b Rumsey	15
MJ Bear	run out	2
GJ Smith	c G Atkinson b Hall	20
KWR Fletcher	b Rumsey	35
*TE Bailey	b Langford	9
BR Knight	b Rumsey	4
+B Taylor	c Clayton b Rumsey	12
GJ Saville	c Clayton b Rumsey	0
RNS Hobbs	c Clayton b Rumsey	0
PJ Phelan	lbw b Rumsey	0
GC Pritchard	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-21, 3-41, 4-57, 5-66, 6-84, 7-84, 8-96, 9-96, 10-97 (47.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	17.4	8	34	7	-	-
Hall	13	4	26	1	-	-
Langford	11	6	26	1	-	-
Alley	6	0	11	0	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Clayton b CRM Atkinson	76
MJ Bear	c Rumsey b Alley	21
GJ Smith	c Rumsey b Langford	14
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Rumsey	9
BR Knight	c Rumsey b Langford	63
*TE Bailey	c Clayton b Langford	0
+B Taylor	b CRM Atkinson	4
GJ Saville	not out	0
RNS Hobbs	c Rumsey b CRM Atkinson	0
PJ Phelan	b CRM Atkinson	0
GC Pritchard	b CRM Atkinson	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 96.4 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-58, 3-92, 4-168, 5-183, 6-196, 7-196, 8-196, 9-196, 10-196 (96.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	18	3	55	1	-	-
Hall	12	5	27	0	-	-
Langford	32	16	52	3	-	-
Alley	20	8	23	1	-	-
CRM Atkinson	14.4	5	30	5	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Kitchen (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 73
--> WE Alley reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> WE Alley reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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