f28356 cc14053	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1970
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 12th, 13th August 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 57 runs
Points	Essex 2 (Bowling 2); Somerset 16 (Batting 1, Bowling 5)
Umpires	OW Herman, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 8/0 (Edmeades 0*, East 8*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	st Taylor b Hobbs	95
A Clarkson	lbw b Boyce	0
PJ Robinson	c Boyce b Acfield	67
MJ Kitchen	c Dinsdale b Hobbs	4
M Hill	c Hobbs b East	46
GI Burgess	c Boyce b Hobbs	0
BC Rose	b Hobbs	3
TW Cartwright	c Taylor b Boyce	39
+DJS Taylor	c Hobbs b Turner	24
*BA Langford	b Turner	2
AA Jones	not out	6
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 117.4 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-161, 3-168, 4-193, 5-193, 6-225, 7-231, 8-272, 9-287, 10-298 (117.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	16	2	57	2	-	-
Turner	8.4	1	29	2	-	-
Acfield	31	9	69	1	-	-
East	40	14	82	1	-	-
Edmeades	2	0	8	0	-	-
Hobbs	20	4	41	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Cartwright	8
RE East	c Clarkson b Cartwright	40
B Ward	c Clarkson b Langford	25
GJ Saville	b Cartwright	5
G Barker	c and b Cartwright	0
SC Dinsdale	lbw b Cartwright	16
KD Boyce	b Cartwright	1
*+B Taylor	not out	16
S Turner	c Clarkson b Cartwright	0
RNS Hobbs	run out	6
DL Acfield	b Jones	15
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-63, 3-73, 4-81, 5-91, 6-96, 7-101, 8-101, 9-108, 10-137 (66 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cartwright	31	13	56	7	-	-
Burgess	10	1	21	0	-	-
Jones	4	1	11	1	-	-
Langford	19	8	36	1	-	-
Robinson	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Taylor b Jones	0
B Ward	b Jones	2
GJ Saville	not out	40
G Barker	lbw b Jones	7
SC Dinsdale	b Cartwright	12
KD Boyce	c Clarkson b Cartwright	13
*+B Taylor	c Kitchen b Cartwright	1
S Turner	lbw b Langford	12
RNS Hobbs	b Cartwright	4
RE East	b Cartwright	0
DL Acfield	st Taylor b Langford	10
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 41.4 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-25, 4-47, 5-61, 6-63, 7-76, 8-81, 9-93, 10-104 (41.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cartwright	14	3	38	5	-	-
Burgess	5	0	20	0	-	-
Jones	7	1	15	3	-	-
Langford	15.4	6	28	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DJS Taylor (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> GJ Saville (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15

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