f29671 cc14532	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3 (Bowling 3); Somerset 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5)
Umpires	DJ Constant, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 68/3 (Robinson 35*, Taylor 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 143/0 (Edmeades 50*, Francis 84*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Taylor b Burgess	24
BC Francis	lbw b Cartwright	44
GJ Saville	c Close b Cartwright	0
RMO Cooke	c Parks b Burgess	1
KR Pont	c Denning b Cartwright	2
S Turner	c Close b Burgess	9
RE East	b Burgess	25
*RNS Hobbs	run out	17
+N Smith	b Burgess	34
JK Lever	c Taylor b Moseley	1
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 71 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-60, 3-71, 4-74, 5-80, 6-87, 7-113, 8-140, 9-153, 10-168 (71 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	25	6	57	5	-	-
Moseley	12	3	55	1	-	-
Cartwright	29	13	40	3	-	-
Breakwell	3	0	7	0	-	-
Langford	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	c Pont b Turner	12
PJ Robinson	lbw b Acfield	51
*DB Close	b Turner	11
JM Parks	lbw b Turner	1
+DJS Taylor	c Smith b Lever	15
GI Burgess	b Acfield	16
PW Denning	not out	78
TW Cartwright	c Francis b East	19
D Breakwell	c Edmeades b Lever	3
HR Moseley	b Turner	10
BA Langford	c Lever b Hobbs	2
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 5 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 104 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-57, 3-65, 4-102, 5-102, 6-137, 7-166, 8-203, 9-228, 10-235 (104 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	30	5	68	2	-	-
Edmeades	9	5	22	0	-	-
Turner	29	10	55	4	-	-
Acfield	24	14	30	2	-	-
East	4	0	19	1	-	-
Hobbs	8	0	24	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Moseley b Langford	79
BC Francis	c Denning b Breakwell	121
GJ Saville	lbw b Breakwell	1
RMO Cooke	c Robinson b Langford	14
KR Pont	b Moseley	18
S Turner	b Moseley	23
RE East	lbw b Moseley	14
*RNS Hobbs	not out	9
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 15 lb)	19
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 98.5 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-194, 2-207, 3-217, 4-235, 5-268, 6-275, 7-298 (98.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	15	2	56	0	-	-
Moseley	9.5	1	36	3	-	-
Cartwright	27	13	53	0	-	-
Breakwell	20	5	66	2	-	-
Langford	20	5	48	2	-	-
Close	7	0	20	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	c Acfield b Lever	12
PJ Robinson	b Hobbs	33
*DB Close	lbw b Turner	10
JM Parks	b East	11
GI Burgess	not out	32
PW Denning	b Hobbs	20
TW Cartwright	c East b Hobbs	6
D Breakwell	b Hobbs	1
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Hobbs	0
HR Moseley	not out	2
BA Langford	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(8 wickets, 64 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-37, 3-64, 4-68, 5-94, 6-110, 7-116, 8-118

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	10	1	28	1	-	-
Lever	9	4	14	1	-	-
Acfield	9	3	19	0	-	-
East	17	5	32	1	-	-
Hobbs	18	9	34	5	-	-
Cooke	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PW Denning (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in County Championship matches
--> BC Francis (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 74
--> BA Langford reached 1300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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