a1276	Somerset v Essex
	John Player League 1974
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 18th August 1974 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 66 runs
Points	Somerset 4; Essex 0
Umpires	C Cook, PB Wight

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+DJS Taylor	c Smith b Boyce	4
*DB Close	c Fletcher b Edmeades	14
PW Denning	c Turner b Boyce	57
IVA Richards	b Acfield	46
JM Parks	not out	41
GI Burgess	b Boyce	8
IT Botham	b Boyce	0
D Breakwell	not out	8
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
RJ Clapp	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 16 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-23, 3-99, 4-160, 5-176, 6-176

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	8	1	33	4	-	-	12.00	4.12
Edmeades	8	1	33	1	-	-	48.00	4.12
Turner	8	1	25	0	-	-	-	3.12
Acfield	8	1	40	1	-	-	48.00	5.00
Lever	8	1	47	0	-	-	-	5.88

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BR Hardie	c and b Burgess	33
S Turner	c Taylor b Jones	9
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Clapp	24
KS McEwan	c Taylor b Clapp	34
KD Boyce	c Botham b Clapp	2
RMO Cooke	run out	13
BEA Edmeades	b Moseley	3
+N Smith	b Jones	1
RE East	run out	3
DL Acfield	b Moseley	0
JK Lever	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 5 w)	9
Total	(all out, 36.1 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-60, 3-83, 4-93, 5-115, 6-124, 7-127, 8-131, 9-131, 10-131 (36.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Jones	6.1	2	11	2	-	-	18.50	1.78
Moseley	6	2	9	2	-	-	18.00	1.50
Botham	8	0	44	0	-	-	-	5.50
Burgess	8	1	42	1	-	-	48.00	5.25
Clapp	8	2	16	3	-	-	16.00	2.00

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Notes
--> PW Denning passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 43
--> BR Hardie passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 5

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