f30691 cc14923	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 9th, 11th, 12th August 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 3 wickets
Points	Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Somerset 14 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	WL Budd, C Cook
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 102/4 (Taylor 26*, Marks 11*; 31 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 104/1 (Taylor 45*, Denning 45*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Botham b Moseley	10
BR Hardie	c Richards b Breakwell	48
GA Gooch	c Taylor b Moseley	0
*KWR Fletcher	b Moseley	11
KS McEwan	c Taylor b Botham	58
KD Boyce	c Jennings b Close	8
S Turner	c Botham b Close	22
RE East	lbw b Close	6
+N Smith	c Taylor b Moseley	28
RNS Hobbs	lbw b Close	26
JK Lever	not out	20
Extras	(8 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 84.5 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-29, 4-95, 5-146, 6-156, 7-174, 8-178, 9-211, 10-251 (84.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	14	4	39	0	-	-
Moseley	16	3	48	4	-	-
Botham	9	2	33	1	-	-
Jennings	3	0	19	0	-	-
Breakwell	16	4	50	1	-	-
Close	21.5	7	43	4	-	-
Richards	5	3	5	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	c Hardie b Boyce	29
BC Rose	c Fletcher b Lever	2
PW Denning	b Turner	37
IVA Richards	lbw b Lever	7
*DB Close	lbw b Boyce	8
VJ Marks	c Fletcher b East	14
IT Botham	not out	23
KF Jennings	c Smith b Boyce	2
D Breakwell	c Smith b Boyce	0
HR Moseley	c Fletcher b Boyce	7
AA Jones	b Boyce	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 44.5 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-52, 3-60, 4-82, 5-105, 6-113, 7-119, 8-119, 9-144, 10-144 (44.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	18.5	1	73	6	-	-
Lever	9	1	18	2	-	-
Turner	10	2	27	1	-	-
East	7	4	11	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Richards b Close	40
BR Hardie	c Taylor b Jones	1
GA Gooch	lbw b Jones	3
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Breakwell	88
KS McEwan	c Denning b Close	9
KD Boyce	b Close	19
S Turner	c Marks b Breakwell	13
RE East	c Taylor b Moseley	5
+N Smith	not out	3
RNS Hobbs	b Breakwell	0
JK Lever	lbw b Breakwell	0
Extras	(4 lb, 6 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-22, 3-103, 4-116, 5-136, 6-164, 7-179, 8-191, 9-191, 10-191 (67.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	6	0	30	2	-	-
Moseley	17	4	32	1	-	-
Botham	9	1	30	0	-	-
Jennings	3	1	7	0	-	-
Breakwell	14.3	7	33	4	-	-
Close	13	6	41	3	-	-
Richards	5	1	8	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Fletcher b Lever	1
+DJS Taylor	c Smith b Lever	57
PW Denning	c Turner b Boyce	52
IVA Richards	lbw b Lever	25
*DB Close	not out	62
VJ Marks	b Turner	12
IT Botham	lbw b Lever	11
KF Jennings	c Gooch b East	12
D Breakwell	not out	26
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb, 23 nb, 1 w)	41
Total	(7 wickets, 96.1 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-116, 3-152, 4-159, 5-180, 6-221, 7-249

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	24	4	65	1	-	-
Lever	21	9	46	4	-	-
Turner	25.1	6	57	1	-	-
East	13	1	62	1	-	-
Hobbs	7	0	22	0	-	-
Edmeades	6	2	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 12
--> VJ Marks (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> DJS Taylor (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> KD Boyce reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> KD Boyce reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> AA Jones reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> KD Boyce reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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