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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th May 2004 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Somerset 10 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 12 (Batting 5, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | JH Evans, PJ Hartley |
| Scorers | DJ Norris (Essex), GA Stickley (Somerset) |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 11/1 (Edwards 11*, Cox 0*; 3 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 52/2 (Grayson 13*, Flower 10*; 28 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Somerset (2) 23/0 (Bowler 19*, Edwards 4*; 6 overs) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WI Jefferson | b McLean | 95 | 110 | 161 | 17 | - | |
| AN Cook | c Turner b Caddick | 8 | 18 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| *AP Grayson | c Edwards b Caddick | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| A Flower | b Caddick | 42 | 77 | 93 | 5 | - | |
| A Habib | lbw b Caddick | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| +JS Foster | run out | 37 | 78 | 88 | 6 | - | |
| JD Middlebrook | c Parsons b Caddick | 115 | 173 | 213 | 18 | 1 | |
| GR Napier | c Burns b Caddick | 79 | 99 | 125 | 11 | 2 | |
| AJ Clarke | c Edwards b McLean | 2 | 11 | 12 | - | - | |
| SA Brant | not out | 6 | 12 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| AGAM McCoubrey | not out | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 lb, 4 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 98.3 overs) | 400 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Cook), 2-33 (Grayson), 3-140 (Flower), 4-140 (Habib), 5-162 (Jefferson), 6-205 (Foster), 7-380 (Napier), 8-383 (Clarke), 9-393 (Middlebrook) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Caddick | 24 | 5 | 80 | 6 | - | 1 | |
| Johnson | 21 | 2 | 90 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| McLean | 20.3 | 3 | 75 | 2 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 17 | 2 | 86 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blackwell | 13 | 3 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burns | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PD Bowler | c Flower b Napier | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | - | |
| NJ Edwards | c Foster b Clarke | 26 | 41 | 57 | 4 | - | |
| J Cox | c Cook b Brant | 86 | 160 | 257 | 12 | - | |
| JC Hildreth | c Flower b McCoubrey | 9 | 15 | 14 | 2 | - | |
| *M Burns | c Foster b Clarke | 32 | 91 | 116 | 3 | - | |
| ID Blackwell | c and b Napier | 3 | 6 | 4 | - | - | |
| KA Parsons | c Cook b Clarke | 12 | 12 | 13 | 3 | - | |
| +RJ Turner | lbw b McCoubrey | 25 | 39 | 39 | 4 | - | |
| RL Johnson | c Cook b Middlebrook | 58 | 36 | 49 | 6 | 4 | |
| AR Caddick | c Clarke b Brant | 54 | 51 | 65 | 7 | 1 | |
| NAM McLean | not out | 22 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 2 | |
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78.3 overs) | 339 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Bowler), 2-40 (Edwards), 3-51 (Hildreth), 4-144 (Burns), 5-147 (Blackwell), 6-162 (Parsons), 7-198 (Turner), 8-198 (Cox), 9-291 (Johnson), 10-339 (Caddick, 78.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Napier | 16 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Brant | 17.3 | 1 | 87 | 2 | - | - | |
| Clarke | 21 | 2 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| McCoubrey | 10 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Middlebrook | 10 | 1 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WI Jefferson | b McLean | 14 | 46 | 51 | 2 | - | |
| AN Cook | lbw b McLean | 10 | 26 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| *AP Grayson | b Blackwell | 30 | 86 | 125 | 4 | - | |
| A Flower | c Turner b Caddick | 172 | 293 | 335 | 22 | 2 | |
| A Habib | b Blackwell | 28 | 65 | 61 | 2 | 1 | |
| +JS Foster | not out | 104 | 176 | 241 | 12 | 1 | |
| JD Middlebrook | b Caddick | 1 | 5 | 12 | - | - | |
| GR Napier | c Bowler b Blackwell | 9 | 9 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Clarke | b McLean | 28 | 31 | 34 | 6 | - | |
| SA Brant | b McLean | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - | |
| AGAM McCoubrey | b McLean | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 6 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 123.1 overs) | 413 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Cook), 2-29 (Jefferson), 3-100 (Grayson), 4-150 (Habib), 5-329 (Flower), 6-335 (Middlebrook), 7-353 (Napier), 8-391 (Clarke), 9-405 (Brant), 10-413 (McCoubrey, 123.1 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Caddick | 29 | 5 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 26 | 7 | 79 | 0 | - | - | |
| McLean | 26.1 | 4 | 87 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| Blackwell | 39 | 4 | 146 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| Edwards | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PD Bowler | not out | 138 | 236 | 379 | 19 | - | |
| NJ Edwards | c Foster b Brant | 19 | 36 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| J Cox | run out | 3 | 8 | 17 | - | - | |
| JC Hildreth | b Middlebrook | 41 | 81 | 92 | 7 | - | |
| *M Burns | b Napier | 6 | 13 | 62 | 1 | - | |
| ID Blackwell | b Clarke | 30 | 29 | 22 | 6 | - | |
| KA Parsons | c Foster b Clarke | 11 | 28 | 51 | 2 | - | |
| +RJ Turner | not out | 20 | 67 | 73 | 3 | - | |
| RL Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Caddick | did not bat | ||||||
| NAM McLean | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 83 overs) | 271 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44 (Edwards), 2-56 (Cox), 3-131 (Hildreth), 4-156 (Burns), 5-192 (Blackwell), 6-209 (Parsons) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Napier | 22 | 1 | 84 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clarke | 19 | 5 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brant | 11 | 4 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 8 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| McCoubrey | 6 | 2 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Middlebrook | 17 | 2 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AGAM McCoubrey made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JD Middlebrook (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in County Championship matches
--> JD Middlebrook (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JD Middlebrook (1) 100 in 152 balls, 181 minutes with 15 fours and 1 six
--> JD Middlebrook (1) passed his previous highest score of 101 in First-Class matches
--> AR Caddick (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> A Flower (2) 100 in 208 balls, 238 minutes with 12 fours and 2 sixes
--> JS Foster (2) 100 in 171 balls, 237 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> JS Foster (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> PD Bowler (2) 100 in 175 balls, 241 minutes with 12 fours
--> PD Bowler (2) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 81
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