f19728 cc9795	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1952
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 30th, 31st July, 1st August 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Essex 12
Umpires	JS Buller, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 325 all out
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 28/1 (Gimblett 21*, Walford 7*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	lbw b Kenny	34
GG Tordoff	c Gibb b Bailey	9
MM Walford	b Smith	14
MF Tremlett	c Vigar b Kenny	26
HE Watts	c Smith b Kenny	3
+HW Stephenson	c Vigar b Bailey	35
*SS Rogers	c Insole b Kenny	1
R Smith	c and b Vigar	58
J Lawrence	c Avery b Preston	111		150	16	-
J Redman	not out	12
EP Robinson	c and b Bailey	1
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 122.1 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-46, 3-81, 4-86, 5-97, 6-109, 7-139, 8-260, 9-324, 10-325 (122.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	25.1	4	69	3	-	-
Preston	20	4	59	1	-	-
Smith	34	10	67	1	-	-
Kenny	29	11	65	4	-	-
Greensmith	10	3	28	0	-	-
Vigar	4	0	16	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	b Redman	6
TC Dodds	c and b Robinson	150		230	21	-
+PA Gibb	c and b Smith	21
R Horsfall	c Stephenson b Robinson	75
*DJ Insole	st Stephenson b Smith	1
TE Bailey	c Stephenson b Redman	31
R Smith	lbw b Lawrence	63
FH Vigar	c Walford b Redman	4
WT Greensmith	not out	10
CJM Kenny	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(20 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	24
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 115.1 overs)	385
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-102, 3-264, 4-265, 5-271, 6-353, 7-358, 8-385 (115.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tordoff	13	1	48	0	-	-
Redman	19.1	4	59	3	-	-
Robinson	27	6	80	2	-	-
Lawrence	31	3	103	1	-	-
Smith	25	5	71	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Gibb b Smith	51
GG Tordoff	c Vigar b Preston	0
MM Walford	b Preston	15
MF Tremlett	c Bailey b Greensmith	49
HE Watts	c Vigar b Smith	0
+HW Stephenson	c Gibb b Smith	4
*SS Rogers	c sub b Bailey	20
R Smith	not out	18
J Lawrence	not out	73
J Redman	did not bat
EP Robinson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 56 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-66, 3-68, 4-68, 5-85, 6-141, 7-144

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	10	0	56	1	-	-
Preston	12	1	45	2	-	-
Smith	18	5	51	3	-	-
Greensmith	11	0	40	1	-	-
Kenny	5	1	38	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ Insole	st +Gimblett b Smith	79
TC Dodds	c Watts b Robinson	38
+PA Gibb	not out	50
R Smith	not out	2
AV Avery	did not bat
R Horsfall	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
CJM Kenny	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 31 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-163

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tordoff	3	0	23	0	-	-
Redman	2	0	16	0	-	-
Robinson	8	0	48	1	-	-
Lawrence	13	0	58	0	-	-
Smith	5	0	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MF Tremlett (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> J Lawrence (1) passed his previous highest score of 89 in County Championship matches
--> J Lawrence (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> J Lawrence (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in First-Class matches
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 58
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 24
--> R Smith (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> CJM Kenny reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> R Smith reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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