f21321 cc10630	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 6th, 7th, 8th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Somerset 0
Umpires	FS Lee, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 278/4 (Savill 99*, Bear 13*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 205/6 (Atkinson 40*, Langford 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Lobb	17
G Barker	c Stephenson b Lobb	18
+B Taylor	b Lomax	1
*DJ Insole	b Lobb	126
LA Savill	c Stephenson b Lobb	100
MJ Bear	c Stephenson b Lobb	22
GJ Smith	c Atkinson b Palmer	3
WT Greensmith	not out	8
R Smith	c McMahon b Lobb	4
LHR Ralph	c McCool b McMahon	1
KC Preston	lbw b McMahon	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 113.2 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-34, 3-40, 4-239, 5-279, 6-289, 7-293, 8-297, 9-305, 10-305 (113.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	36	11	70	6	-	-
Lomax	25	2	80	1	-	-
Tremlett	11	0	52	0	-	-
Palmer	20	7	36	1	-	-
McCool	5	0	22	0	-	-
McMahon	13.2	5	28	2	-	-
Langford	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	c GJ Smith b Preston	30
L Pickles	c and b Preston	22
CL McCool	c Ralph b GJ Smith	4
PB Wight	c and b R Smith	51
*MF Tremlett	b Preston	0
G Atkinson	not out	40
+HW Stephenson	c Savill b GJ Smith	45
BA Langford	not out	0
KE Palmer	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, 80 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-59, 3-79, 4-80, 5-135, 6-204

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	28	11	69	3	-	-
R Smith	13	3	37	1	-	-
Ralph	11	2	26	0	-	-
Insole	4	0	8	0	-	-
GJ Smith	17	2	38	2	-	-
Greensmith	7	3	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> G Barker (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> LA Savill (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in First-Class matches
--> LA Savill (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> LA Savill (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in County Championship matches
--> LA Savill (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> LA Savill (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-75)
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-75)

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