f22897 cc11468	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 8th, 10th, 11th August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 0; Essex 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	N Oldfield, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 8/1 (Lomax 2*, Bryant 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 183 all out

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Savill	c Bryant b Alley	41
J Milner	b Palmer	48
+B Taylor	c and b Langford	32
*DJ Insole	b Bryant	97
TE Bailey	b Langford	0
MJ Bear	c Stephenson b Biddulph	40
BR Knight	lbw b Biddulph	1
WT Greensmith	c Stephenson b Alley	1
LHR Ralph	lbw b Langford	17
KC Preston	lbw b Langford	4
A Hurd	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 107.1 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-105, 3-131, 4-131, 5-212, 6-214, 7-215, 8-278, 9-288, 10-288 (107.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	26	5	79	2	-	-
Alley	20	5	44	2	-	-
Palmer	17	2	52	1	-	-
Langford	35.1	11	79	4	-	-
Bryant	4	1	19	1	-	-
Greetham	5	1	8	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Milner b Bailey	6
JG Lomax	c Taylor b Bailey	5
LE Bryant	c Taylor b Bailey	6
RT Virgin	run out	9
*MF Tremlett	b Ralph	26
CHM Greetham	st Taylor b Greensmith	43
WE Alley	c Insole b Bailey	37
KE Palmer	c Taylor b Greensmith	4
+HW Stephenson	c Insole b Bailey	22
BA Langford	c Ralph b Bailey	20
KD Biddulph	not out	4
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 70.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-15, 3-24, 4-27, 5-92, 6-96, 7-113, 8-157, 9-164, 10-183 (70.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	21.1	8	43	6	-	-
Knight	19	6	53	0	-	-
Preston	7	2	13	0	-	-
Ralph	10	1	25	1	-	-
Greensmith	10	3	27	2	-	-
Hurd	3	1	21	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Savill	c Palmer b Biddulph	0
J Milner	c Stephenson b Alley	5
+B Taylor	c Greetham b Biddulph	4
*DJ Insole	not out	1
TE Bailey	not out	2
MJ Bear	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
A Hurd	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 6.3 overs)	13
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-10

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	3.3	1	5	2	-	-
Alley	3	0	7	1	-	-

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Notes
--> LA Savill (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 11
--> TE Bailey reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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