f23252 cc11595	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1960
Venue	Johnson Park, Yeovil on 11th, 13th, 14th June 1960 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 2; Essex 0
Umpires	DE Davies, AE Fagg
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 116/3 (McCool 6*, Greetham 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 0/0 (Barker 0*, Smith 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Virgin b Biddulph	30
GJ Smith	b McCool	54
+B Taylor	c Palmer b Biddulph	2
*TE Bailey	c Stephenson b Palmer	22
WT Greensmith	c and b Biddulph	21
J Milner	b Langford	20
MJ Bear	run out	18
BR Knight	b Langford	0
LHR Ralph	b Langford	0
PJ Phelan	lbw b Biddulph	20
CB Clarke	not out	2
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-51, 3-115, 4-135, 5-143, 6-173, 7-173, 8-173, 9-194, 10-207 (67.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	24.3	6	71	4	-	-
Palmer	11	2	33	1	-	-
Langford	17	6	35	3	-	-
McCool	13	5	30	1	-	-
Wight	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Milner b Greensmith	26
RT Virgin	c Bailey b Phelan	53
PB Wight	c Taylor b Phelan	30
CL McCool	c Taylor b Knight	26
CHM Greetham	c Ralph b Bailey	10
WE Alley	c Ralph b Knight	52
GL Keith	b Knight	1
KE Palmer	b Knight	25
*+HW Stephenson	c Taylor b Knight	29
BA Langford	c Milner b Bailey	1
KD Biddulph	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-93, 3-114, 4-137, 5-149, 6-161, 7-226, 8-233, 9-248, 10-256 (95.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	35	12	67	2	-	-
Knight	25.4	9	72	5	-	-
Greensmith	11	2	30	1	-	-
Clarke	8	1	30	0	-	-
Phelan	14	4	42	2	-	-
Ralph	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Keith b Alley	42
GJ Smith	c Stephenson b Palmer	0
+B Taylor	c Biddulph b Alley	28
*TE Bailey	not out	14
WT Greensmith	c Atkinson b Langford	0
J Milner	lbw b Alley	3
MJ Bear	c Alley b Langford	4
BR Knight	c Langford b Alley	7
LHR Ralph	c Atkinson b Palmer	0
PJ Phelan	not out	1
CB Clarke	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 66 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-51, 3-75, 4-76, 5-79, 6-88, 7-101, 8-102

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	8	2	30	0	-	-
Palmer	15	5	33	2	-	-
Langford	16	10	19	2	-	-
Alley	27	21	17	4	-	-

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Notes
--> BR Knight reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> KE Palmer reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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