f24189 cc12023	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1962
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 2nd, 3rd, 4th May 1962 (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	JF Crapp, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 19/0 (G Atkinson 8*, Roe 10*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 351/9 (Langford 14*, Latham 11*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Wight b Palmer	0
MJ Bear	c and b CRM Atkinson	48
+B Taylor	c CRM Atkinson b Langford	92
*TE Bailey	c Wight b Alley	80
PA Spicer	c CRM Atkinson b JG Lomax	80
BR Knight	run out	5
RAG Luckin	c Stephenson b Palmer	30
WT Greensmith	b Palmer	0
BEA Edmeades	c JG Lomax b Palmer	10
T Kent	not out	23
KC Preston	not out	9
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	383
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-130, 3-142, 4-246, 5-259, 6-316, 7-318, 8-334, 9-370

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	22	7	65	4	-	-
IR Lomax	4	0	20	0	-	-
Alley	15	2	59	1	-	-
Langford	36	15	68	1	-	-
CRM Atkinson	19	7	56	1	-	-
Latham	9	1	48	0	-	-
JG Lomax	15	1	61	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Greensmith	133
B Roe	c Taylor b Greensmith	50
PB Wight	c Preston b Knight	104
WE Alley	c Taylor b Knight	20
JG Lomax	b Bailey	0
KE Palmer	c Edmeades b Knight	1
IR Lomax	run out	6
CRM Atkinson	b Knight	6
*+HW Stephenson	b Knight	3
BA Langford	not out	14
ME Latham	not out	11
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-95, 2-270, 3-305, 4-305, 5-307, 6-310, 7-322, 8-322, 9-331

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	25	2	74	5	-	-
Bailey	21	7	45	1	-	-
Preston	18	3	56	0	-	-
Greensmith	29	8	80	2	-	-
Spicer	3	0	16	0	-	-
Kent	24	3	77	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Palmer	28
MJ Bear	lbw b Palmer	30
+B Taylor	c and b Alley	19
BR Knight	not out	77
PA Spicer	c Stephenson b Alley	0
*TE Bailey	b Alley	0
RAG Luckin	c CRM Atkinson b Alley	2
WT Greensmith	not out	27
BEA Edmeades	did not bat
T Kent	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-58, 3-92, 4-93, 5-93, 6-101

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	16	2	46	2	-	-
Alley	18	4	52	4	-	-
Langford	14	8	25	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	7	3	29	0	-	-
Latham	2	0	10	0	-	-
JG Lomax	6	2	21	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Knight b Greensmith	53
B Roe	c Barker b Knight	10
WE Alley	c Barker b Preston	6
IR Lomax	c Preston b Bailey	2
JG Lomax	c Taylor b Bailey	0
KE Palmer	b Preston	8
CRM Atkinson	c Taylor b Greensmith	10
*+HW Stephenson	not out	4
BA Langford	not out	0
PB Wight	did not bat
ME Latham	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(7 wickets, 49.5 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-31, 3-34, 4-36, 5-45, 6-75, 7-94

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	8	2	26	1	-	-
Bailey	13.5	5	27	2	-	-
Preston	10	3	19	2	-	-
Greensmith	11	6	15	2	-	-
Kent	3	2	3	0	-	-
Edmeades	4	2	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PA Spicer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PA Spicer made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RAG Luckin made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RAG Luckin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> IR Lomax made his debut in County Championship matches
--> B Taylor (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 76
--> T Kent (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> T Kent (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> G Atkinson (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 131
--> PB Wight (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 76
--> B Roe (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> IR Lomax made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WE Alley reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> BR Knight reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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