f24331 cc12129	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1962
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 27th, 28th, 29th June 1962 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Somerset won by 129 runs
Points	Essex 2; Somerset 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, HE Hammond
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 164/2 (Smith 62*, Knight 18*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 175/2 (Roe 69*, Alley 8*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Bailey b Laker	77
B Roe	lbw b Preston	24
PB Wight	c Barker b Preston	0
WE Alley	st Taylor b Greensmith	84
JG Lomax	c and b Bailey	4
CHM Greetham	c Greensmith b Laker	28
MJ Kitchen	c Barker b Laker	3
*+HW Stephenson	c Greensmith b Laker	5
BA Langford	run out	8
CRM Atkinson	c Barker b Laker	1
GH Hall	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-37, 3-188, 4-188, 5-219, 6-221, 7-228, 8-232, 9-238, 10-238 (74.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	4	2	7	0	-	-
Bailey	20	6	46	1	-	-
Preston	15	0	48	2	-	-
Edmeades	3	0	11	0	-	-
Greensmith	16	3	76	1	-	-
Laker	16.1	4	46	5	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	run out	7
MJ Bear	c and b CRM Atkinson	63
GJ Smith	c Alley b Greetham	73
BR Knight	c and b Greetham	42
*TE Bailey	b Langford	14
+B Taylor	c Stephenson b Langford	1
RAG Luckin	c and b Alley	39
BEA Edmeades	c Wight b Langford	1
WT Greensmith	lbw b Alley	21
JC Laker	c Lomax b Alley	13
KC Preston	not out	3
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 5 w)	22
Total	(all out, 114 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-122, 3-189, 4-212, 5-214, 6-214, 7-215, 8-281, 9-292, 10-299 (114 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	23	2	56	0	-	-
Alley	15	6	29	3	-	-
Langford	43	17	97	3	-	-
Greetham	23	8	53	2	-	-
CRM Atkinson	10	0	42	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Taylor b Bailey	6
B Roe	run out	128
PB Wight	b Bailey	74
WE Alley	b Preston	94
JG Lomax	not out	6
CHM Greetham	c Smith b Bailey	3
MJ Kitchen	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
GH Hall	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 108.4 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-157, 3-306, 4-328, 5-331 (108.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	31.4	5	87	3	-	-
Preston	21	2	74	1	-	-
Greensmith	23	7	66	0	-	-
Laker	33	10	84	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Hall	1
MJ Bear	c Wight b Alley	3
GJ Smith	lbw b Langford	33
BR Knight	c Lomax b Alley	47
+B Taylor	lbw b Alley	4
WT Greensmith	c Greetham b Langford	7
*TE Bailey	not out	17
RAG Luckin	c Lomax b Wight	11
BEA Edmeades	c G Atkinson b Wight	6
JC Laker	c Langford b Wight	4
KC Preston	c Langford b Wight	0
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 57.1 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-6, 3-62, 4-73, 5-96, 6-103, 7-125, 8-133, 9-137, 10-141 (57.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	3	0	24	1	-	-
Alley	15	4	36	3	-	-
Langford	23	13	33	2	-	-
Greetham	3	0	17	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	6	3	12	0	-	-
Wight	7.1	3	11	4	-	-

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Notes
--> B Roe (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> BR Knight (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> B Roe (2) passed his previous highest score of 108 in County Championship matches
--> B Roe (2) passed his previous highest score of 108 in First-Class matches
--> B Roe (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 103
--> B Roe (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 95
--> PB Wight (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 42
--> PB Wight (2) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 56
--> RAG Luckin (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> BA Langford reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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