f27450 cc13671	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 28th, 29th, 30th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 2 (Bowling 2); Somerset 12 (Batting 7, Bowling 5)
Umpires	AE Alderman, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 204/3 (Robinson 43*, Chappell 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 9/0 (Ward 6*, Edmeades 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Irvine b Jorden	44
A Clarkson	b Boyce	37
PJ Robinson	b Lever	102
MJ Kitchen	c Jorden b Lever	67
GS Chappell	not out	54
WE Alley	b Lever	2
*RC Kerslake	not out	0
R Palmer	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
+RA Brooks	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 13 nb)	19
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 82.2 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-103, 3-204, 4-311, 5-321

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	29	3	111	1	-	-
Jorden	21.2	0	109	1	-	-
Lever	27	5	73	3	-	-
East	5	1	13	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Alley b Rumsey	0
BEA Edmeades	c Brooks b Palmer	16
G Barker	b Langford	33
KWR Fletcher	c Clarkson b Palmer	0
BL Irvine	c Kitchen b Rumsey	47
KD Boyce	c Brooks b Rumsey	10
*+B Taylor	c Virgin b Chappell	9
AM Jorden	c Kitchen b Rumsey	6
RNS Hobbs	b Chappell	9
RE East	c Brooks b Palmer	30
JK Lever	not out	3
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-30, 3-30, 4-76, 5-108, 6-119, 7-119, 8-134, 9-140, 10-168 (59.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	16	3	59	4	-	-
Palmer	13.1	5	30	3	-	-
Alley	14	6	39	0	-	-
Langford	8	4	16	1	-	-
Robinson	1	0	4	0	-	-
Chappell	7	2	15	2	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	b Rumsey	17
BEA Edmeades	b Kerslake	76
G Barker	b Kerslake	44
KWR Fletcher	b Langford	12
BL Irvine	b Kerslake	0
KD Boyce	c Palmer b Robinson	29
*+B Taylor	b Langford	18
AM Jorden	not out	59
RNS Hobbs	c Rumsey b Clarkson	16
RE East	st Brooks b Robinson	10
JK Lever	not out	24
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, 108 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-132, 3-149, 4-149, 5-165, 6-192, 7-210, 8-229, 9-268

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	13	0	61	1	-	-
Palmer	8	0	29	0	-	-
Langford	34	18	53	2	-	-
Robinson	23	8	44	2	-	-
Chappell	5	1	33	0	-	-
Kerslake	18	7	45	3	-	-
Clarkson	1	1	0	1	-	-
Virgin	3	0	17	0	-	-
Kitchen	3	0	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> PJ Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 97 in County Championship matches
--> PJ Robinson (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> PJ Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 97 in First-Class matches
--> PJ Robinson (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GS Chappell (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 23
--> GS Chappell (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> BEA Edmeades (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> AM Jorden (2) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches

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