f29584 cc14471	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 2nd, 3rd, 4th May 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Essex 13 (Batting 8, Bowling 5)
Umpires	WL Budd, DJ Constant
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 55/2 (Close 31*, Taylor 5*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 157 all out

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Jones	2
BC Francis	c Taylor b Moseley	4
KWR Fletcher	c Taylor b Breakwell	67
RMO Cooke	run out	4
KD Boyce	c and b Breakwell	79
S Turner	c Cartwright b Breakwell	36
RE East	c Burgess b Cartwright	67
*+B Taylor	c Taylor b Breakwell	1
RNS Hobbs	b Cartwright	39
JK Lever	not out	22
DL Acfield	c Taylor b Moseley	0
Extras	(12 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-10, 3-36, 4-111, 5-164, 6-234, 7-242, 8-285, 9-335, 10-336 (96 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	11	1	45	1	-	-
Moseley	19	4	51	2	-	-
Cartwright	30	8	84	2	-	-
Burgess	8	0	51	0	-	-
Breakwell	15	2	44	4	-	-
Close	13	2	46	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	b Boyce	3
PJ Robinson	c Boyce b Turner	11
*DB Close	c Boyce b Turner	47
+DJS Taylor	c Taylor b Boyce	13
JM Parks	lbw b Lever	1
BC Rose	c Taylor b Lever	26
GI Burgess	c Turner b Boyce	9
TW Cartwright	c Lever b Turner	9
D Breakwell	c Edmeades b Turner	12
HR Moseley	not out	9
AA Jones	c Hobbs b Boyce	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 12 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-43, 3-80, 4-80, 5-92, 6-118, 7-123, 8-143, 9-157, 10-157 (61 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	26	7	73	4	-	-
Lever	20	6	45	2	-	-
Turner	11	3	20	4	-	-
East	4	2	2	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	c Edmeades b Lever	1
PJ Robinson	c Hobbs b Turner	12
*DB Close	not out	114
JM Parks	lbw b East	47
BC Rose	lbw b Hobbs	22
GI Burgess	c Lever b Hobbs	0
TW Cartwright	c Turner b Hobbs	1
D Breakwell	b Hobbs	2
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Hobbs	14
HR Moseley	lbw b Boyce	0
AA Jones	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(9 wickets, 99 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-21, 3-111, 4-176, 5-176, 6-180, 7-197, 8-213, 9-219

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	9	2	19	1	-	-
Lever	3	3	0	1	-	-
Turner	20	7	31	1	-	-
East	23	4	66	1	-	-
Hobbs	18	3	55	5	-	-
Acfield	26	11	46	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RMO Cooke made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DB Close (2) passed 21000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 98
--> D Breakwell made his debut for Somerset in County Championship matches
--> D Breakwell made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> RMO Cooke made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> JM Parks made his debut for Somerset in County Championship matches
--> JM Parks made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> KD Boyce reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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