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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 9th, 10th, 11th September 1981 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Somerset 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) | 
| Umpires | HD Bird, DJ Halfyard | 
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 408 all out | 
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 211 all out | 
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BC Rose | c Gooch b Lever | 2 | |||||
| JW Lloyds | c McEwan b Lever | 1 | |||||
| IVA Richards | c and b Turner | 128 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | c East b Phillip | 70 | |||||
| PW Denning | c McEwan b Lever | 10 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Lilley b Lever | 88 | |||||
| NFM Popplewell | run out | 26 | |||||
| VJ Marks | c Phillip b Lever | 27 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | c Phillip b Lever | 20 | |||||
| J Garner | c East b Phillip | 6 | |||||
| HR Moseley | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 13 lb, 3 nb, 9 w) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.2 overs) | 408 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-18, 3-197, 4-222, 5-227, 6-351, 7-355, 8-390, 9-402, 10-408 (97.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 30.2 | 3 | 97 | 6 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 23 | 2 | 126 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 18 | 5 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Turner | 17 | 3 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 9 | 1 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GA Gooch | lbw b Moseley | 17 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c Richards b Botham | 98 | |||||
| AW Lilley | c Taylor b Popplewell | 30 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Richards b Garner | 0 | |||||
| KR Pont | c Popplewell b Botham | 0 | |||||
| N Phillip | c Richards b Moseley | 11 | |||||
| DR Pringle | b Garner | 0 | |||||
| S Turner | c Popplewell b Garner | 14 | |||||
| +DE East | c Moseley b Botham | 15 | |||||
| JK Lever | not out | 11 | |||||
| DL Acfield | b Popplewell | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 9 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.5 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-83, 3-83, 4-99, 5-116, 6-127, 7-145, 8-179, 9-204, 10-211 (63.5 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Garner | 18 | 11 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Moseley | 14 | 2 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Botham | 16 | 6 | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 11.5 | 1 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marks | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GA Gooch | c Taylor b Botham | 122 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c Rose b Moseley | 16 | |||||
| AW Lilley | c Taylor b Moseley | 0 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Roebuck b Botham | 20 | |||||
| KR Pont | c Lloyds b Moseley | 9 | |||||
| N Phillip | b Marks | 15 | |||||
| DR Pringle | not out | 11 | |||||
| S Turner | not out | 30 | |||||
| +DE East | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 5 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 68 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-46, 3-112, 4-142, 5-190, 6-200 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Garner | 14 | 2 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moseley | 16 | 0 | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| Botham | 16 | 5 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marks | 10 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Richards | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PM Roebuck (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 73
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
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