f15546 cc7537	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1936
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 19th, 20th, 21st August 1936 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 66 runs
Points	Somerset 0; Essex 15
Umpires	J Hardstaff, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 38/2 (Nichols 4*, O'Connor 1*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 48/2 (JW Lee 13*, Burrough 11*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b Nichols	2
H Gimblett	b Farnes	4
JW Lee	c TPB Smith b Eastman	57
HD Burrough	b Farnes	7
JH Cameron	b Farnes	20
*RA Ingle	b Eastman	2
JC White	c and b Nichols	12
AW Wellard	b Eastman	8
WHR Andrews	lbw b Nichols	1
+WT Luckes	b Nichols	4
HL Hazell	not out	6
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-6, 3-19, 4-57, 5-66, 6-95, 7-105, 8-114, 9-124, 10-132 (55.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	13	2	38	3	-	-
Nichols	21	7	43	4	-	-
R Smith	2	0	11	0	-	-
Eastman	19.2	5	31	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DR Wilcox	lbw b Wellard	3
RM Taylor	c Luckes b Andrews	27
MS Nichols	lbw b White	57
J O'Connor	b Gimblett	20
BH Belle	c and b White	39
N Vere Hodge	b Andrews	4
TPB Smith	c Luckes b Wellard	10
LC Eastman	lbw b Gimblett	26
R Smith	c Luckes b Andrews	26
K Farnes	not out	97
+TH Wade	c Luckes b Andrews	57
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 106.4 overs)	378
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-35, 3-63, 4-129, 5-140, 6-156, 7-172, 8-199, 9-229, 10-378 (106.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	31	5	92	2	-	-
Andrews	24.4	5	74	4	-	-
Gimblett	12	0	55	2	-	-
JW Lee	12	2	50	0	-	-
White	22	5	74	2	-	-
Hazell	5	0	21	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b TPB Smith	16
H Gimblett	c Belle b Farnes	6
JW Lee	b TPB Smith	19
HD Burrough	c Wade b Nichols	21
JH Cameron	c TPB Smith b Nichols	18
JC White	b Farnes	27
*RA Ingle	c TPB Smith b Farnes	9
AW Wellard	b Eastman	14
WHR Andrews	c Wade b TPB Smith	37
+WT Luckes	not out	6
HL Hazell	c Farnes b TPB Smith	2
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-36, 3-54, 4-74, 5-98, 6-115, 7-134, 8-142, 9-176, 10-180 (69.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	22	4	60	3	-	-
Nichols	15	8	18	2	-	-
Eastman	14	3	49	1	-	-
TPB Smith	18.2	4	48	4	-	-

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Notes
--> K Farnes (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> K Farnes (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in first-class matches
--> TH Wade (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> WHR Andrews reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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