f32148 cc15423	Essex v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 12th, 13th, 14th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 200 runs
Points	Essex 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Somerset 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Aspinall, RT Wilson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 270/8 (Turner 39*, Smith 0*; 98 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 183/7 (Phillip 20*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Moseley b Botham	78
GA Gooch	c Richards b Dredge	3
KS McEwan	c Taylor b Moseley	11
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Moseley	2
KR Pont	c Taylor b Botham	0
BR Hardie	c Taylor b Dredge	52
N Phillip	c Dredge b Breakwell	59
S Turner	not out	39
RE East	run out	7
+N Smith	not out	0
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 8 w)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-54, 3-75, 4-134, 5-136, 6-203, 7-239, 8-270

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	19	4	30	2	-	-
Moseley	24	8	55	2	-	-
Dredge	25	4	60	2	-	-
Burgess	17	4	71	0	-	-
Breakwell	13	2	35	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Lever b Phillip	3
PW Denning	c Turner b Lever	2
IVA Richards	lbw b Lever	14
PA Slocombe	c Smith b Phillip	7
PM Roebuck	b Turner	37
IT Botham	c Pont b East	44
D Breakwell	c and b Turner	4
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Turner	5
GI Burgess	c Gooch b Turner	14
CH Dredge	c Fletcher b East	1
HR Moseley	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 47.1 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-5, 3-27, 4-31, 5-103, 6-111, 7-117, 8-129, 9-134, 10-138 (47.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	1	33	2	-	-
Phillip	9	0	38	2	-	-
Turner	16.1	2	47	4	-	-
East	10	5	13	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Taylor b Moseley	9
GA Gooch	c Denning b Breakwell	42
KS McEwan	c Denning b Burgess	6
*KWR Fletcher	c Denning b Moseley	18
KR Pont	b Moseley	33
BR Hardie	b Botham	40
N Phillip	not out	33
S Turner	c Burgess b Botham	3
RE East	not out	0
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 2 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-18, 3-80, 4-88, 5-147, 6-165, 7-183

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	13	1	47	2	-	-
Moseley	19	6	34	3	-	-
Dredge	7	1	35	0	-	-
Burgess	9	4	27	1	-	-
Breakwell	15	5	41	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	b Lever	22
PW Denning	c Pont b Lever	0
PA Slocombe	c Smith b Lever	2
PM Roebuck	c Gooch b Phillip	16
IT Botham	c Smith b Lever	4
D Breakwell	b Turner	14
+DJS Taylor	c Smith b Lever	0
IVA Richards	c Turner b East	33
GI Burgess	not out	13
CH Dredge	c McEwan b Lever	1
HR Moseley	c Turner b East	18
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 45.3 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-5, 3-34, 4-40, 5-57, 6-59, 7-95, 8-99, 9-101, 10-128 (45.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	19	4	33	6	-	-
Phillip	9	1	27	1	-	-
Turner	9	1	43	1	-	-
East	8.3	3	20	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> GI Burgess (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> JK Lever reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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