f11926 cc5251	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1927
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 25th, 26th, 27th May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 3; Essex 5
Umpires	J Hardstaff, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 352/5 (Morris 119*, Douglas 54*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 319/5 (Lee 32*, White 18*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	lbw b White	39
LC Eastman	c Case b Greswell	0
J O'Connor	c Greswell b Hill	5
CAG Russell	c and b Hunt	117
HM Morris	c Hill b White	143
MS Nichols	c Lyon b Hill	7
*JWHT Douglas	c sub b Hunt	61
AB Hipkin	run out	24
AH Meston	b White	0
EC Thompson	c sub b Hunt	5
+GF Eastman	not out	7
Extras	(7 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 143.5 overs)	420
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-9, 3-78, 4-229, 5-236, 6-379, 7-395, 8-395, 9-402, 10-420 (143.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hill	28	2	114	2	-	-
Greswell	18	1	47	1	-	-
Hunt	26.5	9	66	3	-	-
Earle	7	0	29	0	-	-
Lee	20	5	60	0	-	-
White	41	16	82	3	-	-
Young	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AES Rippon	b Douglas	47
A Young	c Douglas b Hipkin	103
RA Ingle	b Hipkin	16
+MD Lyon	c Hipkin b Russell	64
JW Lee	c Hipkin b Nichols	33
GF Earle	c Meston b O'Connor	26
*JC White	c and b Hipkin	32
CCC Case	c Meston b Hipkin	35
GE Hunt	b Nichols	7
EVL Hill	not out	6
WT Greswell	absent hurt
Extras	(16 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 150.1 overs)	389
Fall of wickets:
1-93, 2-145, 3-181, 4-239, 5-269, 6-325, 7-351, 8-369, 9-389 (150.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	33	3	122	2	-	-
LC Eastman	19	6	29	0	-	-
O'Connor	23	1	64	1	-	-
Douglas	11	1	24	1	-	-
Thompson	4	1	11	0	-	-
Hipkin	38.1	14	55	4	-	-
Russell	16	2	40	1	-	-
Meston	6	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HM Morris (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in First-Class matches
--> HM Morris (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in County Championship matches
--> HM Morris (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> GE Hunt reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JWHT Douglas reached 1850 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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