f20155 cc10024	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 29th, 30th July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 70 runs
Points	Essex 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	AE Pothecary, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 11/1 (Lawrence 1*, Brocklehurst 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Mitchell	34
AV Avery	b Langford	75
+PA Gibb	c and b Langford	2
R Horsfall	c Mitchell b Lawrence	44
*DJ Insole	c Stephenson b Hall	137
TE Bailey	not out	68
R Smith	b Hall	1
WT Greensmith	not out	4
FH Vigar	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	27
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 123 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-74, 3-162, 4-167, 5-369, 6-379

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	16	2	78	2	-	-
Buse	22	5	45	0	-	-
Mitchell	13	2	41	1	-	-
Langford	36	5	103	2	-	-
Lawrence	24	5	64	1	-	-
Tordoff	9	2	17	0	-	-
Baker	3	1	17	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Gibb b Preston	5
J Lawrence	c Gibb b Bailey	25
*BG Brocklehurst	b Bailey	62
R Smith	c Avery b Smith	11
GG Tordoff	run out	4
HFT Buse	c Gibb b Cousens	1
J Baker	b Cousens	0
+HW Stephenson	b Bailey	45
TA Hall	b Insole	6
BA Langford	c Horsfall b Bailey	1
CG Mitchell	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-98, 3-105, 4-114, 5-118, 6-118, 7-132, 8-173, 9-174, 10-175 (66.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	10	2	18	1	-	-
Smith	18	7	50	1	-	-
Bailey	15.3	4	38	4	-	-
Greensmith	7	2	23	0	-	-
Cousens	12	5	31	2	-	-
Insole	4	3	1	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Preston	0
+HW Stephenson	c Avery b Smith	20
J Lawrence	c and b Greensmith	32
*BG Brocklehurst	b Bailey	44
GG Tordoff	c and b Bailey	15
R Smith	c Horsfall b Bailey	0
HFT Buse	not out	21
J Baker	b Bailey	0
TA Hall	b Bailey	0
BA Langford	st Gibb b Greensmith	7
CG Mitchell	lbw b Bailey	1
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 55.1 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-46, 3-80, 4-113, 5-117, 6-122, 7-122, 8-122, 9-146, 10-147 (55.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	7	0	17	1	-	-
Smith	12	0	39	1	-	-
Bailey	15.1	4	39	6	-	-
Greensmith	9	0	29	2	-	-
Cousens	10	7	14	0	-	-
Insole	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> BG Brocklehurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in First-Class matches
--> BG Brocklehurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> TE Bailey reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings

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