f20186 cc10051	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 8th, 10th, 11th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Essex 12
Umpires	D Davies, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 42/0 (Gimblett 18*, Walford 24*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 130/5 (Evans 14*, Lawrence 5*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	st Stephenson b Lawrence	59
TC Dodds	lbw b Hall	9
+PA Gibb	c Stephenson b Hall	5
R Horsfall	c Brocklehurst b Buse	140
*DJ Insole	c Evans b Walker	21
TE Bailey	b Buse	54
WT Greensmith	c Walker b Buse	2
FH Vigar	not out	14
R Smith	c Gimblett b Walker	7
KC Preston	c Walker b Langford	13
P Cousens	st Stephenson b Lawrence	2
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 3 w)	17
Total	(all out, 99.4 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-32, 3-116, 4-170, 5-302, 6-306, 7-307, 8-316, 9-335, 10-343 (99.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	14	0	61	2	-	-
Buse	25	5	51	3	-	-
Langford	20	2	80	1	-	-
Smith	9	3	33	0	-	-
Walker	17	2	49	2	-	-
Lawrence	10.4	0	34	2	-	-
Evans	4	0	18	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Gibb b Preston	35
MM Walford	c Greensmith b Insole	70
R Smith	c Gibb b Preston	1
+HW Stephenson	st Gibb b Insole	22
*BG Brocklehurst	c Horsfall b Preston	9
GHD Evans	b Preston	0
J Lawrence	c Vigar b Preston	0
HFT Buse	c Insole b Smith	13
M Walker	b Insole	16
TA Hall	b Smith	12
BA Langford	not out	2
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 67.1 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-82, 2-108, 3-118, 4-135, 5-137, 6-137, 7-145, 8-167, 9-181, 10-186 (67.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	18	3	61	0	-	-
Preston	24	6	60	5	-	-
Smith	10.1	1	19	2	-	-
Insole	15	6	40	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Bailey	51
MM Walford	c Vigar b Bailey	10
R Smith	b Bailey	21
+HW Stephenson	st Gibb b Greensmith	6
J Lawrence	c Gibb b Smith	64
*BG Brocklehurst	b Bailey	15
GHD Evans	c Horsfall b Preston	42
HFT Buse	c Bailey b Smith	23
M Walker	lbw b Smith	9
TA Hall	c Preston b Smith	15
BA Langford	not out	6
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 90.1 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-85, 3-89, 4-95, 5-115, 6-201, 7-235, 8-242, 9-253, 10-270 (90.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	38	11	88	4	-	-
Preston	19	3	57	1	-	-
Smith	12.1	2	58	4	-	-
Insole	5	2	17	0	-	-
Greensmith	14	3	37	1	-	-
Dodds	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	lbw b Hall	18
TC Dodds	c and b Buse	6
+PA Gibb	c Walker b Buse	0
R Horsfall	not out	56
*DJ Insole	not out	32
TE Bailey	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 24.4 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-24

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	10	0	36	1	-	-
Buse	10	1	34	2	-	-
Walker	2	0	20	0	-	-
Lawrence	2	0	9	0	-	-
Brocklehurst	0.4	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GHD Evans made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GHD Evans made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HFT Buse made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HFT Buse made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HW Stephenson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 22
--> M Walker (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> M Walker (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> GHD Evans (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> GHD Evans (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> J Lawrence (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> R Horsfall (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> R Smith reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> R Smith reached 1000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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