f21802 cc10891	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 19th, 20th, 21st June 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 7 wickets
Points	Somerset 14 (Batting 2); Essex 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, CAR Coleman
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 32/3 (Savill 10*, Bear 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 246/6 (Greensmith 32*, Ralph 66*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Alley	lbw b Preston	0
JG Lomax	b Preston	28
PB Wight	b Greensmith	47
CL McCool	c Barker b Greensmith	53
*MF Tremlett	st Taylor b Greensmith	63
KE Palmer	c and b Preston	51
+HW Stephenson	c Preston b Greensmith	2
BA Langford	c Ralph b King	1
J Hilton	c Taylor b Greensmith	0
B Lobb	st Taylor b Greensmith	0
JWJ McMahon	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-52, 3-84, 4-159, 5-224, 6-226, 7-227, 8-248, 9-248, 10-260 (96.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	22.1	8	55	3	-	-
Palmer	15	4	56	0	-	-
Ralph	12	4	29	0	-	-
Greensmith	33	11	76	6	-	-
King	14	6	34	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TC Dodds	c Langford b Lobb	4
G Barker	c Stephenson b Lobb	0
+B Taylor	lbw b Langford	9
LA Savill	c Lomax b Hilton	11
MJ Bear	b McMahon	24
GJ Smith	c Wight b Lomax	8
WT Greensmith	lbw b McMahon	1
LHR Ralph	c McCool b Lomax	0
KC Preston	b Lobb	4
IM King	c Hilton b Alley	2
EJ Palmer	not out	9
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 53.2 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-26, 4-33, 5-56, 6-57, 7-58, 8-64, 9-74, 10-84 (53.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	17	5	34	3	-	-
Alley	7	2	11	1	-	-
Langford	6	5	1	1	-	-
McMahon	14.2	8	18	2	-	-
Hilton	6	5	1	1	-	-
Lomax	3	0	7	2	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TC Dodds	c Langford b Lobb	4
G Barker	st Stephenson b Lomax	29
+B Taylor	c Langford b Alley	1
LA Savill	c Wight b McMahon	6
MJ Bear	b Lomax	42
GJ Smith	c McCool b Lomax	53
WT Greensmith	c and b McMahon	38
LHR Ralph	c Stephenson b McCool	66
KC Preston	b Lobb	9
IM King	c McMahon b Lobb	1
EJ Palmer	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-21, 3-38, 4-55, 5-135, 6-152, 7-247, 8-260, 9-262, 10-264 (91.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	20	5	64	3	-	-
Alley	9	0	25	1	-	-
Langford	5	1	14	0	-	-
McMahon	24.4	9	54	2	-	-
Lomax	15	1	42	3	-	-
Palmer	6	1	11	0	-	-
McCool	11	3	34	1	-	-
Wight	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Alley	lbw b Ralph	16
JG Lomax	c Preston b Palmer	22
PB Wight	c Taylor b Ralph	0
CL McCool	not out	26
*MF Tremlett	not out	24
KE Palmer	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
J Hilton	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 19.5 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-25, 3-54

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	6	1	27	0	-	-
Palmer	2	0	15	1	-	-
Ralph	8	1	24	2	-	-
Greensmith	3	0	15	0	-	-
Bear	0.5	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Bear (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> LHR Ralph (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in First-Class matches
--> LHR Ralph (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> LHR Ralph (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> MF Tremlett (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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