f21858 cc10937	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 13th, 15th July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, DE Davies
Close of play day 1	Somerset (2) 0/0 (McMahon 0*, Lomax 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Alley	c Taylor b Preston	7
JG Lomax	c Insole b Ralph	22
GM Tripp	b Preston	6
CL McCool	c Insole b Ralph	5
G Atkinson	lbw b Preston	4
*MF Tremlett	c and b Ralph	7
+HW Stephenson	c Dodds b Preston	9
KE Palmer	not out	11
BA Langford	c King b Ralph	2
B Lobb	b Ralph	2
JWJ McMahon	c Insole b Ralph	1
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 33.5 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-16, 3-33, 4-40, 5-50, 6-56, 7-60, 8-66, 9-70, 10-77 (33.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	17	3	43	4	-	-
Ralph	16.5	6	33	6	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Alley	8
G Barker	c Tremlett b Lobb	48
+B Taylor	c Lomax b Palmer	30
*DJ Insole	c Atkinson b Alley	4
TE Bailey	c and b McMahon	29
LA Savill	c and b McCool	8
MJ Bear	b McCool	3
WT Greensmith	lbw b McCool	23
LHR Ralph	not out	12
KC Preston	c Langford b McMahon	1
IM King	lbw b McCool	1
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-76, 3-81, 4-90, 5-105, 6-111, 7-158, 8-172, 9-173, 10-177 (81 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	14	0	48	1	-	-
Alley	25	9	23	2	-	-
Lomax	4	1	10	0	-	-
Palmer	10	1	43	1	-	-
Langford	2	1	5	0	-	-
McMahon	9	8	1	2	-	-
McCool	17	5	37	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JWJ McMahon	c Taylor b Ralph	17
JG Lomax	c Insole b Preston	2
WE Alley	c Ralph b Greensmith	39
GM Tripp	lbw b Ralph	62
CL McCool	b Ralph	9
G Atkinson	b Greensmith	37
*MF Tremlett	c Preston b Greensmith	1
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Preston	17
KE Palmer	c Taylor b Preston	1
BA Langford	lbw b Ralph	4
B Lobb	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-55, 3-63, 4-79, 5-141, 6-143, 7-187, 8-187, 9-191, 10-197 (88 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	21	7	45	3	-	-
Ralph	28	7	53	4	-	-
Greensmith	23	3	65	3	-	-
Bailey	2	1	2	0	-	-
King	13	3	27	0	-	-
Insole	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	not out	47
G Barker	c Stephenson b Lobb	0
+B Taylor	c Langford b McMahon	48
*DJ Insole	not out	0
TE Bailey	did not bat
LA Savill	did not bat
MJ Bear	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
IM King	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 24.5 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-94

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	6	0	14	1	-	-
Alley	4	1	10	0	-	-
Palmer	2.5	0	16	0	-	-
Langford	3	0	18	0	-	-
McMahon	7	2	27	1	-	-
McCool	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GM Tripp (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> GM Tripp (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches
--> G Atkinson (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> LHR Ralph reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> LHR Ralph reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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