f23416 cc11730	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1960
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 17th, 18th, 19th August 1960 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0
Umpires	R Aspinall, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 14/1 (G Atkinson 10*, Stephenson 4*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 72/3 (Virgin 32*, McCool 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Stephenson b Greetham	37
GJ Smith	c Greetham b Langford	83
B Taylor	c Wight b Greetham	11
J Milner	lbw b Alley	44
*TE Bailey	b Biddulph	40
LA Savill	b Biddulph	22
WT Greensmith	not out	51
+JF Taylor	not out	47
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
A Hurd	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-89, 2-135, 3-135, 4-209, 5-219, 6-267

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	28	5	80	2	-	-
Alley	36	8	110	1	-	-
Greetham	32	13	71	2	-	-
CRM Atkinson	11	3	35	0	-	-
Langford	13	5	39	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c JF Taylor b Ralph	28
RT Virgin	b Ralph	0
*+HW Stephenson	c Smith b Preston	21
AA Baig	b Bailey	23
PB Wight	c JF Taylor b Bailey	6
CL McCool	b Bailey	0
WE Alley	lbw b Bailey	0
CHM Greetham	c B Taylor b Ralph	1
CRM Atkinson	b Bailey	8
BA Langford	lbw b Ralph	0
KD Biddulph	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 44.1 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-49, 3-51, 4-57, 5-57, 6-65, 7-80, 8-80, 9-90, 10-94 (44.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	17.1	4	41	5	-	-
Ralph	17	9	27	4	-	-
Preston	10	3	19	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Preston	23
RT Virgin	b Preston	49
AA Baig	c Milner b Bailey	8
PB Wight	b Bailey	6
CL McCool	b Ralph	35
WE Alley	b Hurd	23
CHM Greetham	b Preston	8
CRM Atkinson	not out	44
*+HW Stephenson	c JF Taylor b Preston	3
BA Langford	b Preston	8
KD Biddulph	b Hurd	41
Extras	(1 b, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 110 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-59, 3-71, 4-113, 5-147, 6-151, 7-162, 8-166, 9-178, 10-253 (110 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	28	8	64	2	-	-
Ralph	24	5	63	1	-	-
Preston	34	9	71	5	-	-
Hurd	20	6	46	2	-	-
Greensmith	4	2	4	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	not out	1
GJ Smith	not out	3
B Taylor	did not bat
J Milner	did not bat
*TE Bailey	did not bat
LA Savill	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
+JF Taylor	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
A Hurd	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 2.1 overs)	4

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stephenson	1.1	0	4	0	-	-
Baig	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CL McCool made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CL McCool made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GJ Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> J Milner (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 44
--> JF Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> JF Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> CRM Atkinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> CRM Atkinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> KD Biddulph (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> KD Biddulph (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> LHR Ralph reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 1500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings

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