f26484 cc13220	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1966
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 31st August, 1st, 2nd September 1966 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 101 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Essex 0
Umpires	J Arnold, OW Herman
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 41/3 (Fletcher 5*, Edmeades 6*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 58/4 (Virgin 20*, Robinson 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Knight	46
RT Virgin	lbw b Bailey	49
MJ Kitchen	run out	12
GI Burgess	c Edmeades b Hobbs	0
WE Alley	c Cass b Knight	5
*CRM Atkinson	b Edmeades	88
KE Palmer	lbw b Knight	1
+G Clayton	b Knight	2
PJ Robinson	b Knight	4
BA Langford	c Cass b Edmeades	2
FE Rumsey	not out	13
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 83.4 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-102, 3-102, 4-111, 5-130, 6-132, 7-134, 8-144, 9-151, 10-224 (83.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	24	3	73	5	-	-
Jorden	6	0	16	0	-	-
Edmeades	15.4	3	43	2	-	-
Bailey	12	1	23	1	-	-
Acfield	10	4	19	0	-	-
Hobbs	16	3	48	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	lbw b Palmer	18
GJ Saville	b Palmer	9
*TE Bailey	c Clayton b Rumsey	1
KWR Fletcher	c Clayton b Alley	10
B Taylor	b Rumsey	0
BR Knight	b Alley	52
+GR Cass	not out	39
BEA Edmeades	c Clayton b Rumsey	20
AM Jorden	c and b Robinson	17
RNS Hobbs	c Robinson b Alley	5
DL Acfield	not out	3
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-30, 3-30, 4-55, 5-55, 6-70, 7-135, 8-141, 9-167

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	17	9	30	3	-	-
Palmer	29	7	77	2	-	-
Alley	24	9	35	3	-	-
Langford	14	6	20	0	-	-
Robinson	4	2	12	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Bailey	3
RT Virgin	b Knight	42
MJ Kitchen	c Taylor b Knight	6
GI Burgess	c Cass b Bailey	1
*CRM Atkinson	lbw b Edmeades	24
PJ Robinson	c Bailey b Acfield	25
WE Alley	b Edmeades	56
KE Palmer	lbw b Acfield	1
+G Clayton	st Cass b Acfield	16
BA Langford	c Acfield b Edmeades	0
FE Rumsey	not out	0
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-12, 3-13, 4-58, 5-105, 6-105, 7-115, 8-181, 9-181, 10-183 (83.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	19	7	24	2	-	-
Edmeades	24	6	41	3	-	-
Bailey	9	4	14	2	-	-
Acfield	24.3	9	67	3	-	-
Hobbs	7	0	28	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	c Virgin b Robinson	50
GJ Saville	b Langford	11
BEA Edmeades	b Palmer	0
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Palmer	29
BR Knight	c Rumsey b Palmer	4
+GR Cass	c Virgin b Langford	0
*TE Bailey	b Langford	1
B Taylor	b Palmer	10
AM Jorden	not out	5
RNS Hobbs	st Clayton b Langford	6
DL Acfield	b Rumsey	4
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 42.3 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-53, 3-67, 4-97, 5-109, 6-110, 7-110, 8-116, 9-116, 10-125 (42.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	9.3	1	25	1	-	-
Palmer	9	2	20	4	-	-
Alley	3	0	11	0	-	-
Langford	14	2	46	4	-	-
Robinson	7	3	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CRM Atkinson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 86
--> CRM Atkinson (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> MJ Bear (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> WE Alley reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WE Alley reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> FE Rumsey reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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