f27848 cc13819	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1969
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 26th, 28th, 29th July 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Essex 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5)
Umpires	J Arnold, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 31/1 (Edmeades 15*, Lever 1*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Boyce	3
A Clarkson	c Boyce b Lever	5
GS Chappell	lbw b Lever	1
MJ Kitchen	c Taylor b Turner	71
PW Denning	b Boyce	69
GI Burgess	b Boyce	6
KE Palmer	c Taylor b Boyce	4
*BA Langford	lbw b Turner	0
PJ Robinson	not out	7
R Palmer	c Taylor b Turner	1
+CEP Carter	b Boyce	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-14, 4-136, 5-163, 6-165, 7-168, 8-176, 9-177, 10-179 (54.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	20.4	1	73	5	-	-
Lever	18	2	60	2	-	-
Turner	12	4	29	3	-	-
Acfield	4	2	5	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	lbw b Burgess	9
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Burgess	148
JK Lever	b R Palmer	9
HR Sherman	c Carter b KE Palmer	9
BL Irvine	b Langford	41
KD Boyce	lbw b Langford	20
S Turner	not out	1
*+B Taylor	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-59, 3-91, 4-216, 5-244, 6-250 (83 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Palmer	18	4	61	1	-	-
Burgess	16	5	42	2	-	-
KE Palmer	16	2	47	1	-	-
Chappell	4	1	4	0	-	-
Robinson	2	1	12	0	-	-
Langford	27	9	71	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	26
A Clarkson	not out	31
GS Chappell	did not bat
MJ Kitchen	did not bat
PW Denning	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
*BA Langford	did not bat
PJ Robinson	did not bat
R Palmer	did not bat
+CEP Carter	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(no wicket, 30 overs)	61

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	5	1	16	0	-	-
Acfield	12	4	23	0	-	-
Hobbs	8	4	9	0	-	-
Irvine	3	0	8	0	-	-
Ward	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Kitchen (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> PW Denning (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> PW Denning (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed his previous highest score of 135 in First-Class matches
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed his previous highest score of 135 in County Championship matches
--> GI Burgess reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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