f28189 cc13908	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1970
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 9th, 11th, 12th May 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 34/2 (Kitchen 13*, Rose 12*; 12 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 24/0 (Edmeades 8*, Taylor 16*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Taylor b Burgess	29
*+B Taylor	c Clarkson b Jones	5
GJ Saville	b Jones	2
KWR Fletcher	c Taylor b Jones	1
G Barker	c Palmer b Cartwright	16
KD Boyce	b Cartwright	13
S Turner	c and b Palmer	121
RNS Hobbs	b Palmer	20
RE East	c Taylor b Burgess	12
JK Lever	c Taylor b Burgess	0
DL Acfield	not out	2
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-20, 4-54, 5-67, 6-67, 7-165, 8-201, 9-201, 10-230 (75.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	18	3	51	3	-	-
Palmer	14.4	1	52	2	-	-
Burgess	23	5	58	3	-	-
Cartwright	20	3	60	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Taylor b Boyce	4
A Clarkson	b Boyce	3
MJ Kitchen	c Hobbs b East	19
BC Rose	b Boyce	12
GI Burgess	c Turner b Hobbs	61
TW Cartwright	b Boyce	14
PJ Robinson	c Saville b East	2
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Hobbs	33
R Palmer	not out	28
*BA Langford	b Hobbs	7
AA Jones	c Fletcher b Hobbs	6
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-15, 3-34, 4-52, 5-82, 6-89, 7-151, 8-168, 9-183, 10-199 (86.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	25	6	66	4	-	-
Lever	15	5	40	0	-	-
Turner	12	3	28	0	-	-
East	17	6	17	2	-	-
Hobbs	14.1	3	29	4	-	-
Acfield	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Rose b Jones	16
*+B Taylor	st Taylor b Cartwright	48
GJ Saville	c Taylor b Burgess	25
KWR Fletcher	b Jones	47
G Barker	not out	21
KD Boyce	c Palmer b Burgess	3
S Turner	run out	3
RNS Hobbs	not out	2
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-72, 3-135, 4-145, 5-150, 6-164

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	15	2	65	2	-	-
Palmer	9	3	21	0	-	-
Burgess	7	1	11	2	-	-
Cartwright	15	7	34	1	-	-
Langford	17	5	34	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Turner b Boyce	25
A Clarkson	c Taylor b Turner	14
MJ Kitchen	c Taylor b Turner	0
GI Burgess	c and b Boyce	13
TW Cartwright	run out	5
BC Rose	lbw b Hobbs	16
+DJS Taylor	not out	21
PJ Robinson	b Hobbs	15
R Palmer	not out	6
*BA Langford	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, 57 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-34, 3-54, 4-61, 5-72, 6-96, 7-120

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	11	1	34	2	-	-
Lever	7	0	20	0	-	-
Turner	7	2	16	2	-	-
East	12	7	18	0	-	-
Hobbs	10	5	20	2	-	-
Acfield	10	6	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> B Taylor (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> S Turner (1) passed his previous highest score of 110 in First-Class matches
--> S Turner (1) passed his previous highest score of 110 in County Championship matches
--> RNS Hobbs (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> GJ Saville (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> GJ Saville (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 39
--> TW Cartwright made his debut for Somerset in County Championship matches
--> TW Cartwright made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> AA Jones made his debut for Somerset in County Championship matches
--> AA Jones made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> DJS Taylor made his debut for Somerset in County Championship matches
--> DJS Taylor made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> AA Jones reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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