f28845 cc14253	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1971
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 11th, 12th, 13th August 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 97 runs
Points	Essex 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Somerset 19 (Batting 4, Bowling 5)
Umpires	HD Bird, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 6/0 (East 6*, Edmeades 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 11/0 (Virgin 6*, Kitchen 5*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Turner b Lever	12
MJ Kitchen	c Taylor b Lever	40
A Clarkson	b Lever	0
DB Close	c Taylor b Lever	0
GI Burgess	c East b Acfield	64
TW Cartwright	c Taylor b Lever	127
KJ O'Keeffe	c East b Lever	17
+DJS Taylor	run out	0
*BA Langford	c and b Boyce	9
HR Moseley	not out	10
AA Jones	b Lever	0
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 14 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-27, 3-27, 4-97, 5-170, 6-233, 7-244, 8-274, 9-301, 10-302 (94 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	21	1	78	1	-	-
Lever	25	3	90	7	-	-
Turner	20	7	50	0	-	-
East	18	2	31	0	-	-
Acfield	10	2	30	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE East	b O'Keeffe	34
BEA Edmeades	c Taylor b Cartwright	43
BC Francis	c Virgin b Cartwright	22
GJ Saville	c Close b Cartwright	0
KWR Fletcher	c Taylor b O'Keeffe	32
B Ward	b O'Keeffe	36
KD Boyce	lbw b Cartwright	3
S Turner	b O'Keeffe	0
*+B Taylor	b O'Keeffe	18
JK Lever	not out	2
DL Acfield	c Cartwright b O'Keeffe	4
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 9 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 81.1 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-89, 3-89, 4-107, 5-168, 6-181, 7-181, 8-184, 9-200, 10-206 (81.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	5	0	33	0	-	-
Cartwright	37	16	59	4	-	-
Moseley	7	1	26	0	-	-
O'Keeffe	32.1	13	76	6	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Taylor b East	15
MJ Kitchen	c Taylor b Boyce	8
A Clarkson	c Turner b East	12
DB Close	c and b Boyce	1
GI Burgess	c Saville b East	20
TW Cartwright	b Acfield	11
KJ O'Keeffe	c Fletcher b East	0
+DJS Taylor	c Taylor b East	1
*BA Langford	c Fletcher b East	26
HR Moseley	c Taylor b East	6
AA Jones	not out	10
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 35.3 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-25, 3-27, 4-46, 5-74, 6-74, 7-74, 8-77, 9-85, 10-118 (35.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	11	1	35	2	-	-
Lever	2	1	5	0	-	-
East	15.3	4	40	7	-	-
Acfield	7	2	30	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Close b Moseley	5
BC Francis	b Jones	0
GJ Saville	c Virgin b Moseley	0
KWR Fletcher	c Virgin b Cartwright	21
B Ward	c Cartwright b Moseley	6
KD Boyce	c Taylor b Cartwright	13
S Turner	c Taylor b Cartwright	12
*+B Taylor	lbw b Langford	26
RE East	not out	19
JK Lever	c O'Keeffe b Cartwright	1
DL Acfield	c Close b Cartwright	1
Extras	(6 b, 4 nb, 3 w)	13
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-5, 3-6, 4-18, 5-35, 6-63, 7-87, 8-97, 9-107, 10-117 (43 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	6	0	14	1	-	-
Cartwright	16	6	31	5	-	-
Moseley	6	1	18	3	-	-
O'Keeffe	8	1	24	0	-	-
Langford	7	2	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Kitchen (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> GI Burgess (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> JK Lever achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 6-42)
--> KD Boyce reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JK Lever reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JK Lever achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 6-42)
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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