f30190 cc14719	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1974
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 6th, 8th, 9th July 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Essex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	AE Fagg, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 69/1 (Hardie 35*, McEwan 24*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 123/3 (Taylor 57*, Botham 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	c Lever b Hobbs	77
+DJS Taylor	c Hardie b Hobbs	27
PW Denning	c Acfield b Lever	38
IVA Richards	lbw b Hobbs	0
*DB Close	c Lever b East	75
JM Parks	c Cooke b East	37
IT Botham	b Turner	21
D Breakwell	b Lever	3
BA Langford	not out	0
HR Moseley	not out	1
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 19 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-158, 3-158, 4-168, 5-267, 6-288, 7-304, 8-304

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18	5	40	2	-	-
Turner	20	5	50	1	-	-
Edmeades	6	0	16	0	-	-
Acfield	20	4	49	0	-	-
Hobbs	30	5	86	3	-	-
East	6	0	38	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Jones	6
BR Hardie	b Moseley	35
KS McEwan	run out	90
RMO Cooke	b Langford	31
GA Gooch	c and b Moseley	37
S Turner	lbw b Langford	36
RE East	lbw b Jones	13
*RNS Hobbs	c Richards b Langford	2
DL Acfield	not out	5
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 6 nb)	17
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-72, 3-148, 4-185, 5-251, 6-256, 7-258, 8-272 (100 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	22	6	55	2	-	-
Moseley	26	7	55	2	-	-
Botham	9	1	26	0	-	-
Langford	32	12	62	3	-	-
Breakwell	11	2	57	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	b Turner	2
+DJS Taylor	b Turner	60
PW Denning	b Acfield	20
IVA Richards	b Turner	36
IT Botham	b Hobbs	9
*DB Close	not out	35
JM Parks	c McEwan b Turner	0
D Breakwell	not out	45
BA Langford	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	20
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 101 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-61, 3-122, 4-135, 5-135, 6-135

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	15	4	42	0	-	-
Turner	23	14	22	4	-	-
Edmeades	8	4	15	0	-	-
Acfield	25	3	62	1	-	-
Hobbs	17	4	43	1	-	-
East	13	5	23	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Taylor b Langford	34
BR Hardie	c Taylor b Moseley	0
KS McEwan	c Jones b Langford	30
RMO Cooke	not out	37
GA Gooch	b Close	22
S Turner	not out	6
RE East	did not bat
*RNS Hobbs	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 61 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-59, 3-69, 4-127

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	5	0	26	0	-	-
Moseley	8	3	15	1	-	-
Langford	21	12	33	2	-	-
Breakwell	14	6	33	0	-	-
Parks	2	1	10	0	-	-
Close	11	8	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> MJ Kitchen (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> DB Close (1) passed 31000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> JK Lever reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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