f30202 cc14730	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 17th, 18th, 19th July 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Somerset 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	WL Budd, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 69/3 (Burgess 6*, Close 15*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Langford	45
BR Hardie	c Burgess b Langford	91
*KWR Fletcher	c Burgess b Langford	19
+KS McEwan	b Langford	4
GA Gooch	c Breakwell b Langford	16
RMO Cooke	not out	14
S Turner	not out	4
RE East	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 96.4 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-139, 3-152, 4-180, 5-192

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	4	2	8	0	-	-
Moseley	10	4	17	0	-	-
Burgess	7	2	14	0	-	-
Langford	40.4	11	81	5	-	-
Breakwell	30	12	61	0	-	-
Botham	2	0	9	0	-	-
Close	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	b East	22
+DJS Taylor	c Hobbs b Turner	16
GI Burgess	b East	23
IVA Richards	c Fletcher b Turner	4
*DB Close	retired ill	17
JM Parks	c Gooch b Acfield	4
IT Botham	lbw b East	6
D Breakwell	not out	36
BA Langford	not out	10
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 54.4 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-43, 3-50, 4-92, 5-102, 6-104

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	10	4	23	0	-	-
Turner	16	4	31	2	-	-
East	18	6	47	3	-	-
Acfield	10.4	3	37	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Taylor b Moseley	7
BR Hardie	b Jones	31
*KWR Fletcher	c Burgess b Moseley	3
+KS McEwan	c Botham b Moseley	0
GA Gooch	b Moseley	2
RMO Cooke	b Moseley	6
S Turner	b Jones	13
RE East	c and b Langford	0
RNS Hobbs	b Breakwell	15
DL Acfield	b Jones	1
JK Lever	not out	7
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 49 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-15, 3-17, 4-39, 5-45, 6-59, 7-60, 8-74, 9-78, 10-93 (49 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	11	1	25	3	-	-
Moseley	16	8	24	5	-	-
Burgess	1	1	0	0	-	-
Langford	19	10	34	1	-	-
Breakwell	2	0	2	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	c Acfield b Turner	15
+DJS Taylor	not out	7
GI Burgess	b Turner	2
IVA Richards	c and b Turner	13
*DB Close	c Hardie b Lever	0
JM Parks	c Lever b East	2
IT Botham	c Turner b East	4
D Breakwell	c East b Turner	6
BA Langford	not out	0
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, 31.4 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-22, 3-27, 4-39, 5-42, 6-46, 7-56

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	7	3	13	1	-	-
Turner	14	5	31	4	-	-
East	5	2	4	2	-	-
Acfield	2	1	1	0	-	-
Hobbs	3.4	3	0	0	-	-

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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
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> HR Moseley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 5-27)
--> HR Moseley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 5-43)
--> DB Close retired ill in the Somerset first innings having scored 17 (team had lost 3 wickets)

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