f31244 cc15135	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 1st, 2nd, 3rd September 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Somerset 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	A Jepson, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 14/0 (Rose 9*, Denning 4*; 3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 103/1 (McEvoy 56*, McEwan 36*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSA McEvoy	c Taylor b Gurr	4
R Herbert	c Marks b Botham	10
KS McEwan	c Dredge b Botham	18
*KWR Fletcher	c Botham b Burgess	26
GA Gooch	c Taylor b Gurr	2
KR Pont	not out	105
S Turner	run out	4
RE East	b Marks	42
+N Smith	c Breakwell b Botham	126
JK Lever	not out	1
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	352
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-17, 3-50, 4-62, 5-74, 6-87, 7-135, 8-341

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	25	3	98	2	-	-
Botham	20	4	60	3	-	-
Burgess	16	2	50	1	-	-
Dredge	14	2	60	0	-	-
Breakwell	10	3	32	0	-	-
Marks	15	3	38	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	b Turner	58
PW Denning	c McEwan b Acfield	52
VJ Marks	c Gooch b Turner	0
MJ Kitchen	c McEvoy b Turner	7
IT Botham	b Turner	58
PA Slocombe	c Lever b East	55
GI Burgess	b Acfield	7
*+DJS Taylor	c McEwan b East	10
D Breakwell	b Lever	40
CH Dredge	not out	16
DR Gurr	not out	10
Extras	(5 b, 12 lb, 5 nb)	22
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-117, 3-127, 4-131, 5-217, 6-236, 7-254, 8-285, 9-318

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	19	3	55	1	-	-
Turner	20	3	75	4	-	-
Acfield	38	8	131	2	-	-
East	23	4	52	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Burgess	61
R Herbert	c Taylor b Dredge	7
KS McEwan	c Rose b Dredge	105
*KWR Fletcher	not out	64
GA Gooch	not out	31
KR Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb)	16
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 67 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-151, 3-191

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	6	0	39	0	-	-
Botham	6	0	42	0	-	-
Burgess	19	2	60	1	-	-
Dredge	18	2	52	2	-	-
Breakwell	10	2	35	0	-	-
Marks	8	1	40	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Denning	lbw b Lever	0
MJ Kitchen	run out	8
BC Rose	run out	47
VJ Marks	c Smith b Acfield	98
IT Botham	run out	37
GI Burgess	b Acfield	3
*+DJS Taylor	lbw b Turner	0
D Breakwell	c and b Turner	3
PA Slocombe	c Fletcher b East	0
CH Dredge	not out	6
DR Gurr	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, 79 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-16, 3-120, 4-181, 5-188, 6-193, 7-193, 8-201, 9-213

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	1	69	1	-	-
Turner	18	5	43	2	-	-
Acfield	22	4	56	2	-	-
East	19	7	36	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
--> RE East (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> N Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in First-Class matches
--> N Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in County Championship matches
--> MSA McEvoy (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> MSA McEvoy (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> VJ Marks (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in County Championship matches
--> VJ Marks (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> S Turner reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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