a1896	Essex v Somerset
	John Player League 1977
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 8th May 1977 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 94 runs
Points	Essex 4; Somerset 0
Umpires	DJ Constant, WE Phillipson

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
S Turner	c and b Moseley	19
GA Gooch	c Richards b Gurr	2
KS McEwan	b Jennings	37
*KWR Fletcher	c Denning b Dredge	29
MH Denness	run out	1
KR Pont	not out	20
KD Boyce	c Taylor b Moseley	25
BR Hardie	not out	4
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 27 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-32, 3-92, 4-93, 5-97, 6-144

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gurr	8	1	33	1	-	-	48.00	4.12
Moseley	8	0	35	2	-	-	24.00	4.38
Dredge	4	0	29	1	-	-	24.00	7.25
Botham	4	0	22	0	-	-	-	5.50
Jennings	3	0	18	1	-	-	18.00	6.00

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BC Rose	run out	2
PW Denning	c East b Boyce	2
IVA Richards	c East b Boyce	2
IT Botham	c Smith b Lever	1
MJ Kitchen	c Smith b Turner	20
D Breakwell	b East	16
*+DJS Taylor	not out	5
KF Jennings	c Denness b Boyce	1
CH Dredge	b Boyce	1
HR Moseley	lbw b Boyce	0
DR Gurr	b Turner	1
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(all out, 18.2 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-10, 3-11, 4-13, 5-50, 6-52, 7-53, 8-57, 9-57, 10-58 (18.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	5	3	3	1	-	-	30.00	0.60
Boyce	7	1	19	5	-	-	8.40	2.71
East	3	0	15	1	-	-	18.00	5.00
Turner	3.2	0	14	2	-	-	10.00	4.20

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 27 overs per side
--> JK Lever reached 250 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset innings

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