f31713 cc15292	Somerset v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 13th, 15th August 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 111 runs
Points	Somerset 2 (Bowling 2); Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DGL Evans, DJ Halfyard
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 248/5 (Pont 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	lbw b Lever	6
PW Denning	c Turner b Lever	0
IVA Richards	b Turner	22
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Turner	3
PM Roebuck	lbw b Lever	11
VJ Marks	c Fosh b Lever	18
GI Burgess	c Fletcher b Pont	2
*+DJS Taylor	c Turner b Pont	5
CH Dredge	c Turner b Lever	5
KF Jennings	c Gooch b Lever	14
HR Moseley	not out	1
Extras	(4 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 29 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-29, 3-32, 4-35, 5-63, 6-67, 7-67, 8-73, 9-83, 10-92 (29 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	15	2	41	6	-	-
Turner	9	4	30	2	-	-
Pont	5	0	16	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Jennings b Roebuck	122
MK Fosh	c Taylor b Moseley	22
KS McEwan	c Dredge b Marks	31
*KWR Fletcher	c Denning b Marks	42
GA Gooch	b Roebuck	19
KR Pont	run out	30
S Turner	c Kitchen b Dredge	49
RE East	lbw b Moseley	2
+N Smith	c Dredge b Moseley	2
JK Lever	b Moseley	7
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 110.2 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-114, 3-198, 4-237, 5-248, 6-306, 7-319, 8-321, 9-340, 10-340 (110.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	17.2	4	50	4	-	-
Dredge	12	2	43	1	-	-
Burgess	19	5	57	0	-	-
Jennings	7	1	21	0	-	-
Marks	30	3	78	2	-	-
Richards	3	1	12	0	-	-
Roebuck	22	5	65	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	st Smith b Acfield	14
PW Denning	lbw b Lever	19
IVA Richards	c Pont b Lever	0
MJ Kitchen	c Denness b East	34
PM Roebuck	c Pont b East	5
VJ Marks	b Acfield	7
GI Burgess	run out	32
*+DJS Taylor	b Acfield	1
CH Dredge	c Smith b Acfield	2
KF Jennings	c sub b East	5
HR Moseley	not out	7
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 58.1 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-30, 3-69, 4-77, 5-87, 6-89, 7-106, 8-125, 9-125, 10-137 (58.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	4	39	2	-	-
Pont	3	0	12	0	-	-
Acfield	26	14	31	4	-	-
East	17.1	5	44	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> MH Denness (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> S Turner (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> HR Moseley (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> DL Acfield reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> DL Acfield reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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