a2293	Somerset v Essex
	John Player League 1978
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 3rd September 1978 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 2 runs
Points	Somerset 0; Essex 4
Umpires	WE Alley, DJ Halfyard

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AW Lilley	c Denning b Burgess	13
GA Gooch	c Burgess b Botham	7
KS McEwan	b Moseley	2
*KWR Fletcher	not out	76
KR Pont	b Dredge	35
BR Hardie	b Botham	38
N Phillip	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(16 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-25, 3-29, 4-92, 5-190 (40 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Botham	8	0	38	2	-	-	24.00	4.75
Moseley	8	0	20	1	-	-	48.00	2.50
Burgess	8	0	20	1	-	-	48.00	2.50
Jennings	8	0	38	0	-	-	-	4.75
Dredge	8	0	55	1	-	-	48.00	6.88

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*BC Rose	b Lever	9
PW Denning	c Smith b Phillip	8
IVA Richards	c Hardie b Gooch	26
PM Roebuck	b East	30
IT Botham	c McEwan b Phillip	45
PA Slocombe	b Lever	20
GI Burgess	c and b Turner	0
KF Jennings	not out	14
CH Dredge	b Lever	14
+DJS Taylor	run out	4
HR Moseley	run out	0
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 40 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-69, 4-87, 5-139, 6-140, 7-157, 8-177, 9-185, 10-188 (40 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	0	38	3	-	-	16.00	4.75
Phillip	8	0	35	2	-	-	24.00	4.38
Gooch	8	0	31	1	-	-	48.00	3.88
Turner	8	0	32	1	-	-	48.00	4.00
East	8	0	34	1	-	-	48.00	4.25

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Notes
--> KWR Fletcher passed 5500 runs in List A matches when he reached 14
--> BC Rose passed 2500 runs in List A matches when he reached 3
--> CH Dredge passed his previous highest score of 13 in List A matches

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