a2936	Essex v Somerset
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1981 (Group C)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 16th May 1981 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 38 runs
Points	Essex 2; Somerset 0
Umpires	DO Oslear, PSG Stevens
Player of the Match	GA Gooch

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	c Roebuck b Botham	138
AW Lilley	c Rose b Marks	2
KS McEwan	c Taylor b Dredge	24
*KWR Fletcher	run out	62
BR Hardie	c Dredge b Moseley	21
N Phillip	not out	17
KR Pont	not out	0
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-64, 3-222, 4-247, 5-262

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Garner	11	3	44	0	-	-	-	4.00
Botham	10.1	1	74	1	-	-	61.00	7.28
Marks	11	0	50	1	-	-	66.00	4.55
Dredge	11	0	34	1	-	-	66.00	3.09
Moseley	10.5	0	60	1	-	-	65.00	5.54
Breakwell	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	2.00

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*BC Rose	b Turner	49
PW Denning	lbw b Phillip	0
IVA Richards	c McEwan b Turner	43
PM Roebuck	b East	7
IT Botham	c East b Pont	8
VJ Marks	b Turner	9
D Breakwell	st Smith b Pont	7
+DJS Taylor	not out	54
J Garner	c Hardie b Turner	12
CH Dredge	c Smith b Lever	6
HR Moseley	run out	24
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	21
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-78, 3-101, 4-112, 5-129, 6-134, 7-150, 8-169, 9-190, 10-240 (50.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8.2	2	26	1	-	-	50.00	3.12
Phillip	9	2	54	1	-	-	54.00	6.00
Turner	11	0	51	4	-	-	16.50	4.64
East	11	0	38	1	-	-	66.00	3.45
Pont	11	0	50	2	-	-	33.00	4.55

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Notes
--> GA Gooch equalled his previous highest score of 138 in List A matches

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