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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 2nd, 3rd, 4th July 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Somerset won by 10 wickets |
| Points | Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Somerset 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | R Julian, MJ Kitchen |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 42/2 (Holloway 10*, Lathwell 30*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (1) 249/6 (Turner 21*, Rose 6*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | c Parsons b Shine | 4 | 13 | 1 | - | ||
| *PJ Prichard | c Ecclestone b Rose | 51 | 58 | 9 | - | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c and b Shine | 78 | 187 | 13 | - | ||
| SG Law | b Kerr | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| RC Irani | c Herzberg b Kerr | 14 | 48 | 1 | 1 | ||
| AP Grayson | lbw b Rose | 8 | 6 | 2 | - | ||
| DR Law | lbw b Rose | 8 | 13 | 2 | - | ||
| +RJ Rollins | lbw b Kerr | 27 | 54 | 4 | - | ||
| MC Ilott | lbw b Kerr | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| AP Cowan | not out | 46 | 57 | 7 | - | ||
| PM Such | c Turner b Shine | 14 | 63 | 2 | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 13 lb, 8 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84.4 overs) | 280 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Gooch), 2-73 (Prichard), 3-78 (SG Law), 4-122 (Irani), 5-143 (Grayson), 6-165 (DR Law), 7-210 (Rollins), 8-210 (Ilott), 9-214 (Robinson), 10-280 (Such, 84.4 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shine | 23.4 | 8 | 73 | 3 | - | - | |
| Rose | 24 | 8 | 79 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kerr | 23 | 4 | 83 | 4 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 13 | 3 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Herzberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PD Bowler | lbw b Ilott | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| PCL Holloway | c Gooch b Grayson | 90 | 206 | 9 | - | ||
| SC Ecclestone | c Gooch b Ilott | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| MN Lathwell | c Cowan b DR Law | 87 | 140 | 15 | - | ||
| KA Parsons | c Rollins b Cowan | 31 | 65 | 4 | - | ||
| +RJ Turner | not out | 80 | 179 | 6 | 1 | ||
| M Burns | c Rollins b Grayson | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | ||
| GD Rose | c Grayson b Cowan | 36 | 95 | 3 | - | ||
| JID Kerr | b DR Law | 26 | 28 | 4 | - | ||
| S Herzberg | c Grayson b DR Law | 4 | 15 | - | - | ||
| KJ Shine | lbw b Ilott | 12 | 35 | 2 | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 6 nb, 4 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 127.4 overs) | 389 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Bowler), 2-0 (Ecclestone), 3-147 (Lathwell), 4-207 (Parsons), 5-219 (Holloway), 6-233 (Burns), 7-308 (Rose), 8-348 (Kerr), 9-360 (Herzberg), 10-389 (Shine, 127.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ilott | 22.4 | 7 | 70 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cowan | 22 | 3 | 99 | 2 | - | - | |
| Such | 27 | 9 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 19 | 7 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Irani | 18 | 5 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| DR Law | 19 | 1 | 72 | 3 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | lbw b Shine | 23 | 53 | 1 | - | ||
| *PJ Prichard | c Turner b Shine | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| AP Grayson | c Holloway b Rose | 6 | 18 | 1 | - | ||
| SG Law | c Bowler b Kerr | 55 | 57 | 6 | - | ||
| RC Irani | c Shine b Kerr | 6 | 13 | 1 | - | ||
| DR Law | c Parsons b Shine | 4 | 12 | 1 | - | ||
| +RJ Rollins | b Shine | 0 | 18 | - | - | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c Turner b Shine | 4 | 18 | 1 | - | ||
| AP Cowan | c Bowler b Rose | 8 | 21 | 1 | - | ||
| MC Ilott | not out | 1 | 11 | - | - | ||
| PM Such | lbw b Rose | 1 | 9 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 lb, 14 nb, 6 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 37.3 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Prichard), 2-14 (Grayson), 3-61 (Gooch), 4-76 (Irani), 5-104 (DR Law), 6-104 (SG Law), 7-106 (Rollins), 8-117 (Robinson), 9-127 (Cowan), 10-129 (Such, 37.3 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shine | 19 | 5 | 72 | 5 | - | - | |
| Rose | 10.3 | 3 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kerr | 8 | 3 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Burns | not out | 15 | 13 | 3 | - | ||
| PCL Holloway | not out | 5 | 15 | - | - | ||
| *PD Bowler | did not bat | ||||||
| SC Ecclestone | did not bat | ||||||
| MN Lathwell | did not bat | ||||||
| KA Parsons | did not bat | ||||||
| +RJ Turner | did not bat | ||||||
| GD Rose | did not bat | ||||||
| JID Kerr | did not bat | ||||||
| S Herzberg | did not bat | ||||||
| KJ Shine | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 4.4 overs) | 22 | |||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ilott | 2.4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowan | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Somerset score at 120 overs in the first innings was 375-9
--> AP Cowan (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> AP Cowan (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> AP Cowan (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> GD Rose reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JID Kerr reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
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