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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 23rd, 24th May 1957 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Somerset Second XI 1; Essex Second XI 3 |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Essex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AW Durley | c Whitehead b Biddulph | 22 | |||||
| KW Wallace | lbw b Herting | 11 | |||||
| GJ Nolan | c Harris b Biddulph | 4 | |||||
| JV Wright | c Greetham b Biddulph | 12 | |||||
| P Shott | c Kitchen b Herting | 24 | |||||
| +JF Taylor | c Biddulph b Baker | 50 | |||||
| DW Bryant | c Virgin b Biddulph | 0 | |||||
| PA Spicer | c Andrews b Baker | 10 | |||||
| AB Quick | b Harris | 7 | |||||
| EJ Palmer | b Baker | 5 | |||||
| DT Daniels | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-35, 3-58, 4-67, 5-110, 6-111, 7-146, 8-151, 9-157, 10-159 (63 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Herting | 19 | 7 | 25 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Baker | 11 | 2 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Biddulph | 18 | 3 | 48 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Andrews | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greetham | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bryant | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harris | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Roe | c Taylor b Palmer | 0 | |||||
| JH Harris | c Palmer b Shott | 16 | |||||
| CHM Greetham | c Spicer b Daniels | 48 | |||||
| J Baker | c Wright b Daniels | 10 | |||||
| MJ Kitchen | b Palmer | 0 | |||||
| RT Virgin | c Bryant b Shott | 24 | |||||
| KD Biddulph | c Quick b Daniels | 1 | |||||
| FJ Herting | c and b Shott | 17 | |||||
| LE Bryant | run out | 0 | |||||
| AGT Whitehead | c Spicer b Shott | 2 | |||||
| WHR Andrews | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 44.5 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-35, 3-75, 4-78, 5-81, 6-97, 7-114, 8-118, 9-123, 10-134 (44.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Palmer | 18 | 5 | 31 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Shott | 8.5 | 2 | 31 | 4 | - | - | |
| Daniels | 18 | 2 | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| Essex Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AW Durley | b Herting | 17 | |||||
| KW Wallace | lbw b Harris | 25 | |||||
| GJ Nolan | b Whitehead | 25 | |||||
| JV Wright | c Harris b Whitehead | 16 | |||||
| P Shott | b Greetham | 23 | |||||
| +JF Taylor | b Greetham | 0 | |||||
| DW Bryant | not out | 28 | |||||
| PA Spicer | b Greetham | 6 | |||||
| AB Quick | c Bryant b Whitehead | 8 | |||||
| EJ Palmer | c Herting b Whitehead | 15 | |||||
| DT Daniels | c Andrews b Whitehead | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.4 overs) | 167 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34, 2-47, 3-72, 4-105, 5-105, 6-109, 7-118, 8-131, 9-159, 10-167 (69.4 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Herting | 8 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Baker | 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Biddulph | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greetham | 13 | 3 | 43 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Whitehead | 27.4 | 11 | 45 | 5 | - | - | |
| Harris | 9 | 3 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Roe | b Palmer | 19 | |||||
| JH Harris | c Taylor b Shott | 31 | |||||
| CHM Greetham | c Wright b Palmer | 18 | |||||
| J Baker | b Palmer | 0 | |||||
| MJ Kitchen | not out | 5 | |||||
| RT Virgin | run out | 43 | |||||
| KD Biddulph | b Spicer | 3 | |||||
| FJ Herting | st Taylor b Daniels | 12 | |||||
| WHR Andrews | c Wright b Palmer | 0 | |||||
| LE Bryant | not out | 0 | |||||
| AGT Whitehead | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 51 overs) | 152 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-51, 3-58, 4-83, 5-83, 6-108, 7-129, 8-148 | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Palmer | 19 | 5 | 54 | 4 | - | - | |
| Shott | 11 | 1 | 35 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Daniels | 14 | 5 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spicer | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> KW Wallace made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Nolan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CHM Greetham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Kitchen made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LE Bryant made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AGT Whitehead made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Shott made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Virgin (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Virgin (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AGT Whitehead achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Essex Second XI second innings
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