f11274 cc4851	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1925
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 1st, 2nd July 1925 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 92 runs
Points	Essex 5; Somerset 0
Umpires	F Chester, AE Street
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 341/7 (O'Connor 33*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Hunt b Collings	1
JA Cutmore	c Hill b Winter	23
+JR Freeman	c Hunt b Collings	12
CAG Russell	c Hunt b Young	150		210	18	-
PA Perrin	b Young	92
J O'Connor	b Draper	57
*JWHT Douglas	c Hunt b Winter	12
AB Hipkin	c Young b Draper	0
HM Morris	b Hunt	58
MS Nichols	not out	1
GM Louden	c Collings b Draper	1
Extras	(14 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	26
Total	(all out, 147.1 overs)	433
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-35, 3-62, 4-291, 5-296, 6-341, 7-341, 8-431, 9-431, 10-433 (147.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Draper	37.1	14	73	3	-	-
Collings	35	7	125	2	2	-
Hunt	40	8	99	1	-	-
Winter	11	1	47	2	-	2
Young	24	4	63	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CCC Case	c Hipkin b Nichols	12
A Young	lbw b O'Connor	23
ETLR Haywood	lbw b O'Connor	0
RA Ingle	b Nichols	41
*PR Johnson	b Louden	0
GF Earle	st Freeman b O'Connor	67
CA Winter	b Douglas	20
GE Hunt	c Freeman b Louden	23
+ML Hill	c Eastman b Louden	10
EP Collings	not out	1
RW Draper	c Louden b Douglas	2
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-31, 3-50, 4-51, 5-142, 6-163, 7-199, 8-207, 9-209, 10-212 (61.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Louden	17	2	47	3	-	-
Douglas	6.5	2	16	2	-	-
Hipkin	8	2	29	0	-	-
Nichols	10	1	21	2	1	-
O'Connor	17	3	77	3	-	-
Russell	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CCC Case	c Russell b Louden	10
A Young	b Louden	31
GE Hunt	c Cutmore b Hipkin	25
RA Ingle	b Nichols	22
*PR Johnson	b Hipkin	0
GF Earle	c Perrin b Nichols	11
CA Winter	b Hipkin	0
ETLR Haywood	lbw b Hipkin	0
+ML Hill	not out	10
EP Collings	b Hipkin	3
RW Draper	c and b Nichols	11
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 30.1 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-57, 3-77, 4-81, 5-100, 6-100, 7-100, 8-105, 9-108, 10-129 (30.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Louden	12	1	38	2	-	-
Douglas	6	0	14	0	-	-
O'Connor	3	0	26	0	-	-
Hipkin	6	1	32	5	-	-
Nichols	3.1	1	13	3	-	1

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CAG Russell scored 1 five in the Essex first innings
--> RW Draper made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RA Ingle (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> RW Draper achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-87)
--> JWHT Douglas reached 1300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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