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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 25th, 26th, 27th May 1927 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Somerset 3; Essex 5 |
| Umpires | J Hardstaff, J Stone |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 352/5 (Morris 119*, Douglas 54*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (1) 319/5 (Lee 32*, White 18*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Cutmore | lbw b White | 39 | |||||
| LC Eastman | c Case b Greswell | 0 | |||||
| J O'Connor | c Greswell b Hill | 5 | |||||
| CAG Russell | c and b Hunt | 117 | |||||
| HM Morris | c Hill b White | 143 | |||||
| MS Nichols | c Lyon b Hill | 7 | |||||
| *JWHT Douglas | c sub b Hunt | 61 | |||||
| AB Hipkin | run out | 24 | |||||
| AH Meston | b White | 0 | |||||
| EC Thompson | c sub b Hunt | 5 | |||||
| +GF Eastman | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 5 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 143.5 overs) | 420 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-9, 3-78, 4-229, 5-236, 6-379, 7-395, 8-395, 9-402, 10-420 (143.5 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hill | 28 | 2 | 114 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greswell | 18 | 1 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hunt | 26.5 | 9 | 66 | 3 | - | - | |
| Earle | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lee | 20 | 5 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| White | 41 | 16 | 82 | 3 | - | - | |
| Young | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AES Rippon | b Douglas | 47 | |||||
| A Young | c Douglas b Hipkin | 103 | |||||
| RA Ingle | b Hipkin | 16 | |||||
| +MD Lyon | c Hipkin b Russell | 64 | |||||
| JW Lee | c Hipkin b Nichols | 33 | |||||
| GF Earle | c Meston b O'Connor | 26 | |||||
| *JC White | c and b Hipkin | 32 | |||||
| CCC Case | c Meston b Hipkin | 35 | |||||
| GE Hunt | b Nichols | 7 | |||||
| EVL Hill | not out | 6 | |||||
| WT Greswell | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (16 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 150.1 overs) | 389 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-93, 2-145, 3-181, 4-239, 5-269, 6-325, 7-351, 8-369, 9-389 (150.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Nichols | 33 | 3 | 122 | 2 | - | - | |
| LC Eastman | 19 | 6 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Connor | 23 | 1 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Douglas | 11 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thompson | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hipkin | 38.1 | 14 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Russell | 16 | 2 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Meston | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |