f12028 cc5331	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1927
Venue	Garrison A Cricket Ground, Colchester on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 5; Somerset 3
Umpires	F Parris, FH Sugg
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 76/2 (Young 45*, Daniell 8*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 107/8 (Earle 11*, Luckes 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Morris	b Greswell	6
JA Cutmore	c and b Greswell	4
J O'Connor	b Hunt	24
CAG Russell	c Earle b Lee	21
CT Ashton	c White b Lee	0
*JWHT Douglas	b White	29
PA Perrin	b Greswell	0
AB Hipkin	c Marshall b Young	15
LC Eastman	b Young	1
MS Nichols	c Marshall b Lee	21
+GF Eastman	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 89.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-14, 3-49, 4-50, 5-73, 6-74, 7-102, 8-104, 9-135, 10-139 (89.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greswell	25	12	39	3	-	-
Hunt	13	7	14	1	-	-
White	29.2	13	31	1	-	-
Lee	15	9	15	3	-	-
Young	7	2	22	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Young	c Douglas b Nichols	46
JW Lee	run out	0
RA Ingle	c Russell b Hipkin	16
J Daniell	c O'Connor b LC Eastman	21
*JC White	b Nichols	1
CCC Case	c Nichols b LC Eastman	1
AG Marshall	c Nichols b LC Eastman	1
GF Earle	b Nichols	13
WT Greswell	b LC Eastman	0
+WT Luckes	not out	3
GE Hunt	b Nichols	2
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-42, 3-80, 4-90, 5-91, 6-93, 7-99, 8-104, 9-114, 10-116 (60.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	14.3	5	12	4	-	-
LC Eastman	17	1	39	4	-	-
O'Connor	10	2	24	0	-	-
Hipkin	9	4	17	1	-	-
Ashton	6	2	10	0	-	-
Russell	4	2	2	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Morris	c and b White	12
JA Cutmore	b Young	17
J O'Connor	lbw b White	4
CAG Russell	b Hunt	35
CT Ashton	b Young	4
MS Nichols	run out	8
*JWHT Douglas	c and b White	11
AB Hipkin	not out	44
PA Perrin	c Ingle b White	1
LC Eastman	did not bat
+GF Eastman	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 78.5 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-27, 3-47, 4-57, 5-81, 6-84, 7-111, 8-141 (78.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greswell	6	0	20	0	-	-
Hunt	16	9	12	1	-	-
White	34.5	10	64	4	-	-
Lee	4	0	8	0	-	-
Young	16	5	28	2	-	-
Earle	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Young	c LC Eastman b Nichols	1
JW Lee	b Nichols	1
RA Ingle	b LC Eastman	2
J Daniell	c Ashton b Nichols	4
GE Hunt	b LC Eastman	6
*JC White	b Nichols	2
CCC Case	not out	5
GF Earle	b Nichols	5
AG Marshall	not out	18
WT Greswell	did not bat
+WT Luckes	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, 33 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-4, 3-6, 4-10, 5-17, 6-23, 7-28

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	13	4	20	5	-	-
LC Eastman	10	6	11	2	-	-
O'Connor	3	0	3	0	-	-
Hipkin	3	1	3	0	-	-
Russell	4	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AB Hipkin (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> JW Lee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-9)
--> JW Lee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-9)
--> LC Eastman reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> A Young reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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