f18777 cc9255	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1950
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 28th, 29th, 30th June 1950 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 12; Essex 0
Umpires	JJ Hills, CH Welch
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 386 all out
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 142/7 (Bailey 32*, TPB Smith 20*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Cray b TPB Smith	79
FL Angell	c Avery b R Smith	11
AF Irish	b TPB Smith	23
HFT Buse	c Wade b R Smith	82
R Smith	b Bailey	6
MF Tremlett	c R Smith b TPB Smith	70
J Lawrence	c and b TPB Smith	40
*SS Rogers	c Vigar b R Smith	13
+HW Stephenson	c Vigar b TPB Smith	4
EP Robinson	lbw b TPB Smith	30
HL Hazell	not out	3
Extras	(18 b, 4 lb, 3 w)	25
Total	(all out, 129 overs)	386
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-102, 3-117, 4-134, 5-237, 6-320, 7-320, 8-334, 9-360, 10-386 (129 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	22	5	61	1	-	-
Leiper	11	2	21	0	-	-
R Smith	27	4	101	3	-	-
TPB Smith	50	10	133	6	-	-
Vigar	19	6	45	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	st Stephenson b Hazell	46
AV Avery	lbw b Buse	0
FH Vigar	c Gimblett b Hazell	60
R Horsfall	c Robinson b Lawrence	19
*DJ Insole	st Stephenson b Lawrence	3
SJ Cray	b Robinson	11
TE Bailey	b Lawrence	1
R Smith	b Lawrence	0
TPB Smith	c Smith b Lawrence	10
JM Leiper	b Lawrence	0
+TH Wade	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 83.5 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-87, 3-129, 4-135, 5-135, 6-144, 7-148, 8-152, 9-153, 10-158 (83.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	9	2	19	1	-	-
Irish	6	1	23	0	-	-
Tremlett	6	0	18	0	-	-
Lawrence	24.5	8	48	6	-	-
Robinson	13	4	24	1	-	-
Hazell	25	16	18	2	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Tremlett b Hazell	25
AV Avery	b Hazell	8
FH Vigar	c Robinson b Hazell	1
R Horsfall	c Robinson b Hazell	10
*DJ Insole	c Stephenson b Lawrence	6
SJ Cray	b Hazell	7
TE Bailey	c Robinson b Lawrence	67
R Smith	b Robinson	29
TPB Smith	b Robinson	24
JM Leiper	c Tremlett b Robinson	44
+TH Wade	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 90.2 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-34, 3-39, 4-50, 5-53, 6-63, 7-100, 8-150, 9-229, 10-231 (90.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	4	0	15	0	-	-
Irish	3	0	14	0	-	-
Lawrence	25.2	6	61	2	-	-
Hazell	28	8	60	5	-	-
Robinson	25	7	56	3	-	-
Tremlett	4	1	14	0	-	-
Smith	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	not out	4
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Cray	3
FL Angell	not out	0
AF Irish	did not bat
HFT Buse	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
MF Tremlett	did not bat
J Lawrence	did not bat
*SS Rogers	did not bat
EP Robinson	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 2.1 overs)	7
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Stephenson)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TPB Smith	1.1	0	7	0	-	-
Cray	1	1	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Leiper made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JM Leiper made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HFT Buse (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 23
--> HFT Buse (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> MF Tremlett (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 56
--> TPB Smith reached 1550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> R Smith reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> EP Robinson reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> J Lawrence reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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