f18790 cc9264	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1950
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 5th, 6th, 7th July 1950 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Somerset 4
Umpires	WH Ashdown, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 68/2 (Irish 13*, Lawrence 18*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 348/7 (Stephenson 14*, Robinson 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	b Redman	15
TC Dodds	c Robinson b Buse	7
FH Vigar	b Tremlett	56
R Horsfall	lbw b Buse	1
*DJ Insole	c and b Buse	83
HA Faragher	c Robinson b Redman	6
WB Morris	c Irish b Lawrence	66
R Smith	b Tremlett	15
TPB Smith	c Robinson b Lawrence	14
+TH Wade	lbw b Tremlett	0
IJ Skinner	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 7 w)	13
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-24, 3-25, 4-165, 5-171, 6-183, 7-222, 8-269, 9-270, 10-276 (102.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	32	8	66	3	-	-
Redman	14	1	46	2	-	-
Hazell	8	4	16	0	-	-
Irish	2	1	6	0	-	-
Lawrence	6.2	1	29	2	-	-
Robinson	14	5	23	0	-	-
Tremlett	26	4	77	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c TPB Smith b R Smith	33
FL Angell	c Avery b Skinner	2
AF Irish	b R Smith	28
J Lawrence	c Wade b R Smith	19
HFT Buse	c Wade b Morris	42
MF Tremlett	c Faragher b R Smith	132		100	13	6
*SS Rogers	c Vigar b Morris	70
+HW Stephenson	not out	14
EP Robinson	not out	2
J Redman	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 113 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-42, 3-69, 4-121, 5-194, 6-286, 7-345

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	36	8	123	4	-	-
Skinner	18	2	63	1	-	-
TPB Smith	34	14	95	0	-	-
Morris	15	2	45	2	-	-
Vigar	10	4	16	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	b Lawrence	40
TC Dodds	b Robinson	37
FH Vigar	c Hazell b Robinson	0
R Horsfall	b Robinson	31
*DJ Insole	c Tremlett b Lawrence	1
HA Faragher	c Rogers b Lawrence	12
WB Morris	run out	51
R Smith	c Rogers b Redman	80
TPB Smith	b Redman	11
+TH Wade	not out	6
IJ Skinner	c Tremlett b Redman	2
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	23
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-74, 3-89, 4-90, 5-120, 6-140, 7-211, 8-259, 9-287, 10-294 (84 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	10	0	38	0	-	-
Redman	8	0	31	3	-	-
Hazell	13	5	30	0	-	-
Robinson	23	4	89	3	-	-
Tremlett	9	0	34	0	-	-
Lawrence	21	8	49	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Horsfall	27
J Lawrence	not out	16
AF Irish	not out	0
FL Angell	did not bat
HFT Buse	did not bat
MF Tremlett	did not bat
*SS Rogers	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
EP Robinson	did not bat
J Redman	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, 16 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Gimblett)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	4	1	10	0	-	-
Skinner	6	1	24	0	-	-
Vigar	4	0	5	0	-	-
Horsfall	2	1	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FH Vigar (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> WB Morris (1) passed his previous highest score of 65 in County Championship matches
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> AF Irish (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> MF Tremlett (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in County Championship matches
--> MF Tremlett (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in First-Class matches
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> H Gimblett (2) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> R Smith reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> EP Robinson reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> EP Robinson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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