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| Venue | Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 17th, 19th, 20th July 1965 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Somerset won by an innings and 2 runs |
| Points | Essex 0; Somerset 10 |
| Umpires | J Arnold, CS Elliott |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 295/8 (Clayton 26*, Rumsey 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 130/3 (Barker 53*, Knight 27*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Atkinson | lbw b Knight | 117 | |||||
| RT Virgin | b Knight | 20 | |||||
| B Roe | lbw b Knight | 2 | |||||
| WE Alley | b Knight | 0 | |||||
| CHM Greetham | c Barker b Hobbs | 30 | |||||
| MJ Kitchen | c Hobbs b Bailey | 80 | |||||
| +G Clayton | not out | 26 | |||||
| *CRM Atkinson | lbw b Bailey | 3 | |||||
| BA Langford | c Barker b Bailey | 3 | |||||
| FE Rumsey | not out | 1 | |||||
| GH Hall | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 10 lb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 110 overs) | 295 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-44, 3-48, 4-99, 5-227, 6-277, 7-282, 8-292 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 34 | 5 | 92 | 4 | - | - | |
| Pritchard | 18 | 2 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 30 | 4 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 18 | 5 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phelan | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Clayton b Rumsey | 15 | |||||
| MJ Bear | run out | 2 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c G Atkinson b Hall | 20 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | b Rumsey | 35 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | b Langford | 9 | |||||
| BR Knight | b Rumsey | 4 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c Clayton b Rumsey | 12 | |||||
| GJ Saville | c Clayton b Rumsey | 0 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | c Clayton b Rumsey | 0 | |||||
| PJ Phelan | lbw b Rumsey | 0 | |||||
| GC Pritchard | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 47.4 overs) | 97 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-21, 3-41, 4-57, 5-66, 6-84, 7-84, 8-96, 9-96, 10-97 (47.4 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rumsey | 17.4 | 8 | 34 | 7 | - | - | |
| Hall | 13 | 4 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Langford | 11 | 6 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alley | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Clayton b CRM Atkinson | 76 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c Rumsey b Alley | 21 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Rumsey b Langford | 14 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | lbw b Rumsey | 9 | |||||
| BR Knight | c Rumsey b Langford | 63 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | c Clayton b Langford | 0 | |||||
| +B Taylor | b CRM Atkinson | 4 | |||||
| GJ Saville | not out | 0 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | c Rumsey b CRM Atkinson | 0 | |||||
| PJ Phelan | b CRM Atkinson | 0 | |||||
| GC Pritchard | b CRM Atkinson | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96.4 overs) | 196 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43, 2-58, 3-92, 4-168, 5-183, 6-196, 7-196, 8-196, 9-196, 10-196 (96.4 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rumsey | 18 | 3 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hall | 12 | 5 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langford | 32 | 16 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Alley | 20 | 8 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| CRM Atkinson | 14.4 | 5 | 30 | 5 | - | - | |