f27279 cc13525	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 12th, 13th, 14th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Essex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	CS Elliott, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 113/5 (Virgin 50*, Kerslake 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 142/4 (Fletcher 22*, Lever 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	lbw b Rumsey	27
MJ Bear	c Robinson b Rumsey	15
BL Irvine	c Barwell b Rumsey	7
KWR Fletcher	c Burgess b Chappell	37
*+B Taylor	c Barwell b Chappell	2
KD Boyce	c Robinson b Langford	4
HR Sherman	lbw b Langford	0
S Turner	c Virgin b Rumsey	0
RNS Hobbs	b Palmer	15
RE East	b Chappell	2
JK Lever	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(all out, 52 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-57, 3-60, 4-66, 5-79, 6-79, 7-84, 8-113, 9-123, 10-125 (52 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	17	6	32	4	-	-
Palmer	6	0	23	1	-	-
Alley	3	1	12	0	-	-
Burgess	8	3	15	0	-	-
Chappell	9	3	16	3	-	-
Langford	9	5	13	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Fletcher b Hobbs	74
MJ Kitchen	b Lever	13
GI Burgess	b Boyce	7
GS Chappell	lbw b Boyce	12
WE Alley	lbw b East	17
+TI Barwell	c and b East	6
*RC Kerslake	c Sherman b Boyce	55
PJ Robinson	lbw b Hobbs	4
R Palmer	not out	31
BA Langford	b Hobbs	1
FE Rumsey	c and b Hobbs	31
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	9
Total	(all out, 93.2 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-45, 3-72, 4-99, 5-107, 6-156, 7-166, 8-208, 9-218, 10-260 (93.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	27	6	85	3	-	-
Lever	19	4	41	1	-	-
Hobbs	22.2	5	72	4	-	-
East	15	7	20	2	-	-
Turner	10	0	33	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	lbw b Rumsey	2
MJ Bear	b Rumsey	33
BL Irvine	b Chappell	13
KWR Fletcher	not out	131
*+B Taylor	c Robinson b Palmer	59
JK Lever	b Langford	2
HR Sherman	b Chappell	8
KD Boyce	c Barwell b Langford	52
S Turner	c Kerslake b Langford	0
RNS Hobbs	c Kitchen b Langford	4
RE East	not out	5
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	26
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 133 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-39, 3-57, 4-140, 5-143, 6-178, 7-281, 8-285, 9-289

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	24	5	54	2	-	-
Palmer	13	5	34	1	-	-
Alley	2	1	3	0	-	-
Burgess	10	4	16	0	-	-
Chappell	29	9	72	2	-	-
Langford	41	11	92	4	-	-
Robinson	14	5	38	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c and b East	48
MJ Kitchen	c Irvine b Lever	37
GI Burgess	st Taylor b Hobbs	5
GS Chappell	c Turner b East	11
WE Alley	not out	9
+TI Barwell	b Hobbs	0
R Palmer	not out	3
*RC Kerslake	did not bat
PJ Robinson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 32 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-91, 3-105, 4-110, 5-116

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	2	0	11	0	-	-
Lever	7	0	38	1	-	-
Hobbs	8	2	20	2	-	-
East	7	2	14	2	-	-
Turner	8	1	30	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RC Kerslake (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed his previous highest score of 118 in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed his previous highest score of 125 in First-Class matches
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 116

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