f29211 cc14365	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 24th, 26th, 27th June 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Essex 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	J Arnold, HD Bird
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 219/4 (Burgess 35*, Denning 8*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 139/5 (Fletcher 50*, Turner 2*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Hobbs	81
MJ Kitchen	c Taylor b Turner	50
SG Wilkinson	c Boyce b Turner	3
*DB Close	c Boyce b Acfield	30
GI Burgess	c Fletcher b Turner	63
PW Denning	lbw b Turner	35
TW Cartwright	c Fletcher b Turner	15
KJ O'Keeffe	not out	11
BA Langford	not out	5
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 8 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-88, 3-139, 4-186, 5-265, 6-287, 7-292

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	23	2	76	0	-	-
Lever	20	4	56	0	-	-
Turner	26	5	65	5	-	-
East	12	3	33	0	-	-
Acfield	23	9	34	1	-	-
Hobbs	12	4	29	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Burgess b Cartwright	52
GJ Saville	c O'Keeffe b Cartwright	9
KWR Fletcher	not out	50
B Ward	lbw b Cartwright	6
KD Boyce	lbw b Cartwright	0
*+B Taylor	c Virgin b O'Keeffe	8
S Turner	not out	2
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 63.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-90, 3-104, 4-108, 5-121

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	6	2	13	0	-	-
Jones	5.2	1	19	0	-	-
Cartwright	28	13	52	4	-	-
O'Keeffe	20	8	35	1	-	-
Langford	4	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> KJ O'Keeffe (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> B Ward (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3

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