a1669	Somerset v Essex
	John Player League 1976
Venue	Westlands Sports Ground, Yeovil on 16th May 1976 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 3 wickets
Points	Somerset 4; Essex 0
Umpires	WL Budd, KE Palmer

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Burgess	19
BR Hardie	c Jennings b Burgess	18
KS McEwan	c Kitchen b Jennings	36
*KWR Fletcher	c Breakwell b Clapp	25
GA Gooch	b Jennings	14
S Turner	lbw b Botham	5
KR Pont	c Taylor b Moseley	11
KD Boyce	c Breakwell b Botham	10
+N Smith	b Moseley	0
JK Lever	not out	7
DL Acfield	run out	6
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	25
Total	(all out, 40 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-56, 3-104, 4-125, 5-135, 6-144, 7-156, 8-157, 9-167, 10-176 (40 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Moseley	8	0	20	2	-	-	24.00	2.50
Botham	8	0	43	2	-	-	24.00	5.38
Burgess	8	0	24	2	-	-	24.00	3.00
Jennings	8	0	33	2	-	-	24.00	4.12
Clapp	8	0	31	1	-	-	48.00	3.88

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BC Rose	b Lever	1
*DB Close	b Boyce	2
PW Denning	b Gooch	12
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Boyce	4
GI Burgess	b Turner	18
IT Botham	c Turner b Lever	32
+DJS Taylor	not out	36
D Breakwell	c Gooch b Lever	36
KF Jennings	not out	21
HR Moseley	did not bat
RJ Clapp	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(7 wickets, 39.1 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-8, 3-12, 4-25, 5-80, 6-87, 7-146

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	7.1	2	26	2	-	-	21.50	3.63
Lever	8	1	22	3	-	-	16.00	2.75
Turner	8	1	29	1	-	-	48.00	3.62
Gooch	6	1	29	1	-	-	36.00	4.83
Acfield	8	0	42	0	-	-	-	5.25
Edmeades	2	0	14	0	-	-	-	7.00

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