minc5071	Somerset Second XI v Essex Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1957
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 23rd, 24th May 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset Second XI 1; Essex Second XI 3
Close of play day 1

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Durley	c Whitehead b Biddulph	22
KW Wallace	lbw b Herting	11
GJ Nolan	c Harris b Biddulph	4
JV Wright	c Greetham b Biddulph	12
P Shott	c Kitchen b Herting	24
+JF Taylor	c Biddulph b Baker	50
DW Bryant	c Virgin b Biddulph	0
PA Spicer	c Andrews b Baker	10
AB Quick	b Harris	7
EJ Palmer	b Baker	5
DT Daniels	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-35, 3-58, 4-67, 5-110, 6-111, 7-146, 8-151, 9-157, 10-159 (63 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herting	19	7	25	2	-	1
Baker	11	2	35	3	-	-
Biddulph	18	3	48	4	-	1
Andrews	1	1	0	0	-	-
Greetham	7	2	19	0	-	-
Whitehead	1	0	2	0	-	-
Bryant	4	0	14	0	-	-
Harris	2	0	2	1	-	-

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Roe	c Taylor b Palmer	0
JH Harris	c Palmer b Shott	16
CHM Greetham	c Spicer b Daniels	48
J Baker	c Wright b Daniels	10
MJ Kitchen	b Palmer	0
RT Virgin	c Bryant b Shott	24
KD Biddulph	c Quick b Daniels	1
FJ Herting	c and b Shott	17
LE Bryant	run out	0
AGT Whitehead	c Spicer b Shott	2
WHR Andrews	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 44.5 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-35, 3-75, 4-78, 5-81, 6-97, 7-114, 8-118, 9-123, 10-134 (44.5 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	18	5	31	2	-	3
Shott	8.5	2	31	4	-	-
Daniels	18	2	60	3	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Durley	b Herting	17
KW Wallace	lbw b Harris	25
GJ Nolan	b Whitehead	25
JV Wright	c Harris b Whitehead	16
P Shott	b Greetham	23
+JF Taylor	b Greetham	0
DW Bryant	not out	28
PA Spicer	b Greetham	6
AB Quick	c Bryant b Whitehead	8
EJ Palmer	c Herting b Whitehead	15
DT Daniels	c Andrews b Whitehead	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-47, 3-72, 4-105, 5-105, 6-109, 7-118, 8-131, 9-159, 10-167 (69.4 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herting	8	3	24	1	-	-
Baker	10	0	33	0	-	-
Biddulph	2	1	1	0	-	-
Greetham	13	3	43	3	-	1
Whitehead	27.4	11	45	5	-	-
Harris	9	3	19	1	-	-

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Somerset Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Roe	b Palmer	19
JH Harris	c Taylor b Shott	31
CHM Greetham	c Wright b Palmer	18
J Baker	b Palmer	0
MJ Kitchen	not out	5
RT Virgin	run out	43
KD Biddulph	b Spicer	3
FJ Herting	st Taylor b Daniels	12
WHR Andrews	c Wright b Palmer	0
LE Bryant	not out	0
AGT Whitehead	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(8 wickets, 51 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-51, 3-58, 4-83, 5-83, 6-108, 7-129, 8-148

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	19	5	54	4	-	-
Shott	11	1	35	1	-	1
Daniels	14	5	31	1	-	-
Spicer	7	1	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> KW Wallace made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Nolan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CHM Greetham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Kitchen made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LE Bryant made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AGT Whitehead made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Shott made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Virgin (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Virgin (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AGT Whitehead achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Essex Second XI second innings

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