f26226 cc13008	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1966
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 14th, 15th, 16th May 1966 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 2; Somerset 0
Umpires	WFF Price, WF Simpson
Close of play day 1	Somerset (2) 1/1 (Virgin 0*, Clayton 1*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 239/3 (Kitchen 64*, G Atkinson 75*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Roe	c Taylor b Knight	12
RT Virgin	c Taylor b Bailey	29
MJ Kitchen	c Fletcher b Knight	0
G Atkinson	st Taylor b Bailey	15
WE Alley	lbw b Bailey	6
*CRM Atkinson	c Barker b Knight	0
KE Palmer	lbw b Knight	6
+G Clayton	lbw b Knight	0
PJ Robinson	b Knight	12
BA Langford	not out	14
FE Rumsey	b Bailey	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-40, 3-46, 4-54, 5-57, 6-63, 7-63, 8-79, 9-91, 10-102 (54.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	24	2	36	6	-	-
Jorden	9	1	24	0	-	-
Bailey	21.2	4	37	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Alley	20
MJ Bear	run out	2
GJ Saville	lbw b Alley	12
KWR Fletcher	c Clayton b Palmer	0
+B Taylor	b Alley	26
BR Knight	c Alley b Rumsey	56
*TE Bailey	b Langford	17
GR Cass	lbw b Langford	7
RNS Hobbs	c G Atkinson b Langford	0
AM Jorden	not out	3
RE East	c Clayton b Langford	0
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 48.4 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-41, 3-44, 4-44, 5-89, 6-135, 7-147, 8-147, 9-156, 10-156 (48.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	15	3	53	1	-	-
Palmer	15	2	44	1	-	-
Alley	11	2	36	3	-	-
Langford	7.4	4	10	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Roe	c Taylor b Jorden	0
RT Virgin	lbw b Hobbs	51
+G Clayton	c Hobbs b Bailey	42
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Jorden	76
G Atkinson	b Knight	76
WE Alley	c Knight b Jorden	19
*CRM Atkinson	not out	35
KE Palmer	not out	30
PJ Robinson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-79, 3-103, 4-246, 5-255, 6-277

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	25	3	86	1	-	-
Jorden	24	3	61	3	-	-
Bailey	24	5	63	1	-	-
Hobbs	29	8	70	1	-	-
East	18	4	49	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Rumsey b Robinson	26
MJ Bear	run out	37
GJ Saville	c Alley b Langford	10
KWR Fletcher	b Rumsey	73
+B Taylor	c Virgin b Alley	77
BR Knight	c Clayton b Alley	30
*TE Bailey	not out	19
GR Cass	b Palmer	1
RNS Hobbs	not out	2
AM Jorden	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 91 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-68, 3-77, 4-178, 5-239, 6-273, 7-282

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	19	2	61	1	-	-
Palmer	10	2	29	1	-	-
Alley	20	1	59	2	-	-
Langford	24	8	63	1	-	-
Robinson	18	6	63	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 65 overs
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> G Atkinson (2) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> KE Palmer (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> G Clayton (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> MJ Bear (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> BA Langford reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AM Jorden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 0-14)
--> AM Jorden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 0-14)

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