f33733 cc16040	Somerset v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 9th, 10th, 11th September 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	HD Bird, DJ Halfyard
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 408 all out
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 211 all out

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Gooch b Lever	2
JW Lloyds	c McEwan b Lever	1
IVA Richards	c and b Turner	128
PM Roebuck	c East b Phillip	70
PW Denning	c McEwan b Lever	10
IT Botham	c Lilley b Lever	88
NFM Popplewell	run out	26
VJ Marks	c Phillip b Lever	27
+DJS Taylor	c Phillip b Lever	20
J Garner	c East b Phillip	6
HR Moseley	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb, 3 nb, 9 w)	29
Total	(all out, 97.2 overs)	408
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-197, 4-222, 5-227, 6-351, 7-355, 8-390, 9-402, 10-408 (97.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	30.2	3	97	6	-	-
Phillip	23	2	126	2	-	-
Pringle	18	5	51	0	-	-
Turner	17	3	56	1	-	-
Acfield	9	1	49	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	lbw b Moseley	17
BR Hardie	c Richards b Botham	98
AW Lilley	c Taylor b Popplewell	30
KS McEwan	c Richards b Garner	0
KR Pont	c Popplewell b Botham	0
N Phillip	c Richards b Moseley	11
DR Pringle	b Garner	0
S Turner	c Popplewell b Garner	14
+DE East	c Moseley b Botham	15
JK Lever	not out	11
DL Acfield	b Popplewell	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 9 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 63.5 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-83, 3-83, 4-99, 5-116, 6-127, 7-145, 8-179, 9-204, 10-211 (63.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	18	11	29	3	-	-
Moseley	14	2	53	2	-	-
Botham	16	6	53	3	-	-
Popplewell	11.5	1	40	2	-	-
Marks	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	c Taylor b Botham	122
BR Hardie	c Rose b Moseley	16
AW Lilley	c Taylor b Moseley	0
KS McEwan	c Roebuck b Botham	20
KR Pont	c Lloyds b Moseley	9
N Phillip	b Marks	15
DR Pringle	not out	11
S Turner	not out	30
+DE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 5 nb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, 68 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-46, 3-112, 4-142, 5-190, 6-200

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	14	2	52	0	-	-
Moseley	16	0	60	3	-	-
Botham	16	5	46	2	-	-
Popplewell	7	1	32	0	-	-
Marks	10	2	17	1	-	-
Richards	5	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PM Roebuck (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 73
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4

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