f33028 cc15696	Essex v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1980
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 3rd, 5th, 6th May 1980 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4 (Bowling 4); Somerset 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	RS Herman, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 63/2 (Gooch 29*, Fletcher 10*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 14/0 (East 5*, Smith 9*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c and b Pont	41
PA Slocombe	c McEvoy b Phillip	13
PM Roebuck	lbw b Turner	29
PW Denning	c Smith b Turner	20
IT Botham	c sub b Phillip	47
VJ Marks	b Lever	12
D Breakwell	hit wkt b Lever	26
+DJS Taylor	c Turner b Phillip	10
CH Dredge	b Phillip	0
KF Jennings	not out	16
HR Moseley	lbw b Turner	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-81, 3-104, 4-119, 5-152, 6-178, 7-204, 8-204, 9-219, 10-222 (81.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	27	8	74	2	-	-
Turner	30.3	6	79	3	-	-
Phillip	16	1	44	4	-	-
Pont	8	3	17	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	retired ill	29
BR Hardie	c Taylor b Moseley	22
KS McEwan	lbw b Moseley	0
*KWR Fletcher	c Breakwell b Moseley	28
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Botham	5
S Turner	c Taylor b Botham	1
RE East	c Taylor b Botham	12
+N Smith	not out	12
JK Lever	b Moseley	0
KR Pont	absent hurt
N Phillip	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 37.5 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-45, 3-72, 4-84, 5-104, 6-105, 7-118 (37.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	15.5	4	39	4	-	-
Dredge	4	0	17	0	-	-
Jennings	9	2	19	0	-	-
Breakwell	1	1	0	0	-	-
Botham	8	1	34	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	b Lever	63
PW Denning	lbw b Lever	24
PM Roebuck	c Hardie b Turner	27
VJ Marks	not out	65
IT Botham	c Lever b Turner	63
D Breakwell	b Turner	11
+DJS Taylor	not out	21
PA Slocombe	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
KF Jennings	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 13 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-96, 3-137, 4-220, 5-251

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	29	4	106	2	-	-
Turner	28	3	99	3	-	-
East	23	4	69	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE East	c and b Botham	7
+N Smith	c Taylor b Moseley	29
BR Hardie	c Taylor b Botham	95
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Moseley	99
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Botham	13
KR Pont	not out	11
GA Gooch	not out	16
KS McEwan	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 126 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-44, 3-237, 4-241, 5-265

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	20	5	51	2	-	-
Dredge	10	7	11	0	-	-
Jennings	3	1	3	0	-	-
Breakwell	22	14	23	0	-	-
Botham	39	10	129	3	-	-
Marks	32	13	53	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> BC Rose (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> BC Rose (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 52
--> S Turner reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> IT Botham reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> GA Gooch retired ill in the Essex first innings having scored 29 (team score 63/2) (overnight)

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