f34628 cc16277	Somerset v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1983
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 4th, 6th, 7th June 1983 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 141 runs
Points	Somerset 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 22 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	J Birkenshaw, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 35/3 (Roebuck 18*, Gard 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 112/4 (Pont 12*, DE East 8*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Roebuck b Dredge	60
BR Hardie	c Gard b Davis	4
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Popplewell	46
KS McEwan	c Lloyds b Marks	54
KR Pont	c Popplewell b Dredge	1
DR Pringle	run out	21
N Phillip	c sub b Dredge	36
+DE East	c Gard b Dredge	10
RE East	c Roebuck b Dredge	5
NA Foster	c sub b Marks	4
DL Acfield	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 87.5 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-123, 3-123, 4-124, 5-174, 6-219, 7-241, 8-250, 9-257, 10-262 (87.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	17	3	61	0	-	-
Davis	17	2	55	1	-	-
Dredge	24.5	5	64	5	-	-
Marks	14	2	36	2	-	-
Popplewell	11	3	21	1	-	-
Lloyds	4	1	8	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Lloyds	c DE East b Phillip	0
PM Roebuck	b Acfield	69
PA Slocombe	c DE East b Phillip	3
PW Denning	b Phillip	7
+T Gard	b Acfield	29
IT Botham	st DE East b Acfield	34
NFM Popplewell	not out	66
VJ Marks	c Foster b Acfield	12
MR Davis	not out	16
CH Dredge	did not bat
*BC Rose	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 98.3 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-19, 4-96, 5-132, 6-172, 7-200

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	14	5	24	3	-	-
Foster	19.3	3	49	0	-	-
Pringle	4	2	9	0	-	-
Acfield	34	6	106	4	-	-
RE East	27	7	48	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Marks	33
BR Hardie	c sub b Botham	39
KS McEwan	lbw b Marks	6
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Dredge	12
KR Pont	c Lloyds b Marks	22
+DE East	c Gard b Botham	77
N Phillip	c Denning b Botham	29
RE East	b Marks	16
NA Foster	c Dredge b Botham	1
DL Acfield	not out	1
DR Pringle	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 87.5 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-63, 3-92, 4-98, 5-146, 6-219, 7-226, 8-240, 9-242 (87.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	18	6	49	4	-	-
Davis	4	0	20	0	-	-
Dredge	15	5	35	1	-	-
Marks	39.5	10	103	4	-	-
Lloyds	11	2	29	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Lloyds	c and b Phillip	0
PM Roebuck	lbw b RE East	41
PA Slocombe	c Gooch b Foster	10
PW Denning	lbw b Acfield	20
IT Botham	lbw b Acfield	19
NFM Popplewell	lbw b Acfield	8
VJ Marks	c Phillip b Acfield	8
+T Gard	b Acfield	0
MR Davis	b Acfield	0
CH Dredge	not out	1
*BC Rose	absent hurt
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-25, 3-75, 4-75, 5-103, 6-108, 7-108, 8-108, 9-113 (48.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	6	1	14	1	-	-
Foster	7	1	24	1	-	-
Acfield	18.3	5	34	6	-	-
RE East	17	4	35	1	-	-

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Notes
--> N Phillip (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> DE East (2) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> VJ Marks reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> N Phillip reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> DL Acfield reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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