Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1974
Somerset v Essex
County Ground, Taunton
18 August 1974 (40-overs match)

Result: Somerset won by 66 runs

Toss: Somerset
Umpires: C Cook and PB Wight

Somerset innings
+DJS Taylor           c Smith            b Boyce                4
*DB Close             c Fletcher         b Edmeades            14
PW Denning            c Turner           b Boyce               57
IVA Richards                             b Acfield             46
JM Parks              not out                                  41
GI Burgess                               b Boyce                8
IT Botham                                b Boyce                0
D Breakwell           not out                                   8
Extras                (b 1, lb 16, w 1, nb 1)                  19
Total                 (6 wickets, 40 overs)                   197

DNB: HR Moseley, AA Jones, RJ Clapp.

FoW: 1-15, 2-23, 3-99, 4-160, 5-176, 6-176.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        8      1     33      4
Edmeades                     8      1     33      1
Turner                       8      1     25      0
Acfield                      8      1     40      1
Lever                        8      1     47      0

Essex innings
BR Hardie                            c & b Burgess             33
S Turner              c Taylor           b Jones                9
*KWR Fletcher         lbw                b Clapp               24
KS McEwan             c Taylor           b Clapp               34
KD Boyce              c Botham           b Clapp                2
RMO Cooke             run out                                  13
BEA Edmeades                             b Moseley              3
+N Smith                                 b Jones                1
RE East               run out                                   3
DL Acfield                               b Moseley              0
JK Lever              not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 4, w 5)                               9
Total                 (all out, 36.1 overs)                   131

FoW: 1-14, 2-60, 3-83, 4-93, 5-115,
     6-124, 7-127, 8-131, 9-131, 10-131.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jones                        6.1    2     11      2
Moseley                      6      2      9      2
Botham                       8      0     44      0
Burgess                      8      1     42      1
Clapp                        8      2     16      3

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