Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1975
Essex v Somerset
County Ground, Chelmsford
4 May 1975 (40-overs match)

Result: Somerset won by 4 wickets
Points: Essex 0, Somerset 4

Toss: Essex
Umpires: WE Alley and HD Bird

Essex innings
BR Hardie             lbw                b Botham               9
KS McEwan                                b Burgess             29
*KWR Fletcher                            b Cartwright           7
GA Gooch              c Richards         b Burgess              8
KD Boyce              lbw                b Cartwright           4
BEA Edmeades          run out                                   0
S Turner                                 b Clapp               30
KR Pont               c Burgess          b Jones               25
RE East               not out                                  19
+N Smith              c Close            b Botham              16
JK Lever              not out                                   1
Extras                (b 8, lb 4, w 8)                         20
Total                 (9 wickets, 40 overs)                   168

FoW: 1-22, 2-44, 3-59, 4-66, 5-66, 6-66, 7-115, 8-133, 9-163.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jones                        8      1     35      1
Clapp                        8      0     39      1
Botham                       8      0     32      2
Burgess                      8      1     30      2
Cartwright                   8      3     12      2

Somerset innings
+DJS Taylor           run out                                  40
BC Rose                                  b Lever               30
PW Denning                           c & b Lever                7
IVA Richards          not out                                  46
*DB Close             c Smith            b Boyce               11
GI Burgess            run out                                   4
IT Botham                                b Edmeades             3
D Breakwell           not out                                  17
Extras                (b 2, lb 8, nb 1)                        11
Total                 (6 wickets, 38.1 overs)                 169

DNB: TW Cartwright, RJ Clapp, AA Jones.

FoW: 1-67, 2-77, 3-91, 4-107, 5-119, 6-125.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        8      0     36      1
Lever                        8      1     31      2
East                         7.1    0     30      0
Turner                       8      1     20      0
Pont                         2      0     18      0
Edmeades                     5      0     23      1

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