Format: CricInfo Version 2

Gillette Cup, 1978
Somerset v Essex
County Ground, Taunton
16 August 1978 (60-overs match)

Result: Somerset won by losing fewer wickets

Toss: Somerset
Umpires: DGL Evans and A Jepson
Man of the Match: IVA Richards

Somerset innings
*BC Rose              c East             b Pont                24
PA Slocombe           lbw                b Phillip              0
IVA Richards          c Denness          b Gooch              116
PM Roebuck            c Lever            b Phillip             57
IT Botham                                b East                 7
VJ Marks              not out                                  33
GI Burgess                               b Lever                5
D Breakwell           not out                                  17
Extras                (b 10, lb 14, w 1, nb 3)                 28
Total                 (6 wickets, 60 overs)                   287

DNB: +DJS Taylor, J Garner, CH Dredge.

FoW: 1-2, 2-86, 3-189, 4-208, 5-247, 6-255.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       12      0     61      1
Phillip                     11      1     56      2
Turner                       8      0     22      0
Pont                         6      1     35      1
Gooch                       12      0     42      1
East                        11      1     43      1

Essex innings
MH Denness            c Marks            b Dredge               3
GA Gooch              c Taylor           b Garner              61
KS McEwan                                b Burgess             37
*KWR Fletcher                        c & b Botham              67
BR Hardie             run out                                  21
KR Pont               run out                                  39
N Phillip             run out                                   1
S Turner                                 b Botham              12
RE East                                  b Dredge              10
+N Smith              run out                                   6
JK Lever              not out                                   5
Extras                (b 14, lb 9, nb 2)                       25
Total                 (all out, 60 overs)                     287

FoW: 1-9, 2-70, 3-127, 4-166, 5-246,
     6-248, 7-248, 8-266, 9-281, 10-287.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Garner                      12      1     46      1
Dredge                      12      0     60      2
Botham                      12      1     48      2
Burgess                     12      1     43      1
Breakwell                    2      0     11      0
Marks                        1      0     13      0
Richards                     9      1     41      0

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