Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1978
Somerset v Essex
County Ground, Taunton
3 September 1978 (40-overs match)

Result: Essex won by 2 runs
Points: Somerset 0, Essex 4

Toss: Somerset
Umpires: WE Alley and DJ Halfyard

Essex innings
AW Lilley             c Denning          b Burgess             13
GA Gooch              c Burgess          b Botham               7
KS McEwan                                b Moseley              2
*KWR Fletcher         not out                                  76
KR Pont                                  b Dredge              35
BR Hardie                                b Botham              38
Extras                (lb 16, nb 3)                            19
Total                 (5 wickets, 40 overs)                   190

DNB: N Phillip, S Turner, RE East, +N Smith, JK Lever.

FoW: 1-16, 2-25, 3-29, 4-92, 5-190.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Botham                       8      0     38      2
Moseley                      8      0     20      1
Burgess                      8      0     20      1
Jennings                     8      0     38      0
Dredge                       8      0     55      1

Somerset innings
*BC Rose                                 b Lever                9
PW Denning            c Smith            b Phillip              8
IVA Richards          c Hardie           b Gooch               26
PM Roebuck                               b East                30
IT Botham             c McEwan           b Phillip             45
PA Slocombe                              b Lever               20
GI Burgess                           c & b Turner               0
KF Jennings           not out                                  14
CH Dredge                                b Lever               14
+DJS Taylor           run out                                   4
HR Moseley            run out                                   0
Extras                (b 2, lb 12, w 1, nb 3)                  18
Total                 (all out, 40 overs)                     188

FoW: 1-18, 2-18, 3-69, 4-87, 5-139,
     6-140, 7-157, 8-177, 9-185, 10-188.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        8      0     38      3
Phillip                      8      0     35      2
Gooch                        8      0     31      1
Turner                       8      0     32      1
East                         8      0     34      1

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