MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Somerset v Essex

Group 1, match 66 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 24 Sept 2025 – 27 Sept 2025

Essex won by 7 wickets

Somerset 1st innings433122.2 overs

Essex 1st innings438106 overs

Somerset 2nd innings9933.3 overs

Essex 2nd innings99/318.1 overs

Somerset 1st innings 433 (122.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AM Vaughan	c PI Walter b JA Porter	8	19	1	0	42.1
JF Thomas	b JA Porter	86	127	14	1	67.7
TA Lammonby	lbw b CE Bennett	47	129	3	0	36.4
JEK Rew	c sub b DAJ Bracewell	74	115	8	0	64.3
T Kohler-Cadmore	c sub b DAJ Bracewell	6	8	1	0	75.0
LP Goldsworthy	c CWJ Allison b CE Bennett	100	193	14	0	51.8
Kasey Aldridge	c sub b JA Porter	5	16	1	0	31.3
C Overton	b SR Harmer	60	70	11	0	85.7
MJ Leach	c sub b CE Bennett	14	44	1	0	31.8
L Gregory	c JA Porter b SR Harmer	9	11	0	1	81.8
JT Ball	not out	1	5	0	0	20.0
Extras		23
Total	all out, 122.2 overs	433

Fall of wickets: 20-1 (AM Vaughan, 6.4 ov), 141-2 (JF Thomas, 40.5 ov), 167-3 (TA Lammonby, 49.6 ov), 184-4 (T Kohler-Cadmore, 52.4 ov), 274-5 (JEK Rew, 81.2 ov), 281-6 (Kasey Aldridge, 86.2 ov), 379-7 (C Overton, 105.5 ov), 412-8 (MJ Leach, 116.5 ov), 425-9 (L Gregory, 119.6 ov), 433-10 (LP Goldsworthy, 122.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	27	8	66	3	2.44	132	0	0
DAJ Bracewell	22	2	87	2	3.95	87	0	2
SR Harmer	25	2	65	2	2.60	113	0	0
CE Bennett	16.2	1	73	3	4.47	65	1	2
NRM Thain	19	1	78	0	4.11	77	0	2
MJJ Critchley	13	1	48	0	3.69	51	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	20	40	AM Vaughan 8, JF Thomas 12
2	121	205	JF Thomas 74, TA Lammonby 39
3	26	55	TA Lammonby 8, JEK Rew 18
4	17	16	JEK Rew 9, T Kohler-Cadmore 6
5	90	172	JEK Rew 47, LP Goldsworthy 38
6	7	30	LP Goldsworthy 2, Kasey Aldridge 5
7	98	117	LP Goldsworthy 31, C Overton 60
8	33	66	LP Goldsworthy 19, MJ Leach 14
9	13	19	LP Goldsworthy 3, L Gregory 9
10	8	14	LP Goldsworthy 7, JT Ball 1

Essex 1st innings 438 (106 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b Kasey Aldridge	118	227	17	1	52.0
PI Walter	c LP Goldsworthy b C Overton	158	167	21	3	94.6
SR Harmer	c Kasey Aldridge b C Overton	12	22	3	0	54.5
T Westley	c JF Thomas b C Overton	7	11	1	0	63.6
CWJ Allison	b C Overton	27	59	4	0	45.8
MJJ Critchley	lbw b L Gregory	29	54	4	0	53.7
MS Pepper	lbw b C Overton	17	24	2	0	70.8
NRM Thain	not out	15	28	2	0	53.6
DAJ Bracewell	c sub b C Overton	0	18	0	0	0.0
CE Bennett	c & b MJ Leach	22	26	5	0	84.6
JA Porter	c JF Thomas b MJ Leach	6	4	0	1	150.0
Extras		27
Total	all out, 106 overs	438

Fall of wickets: 277-1 (PI Walter, 60.2 ov), 295-2 (SR Harmer, 66.4 ov), 307-3 (T Westley, 70.1 ov), 319-4 (D Elgar, 73.2 ov), 369-5 (CWJ Allison, 88.1 ov), 379-6 (MJJ Critchley, 91.5 ov), 393-7 (MS Pepper, 94.4 ov), 399-8 (DAJ Bracewell, 98.5 ov), 432-9 (CE Bennett, 105.2 ov), 438-10 (JA Porter, 105.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
C Overton	27	5	88	6	3.26	125	0
JT Ball	16	3	59	0	3.69	69	0
AM Vaughan	15	2	59	0	3.93	59	0
L Gregory	22.2	2	87	1	3.90	96	6
TA Lammonby	3	0	17	0	5.67	13	2
MJ Leach	8	1	47	2	5.88	26	0
Kasey Aldridge	14.4	1	62	1	4.23	55	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	277	362	D Elgar 109, PI Walter 158
2	18	38	D Elgar 2, SR Harmer 12
3	12	21	D Elgar 5, T Westley 7
4	12	19	D Elgar 2, CWJ Allison 8
5	50	89	CWJ Allison 19, MJJ Critchley 25
6	10	22	MJJ Critchley 4, MS Pepper 6
7	14	17	MS Pepper 11, NRM Thain 2
8	6	25	NRM Thain 3, DAJ Bracewell 0
9	33	39	NRM Thain 10, CE Bennett 22
10	6	4	NRM Thain 0, JA Porter 6

Somerset 2nd innings 99 (33.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AM Vaughan	b JA Porter	8	21	2	0	38.1
JF Thomas	lbw b JA Porter	39	65	7	0	60.0
TA Lammonby	lbw b CE Bennett	0	5	0	0	0.0
JEK Rew	c NRM Thain b CE Bennett	19	19	4	0	100.0
T Kohler-Cadmore	b DAJ Bracewell	0	4	0	0	0.0
LP Goldsworthy	b SR Harmer	19	58	1	0	32.8
Kasey Aldridge	c sub b JA Porter	0	5	0	0	0.0
C Overton	lbw b JA Porter	2	6	0	0	33.3
MJ Leach	run out (CWJ Allison)	1	7	0	0	14.3
L Gregory	not out	2	3	0	0	66.7
JT Ball	b SR Harmer	1	8	0	0	12.5
Extras		8
Total	all out, 33.3 overs	99

Fall of wickets: 22-1 (AM Vaughan, 6.3 ov), 23-2 (TA Lammonby, 7.6 ov), 59-3 (JEK Rew, 13.6 ov), 60-4 (T Kohler-Cadmore, 14.5 ov), 89-5 (JF Thomas, 26.1 ov), 89-6 (Kasey Aldridge, 26.6 ov), 91-7 (C Overton, 28.6 ov), 95-8 (MJ Leach, 30.6 ov), 97-9 (LP Goldsworthy, 31.6 ov), 99-10 (JT Ball, 33.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
JA Porter	12	5	18	4	1.50	59
DAJ Bracewell	7	1	33	1	4.71	29
CE Bennett	10	2	36	2	3.60	44
NRM Thain	2	2	0	0	0.00	11
SR Harmer	1.3	0	2	2	1.33	7
MJJ Critchley	1	0	2	0	2.00	4

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	22	39	AM Vaughan 8, JF Thomas 12
2	1	9	JF Thomas 1, TA Lammonby 0
3	36	36	JF Thomas 12, JEK Rew 19
4	1	5	JF Thomas 1, T Kohler-Cadmore 0
5	29	68	JF Thomas 13, LP Goldsworthy 15
6	0	5	LP Goldsworthy 0, Kasey Aldridge 0
7	2	12	LP Goldsworthy 0, C Overton 2
8	4	12	LP Goldsworthy 3, MJ Leach 1
9	2	6	LP Goldsworthy 1, L Gregory 1
10	2	9	L Gregory 1, JT Ball 1

Essex 2nd innings 99/3 (18.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c L Gregory b JT Ball	30	31	3	0	96.8
D Elgar	lbw b L Gregory	0	1	0	0	0.0
T Westley	c JEK Rew b L Gregory	13	21	2	0	61.9
CWJ Allison	not out	32	34	4	2	94.1
MJJ Critchley	not out	19	24	3	0	79.2
Extras		5
Total	3 wickets, 18.1 overs	99

Did not bat: SR Harmer, MS Pepper, CE Bennett, DAJ Bracewell, JA Porter, NRM Thain

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (D Elgar, 1.1 ov), 30-2 (T Westley, 5.5 ov), 56-3 (PI Walter, 10.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
C Overton	5	0	25	0	5.00	20	0
L Gregory	9	2	43	2	4.78	39	4
JT Ball	4.1	0	30	1	7.20	16	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	2	7	PI Walter 2, D Elgar 0
2	28	28	PI Walter 13, T Westley 13
3	26	26	PI Walter 15, CWJ Allison 10
Unbroken	43	48	CWJ Allison 22, MJJ Critchley 19

Match details

Toss: Somerset, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: NJ Llong, RJ Warren
Match referee: Wayne Noon
Source: Cricsheet match 1461889