f23971 cc12013	Somerset v Kent
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 30th, 31st August, 1st September 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 12; Kent 0
Umpires	F Jakeman, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 68/0 (Roe 28*, Virgin 37*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 127/3 (Richardson 74*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	b Lomax	22
JM Prodger	c Stephenson b Lomax	61
RC Wilson	c Stephenson b Greetham	5
*AH Phebey	b Greetham	2
DJ Constant	not out	49
PH Jones	c Wight b Palmer	2
AL Dixon	b Palmer	5
+DG Ufton	b Pearson	9
A Brown	c Palmer b Pearson	0
DJ Halfyard	lbw b Atkinson	22
DM Sayer	c Virgin b Pearson	11
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-78, 3-82, 4-110, 5-117, 6-125, 7-138, 8-142, 9-183, 10-208 (73.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	22	5	46	2	-	-
Pearson	17.2	6	45	3	-	-
Lomax	19	4	51	2	-	-
Greetham	11	1	33	2	-	-
Atkinson	4	1	13	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Roe	c Dixon b Halfyard	43
RT Virgin	c Dixon b Brown	88
PB Wight	c Phebey b Brown	62
WE Alley	not out	90
JG Lomax	c Ufton b Brown	6
CHM Greetham	not out	20
KE Palmer	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
AJG Pearson	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb)	16
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 103 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-113, 2-163, 3-262, 4-280

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	35	7	107	1	-	-
Brown	29	6	72	3	-	-
Sayer	6	1	17	0	-	-
Dixon	23	5	67	0	-	-
Jones	10	0	46	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	b Pearson	88
+DG Ufton	c Palmer b Pearson	9
RC Wilson	c Pearson b Langford	10
*AH Phebey	c Lomax b Langford	23
JM Prodger	c Alley b Langford	9
DJ Constant	c Palmer b Langford	10
PH Jones	b Pearson	16
AL Dixon	c Lomax b Langford	0
A Brown	lbw b Pearson	12
DJ Halfyard	not out	3
DM Sayer	absent ill
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 83 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-67, 3-127, 4-153, 5-153, 6-167, 7-173, 8-184, 9-195 (83 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	10	1	24	0	-	-
Pearson	17	1	42	4	-	-
Atkinson	23	9	49	0	-	-
Langford	33	15	65	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Roe	c Ufton b Halfyard	6
RT Virgin	not out	38
PB Wight	not out	35
WE Alley	did not bat
JG Lomax	did not bat
CHM Greetham	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
AJG Pearson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 21 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Roe)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	8	4	12	1	-	-
Brown	5	0	18	0	-	-
Dixon	5	1	29	0	-	-
Jones	2	0	12	0	-	-
Richardson	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Prodger (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> DM Sayer (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> PE Richardson (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 44
--> B Roe (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> BA Langford reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings

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