f31227 cc15118	Somerset v Kent
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 21st, 23rd, 24th August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 10 wickets
Points	Somerset 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Kent 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WE Alley, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 82/0 (Rose 37*, Denning 36*; 30 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 163/2 (Woolmer 91*, Denness 13*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Johnson	lbw b Gurr	36
RA Woolmer	st Taylor b Burgess	7
Asif Iqbal	retired hurt	8
*MH Denness	b Moseley	29
AGE Ealham	b Gurr	26
JN Shepherd	run out	1
CJ Tavaré	c Taylor b Close	27
+D Nicholls	c Taylor b Moseley	29
CJC Rowe	not out	75
RW Hills	c Taylor b Breakwell	14
DL Underwood	lbw b Breakwell	1
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 9 nb, 2 w)	25
Total	(all out, 91.2 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-52, 3-114, 4-116, 5-117, 6-166, 7-231, 8-267, 9-278 (91.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	17	3	47	2	-	-
Botham	8	3	26	0	-	-
Moseley	16	1	56	2	-	-
Burgess	17	4	38	1	-	-
Breakwell	20.2	5	49	2	-	-
Close	9	3	29	1	-	-
Marks	4	1	8	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	b Shepherd	122
PW Denning	c Johnson b Shepherd	69
VJ Marks	b Underwood	19
*DB Close	c Shepherd b Woolmer	18
IT Botham	retired hurt	12
MJ Kitchen	c Underwood b Shepherd	0
GI Burgess	not out	79
+DJS Taylor	c Nicholls b Shepherd	1
D Breakwell	lbw b Shepherd	0
DR Gurr	c Denness b Hills	19
HR Moseley	not out	21
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 108 overs)	379
Fall of wickets:
1-156, 2-199, 3-245, 4-245, 5-246, 6-277, 7-277, 8-314

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shepherd	36	5	113	5	-	-
Woolmer	14	4	38	1	-	-
Underwood	25	7	73	1	-	-
Hills	10	1	75	1	-	-
Johnson	17	6	42	0	-	-
Rowe	6	0	19	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Johnson	c Kitchen b Moseley	20
RA Woolmer	b Gurr	96
CJC Rowe	c Denning b Breakwell	32
*MH Denness	c Burgess b Gurr	13
AGE Ealham	not out	22
JN Shepherd	b Moseley	5
+D Nicholls	lbw b Moseley	0
RW Hills	b Moseley	4
CJ Tavaré	b Burgess	0
DL Underwood	lbw b Burgess	0
Asif Iqbal	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 8 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-128, 3-163, 4-170, 5-176, 6-176, 7-198, 8-203, 9-203 (60.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	12	3	30	2	-	-
Moseley	16	3	49	4	-	-
Burgess	9.3	2	34	2	-	-
Breakwell	15	3	43	1	-	-
Close	2	0	17	0	-	-
Marks	6	2	19	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	not out	40
PW Denning	not out	59
VJ Marks	did not bat
*DB Close	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
MJ Kitchen	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
DR Gurr	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(no wicket, 20.3 overs)	103

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shepherd	8	0	33	0	-	-
Woolmer	2	0	18	0	-	-
Underwood	3	1	13	0	-	-
Hills	2	1	2	0	-	-
Johnson	1	0	4	0	-	-
Rowe	2	0	13	0	-	-
Tavaré	1.3	0	8	0	-	-
Denness	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> GW Johnson (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> AGE Ealham (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> BC Rose (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 49
--> GI Burgess (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> RA Woolmer (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 9
--> PW Denning (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> HR Moseley reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> IT Botham retired hurt in the Somerset first innings having scored 12 (team had lost 5 wickets)

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