f4781 cc702	Somerset v Kent
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 12th, 13th, 14th August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 80 runs
Points	Somerset 1; Kent -1
Umpires	G Hay, T Mycroft
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 37/2 (Day 8*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 16/0 (Woods 9*, Dunlop 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	b Shine	16
*SMJ Woods	b Wright	9
GB Nichols	b Shine	42
WN Roe	c Mason b Shine	4
E Robson	b Wright	27
FA Phillips	c Huish b Shine	37
G Fowler	not out	61
CE Dunlop	c Hearne b Bradley	41
WC Hedley	b Bradley	0
+AE Newton	c and b Wright	12
EJ Tyler	c Day b Wright	13
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 108.3 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-31, 3-36, 4-75, 5-?, 6-145, 7-224, 8-227, 9-258, 10-276 (108.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	34.3	16	63	4	-	-
Mason	14	6	38	0	-	-
Shine	35	4	86	4	2	-
Easby	2	0	4	0	-	-
Martin	9	4	16	0	-	-
Bradley	11	0	34	2	-	-
Hearne	3	0	21	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Mason	b Robson	20
A Hearne	b Woods	3
SH Day	b Hedley	13
HC Stewart	c Newton b Hedley	34
F Martin	c Robson b Hedley	16
W Wright	c Robson b Hedley	14
JW Easby	c Woods b Robson	13
*F Marchant	c Tyler b Hedley	41
WM Bradley	c Fowler b Hedley	8
+FH Huish	c Phillips b Hedley	1
EB Shine	not out	10
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-37, 3-59, 4-82, 5-100, 6-?, 7-124, 8-148, 9-152, 10-179 (81.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	16	5	33	0	-	-
Woods	14	2	36	1	-	-
Robson	24	11	34	2	-	-
Hedley	25.2	7	59	7	-	-
Nichols	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SMJ Woods	c Shine b Hearne	26
CE Dunlop	c Huish b Bradley	34
FA Phillips	c Easby b Martin	18
WN Roe	b Bradley	14
GB Nichols	run out	12
LCH Palairet	c Huish b Bradley	2
E Robson	c Hearne b Bradley	12
G Fowler	not out	19
WC Hedley	st Huish b Mason	23
+AE Newton	did not bat
EJ Tyler	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 62.3 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-66, 3-90, 4-97, 5-98, 6-114, 7-134, 8-169 (62.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	2	1	9	0	-	-
Mason	2.3	1	1	1	-	-
Shine	19	7	33	0	-	-
Martin	11	3	35	1	-	-
Bradley	18	4	48	4	-	-
Hearne	10	1	34	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Mason	c Palairet b Hedley	33
A Hearne	c Nichols b Woods	22
SH Day	st Newton b Tyler	19
HC Stewart	c Woods b Tyler	42
F Martin	c Fowler b Tyler	5
W Wright	not out	22
JW Easby	b Hedley	5
*F Marchant	c Nichols b Tyler	9
WM Bradley	c Phillips b Tyler	22
+FH Huish	lbw b Tyler	0
EB Shine	c Nichols b Tyler	0
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 83 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-58, 3-88, 4-110, 5-123, 6-132, 7-155, 8-179, 9-184, 10-186 (83 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	29	7	61	7	-	-
Woods	16	4	32	1	-	-
Robson	4	2	8	0	-	-
Hedley	28	7	69	2	-	-
Fowler	6	2	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Wright reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> W Wright reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> WC Hedley reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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