f20902 cc10404	Somerset v Kent
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Johnson Park, Yeovil on 11th, 13th, 14th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 3 wickets
Points	Somerset 12; Kent 0
Umpires	WFF Price, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 96/5 (Lawrence 49*, Lomax 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 29/3 (Lawrence 2*, Wight 4*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b McMahon	62
EG Witherden	b Lobb	6
AH Phebey	c Yawar Saeed b McMahon	34
P Hearn	c Lawrence b McMahon	0
J Pettiford	c Lomax b Lawrence	37
RC Wilson	b McMahon	4
BE Disbury	c Hilton b McMahon	2
+DG Ufton	b McMahon	1
*DVP Wright	b McMahon	13
JG Spanswick	c and b McMahon	0
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 4 w)	13
Total	(all out, 98.1 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-93, 3-93, 4-120, 5-126, 6-134, 7-136, 8-172, 9-172, 10-172 (98.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	24	8	39	1	-	-
Lomax	25	10	35	0	-	-
Yawar Saeed	4	0	13	0	-	-
Lawrence	10.1	1	23	1	-	-
McMahon	32	14	46	8	-	-
Hilton	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c Disbury b Spanswick	1
FL Angell	c Spanswick b Page	14
J Lawrence	b Spanswick	80
PB Wight	b Page	13
MF Tremlett	b Wright	9
J Hilton	c Phebey b Wright	0
JG Lomax	b Page	71
Yawar Saeed	c Spanswick b Page	5
+HW Stephenson	b Page	8
JWJ McMahon	not out	5
B Lobb	c Ufton b Wright	2
Extras	(14 b, 5 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-34, 3-64, 4-83, 5-83, 6-186, 7-206, 8-219, 9-220, 10-227 (68.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spanswick	16	4	52	2	-	-
Wright	21.1	5	63	3	-	-
Page	21	4	64	5	-	-
Pettiford	6	0	19	0	-	-
Hearn	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Lomax b McMahon	19
AH Phebey	lbw b Lobb	14
EG Witherden	c Hilton b Lawrence	69
P Hearn	c Stephenson b Hilton	21
J Pettiford	not out	32
RC Wilson	c Lawrence b Hilton	3
BE Disbury	st Stephenson b Lawrence	10
+DG Ufton	b Hilton	0
*DVP Wright	c Lomax b Hilton	5
JG Spanswick	c Tordoff b Lawrence	6
JCT Page	b Hilton	0
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 93.2 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-37, 3-90, 4-139, 5-151, 6-168, 7-169, 8-177, 9-184, 10-184 (93.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	8	2	25	1	-	-
Lomax	4	2	11	0	-	-
Lawrence	31	9	71	3	-	-
McMahon	19	8	46	1	-	-
Hilton	31.2	20	26	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c Pettiford b Spanswick	5
FL Angell	c Pettiford b Spanswick	9
J Lawrence	c Spanswick b Page	37
J Hilton	b Wright	4
PB Wight	c Fagg b Spanswick	31
MF Tremlett	b Wright	0
JG Lomax	not out	26
Yawar Saeed	run out	2
+HW Stephenson	not out	4
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, 46 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-19, 3-25, 4-63, 5-66, 6-114, 7-120

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spanswick	13	3	38	3	-	-
Wright	23	5	50	2	-	-
Page	10	2	30	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AE Fagg (1) passed 25000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> AH Phebey (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> JWJ McMahon equalled his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Kent first innings
--> JWJ McMahon reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JWJ McMahon reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JWJ McMahon equalled his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings
--> JG Spanswick achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 2-21)
--> JG Spanswick achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 2-21)

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