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| 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*) |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
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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