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| Venue | Garrison Ground 2, Gillingham on 28th, 30th, 31st July 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Kent won by 9 wickets |
| Points | Kent 12; Somerset 4 |
| Umpires | WT Jones, WE Phillipson |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 21/1 (Prodger 8*, Pretlove 12*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 133 all out |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | run out | 38 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Ufton b Dixon | 20 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Ufton b Ridgway | 93 | |||||
| CL McCool | c Ufton b Allan | 16 | |||||
| GM Tripp | st Ufton b Pettiford | 26 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c Pretlove b Halfyard | 11 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | b Ridgway | 0 | |||||
| KE Palmer | c Fagg b Ridgway | 10 | |||||
| BA Langford | lbw b Ridgway | 12 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | not out | 6 | |||||
| B Lobb | b Halfyard | 17 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 104 overs) | 257 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-75, 3-105, 4-167, 5-196, 6-197, 7-211, 8-229, 9-234, 10-257 (104 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 21 | 4 | 60 | 4 | - | - | |
| Halfyard | 26 | 6 | 76 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 23 | 3 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allan | 26 | 12 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pettiford | 8 | 3 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Phebey | b McCool | 10 | |||||
| JM Prodger | b Lobb | 8 | |||||
| JF Pretlove | c Wight b McMahon | 4 | |||||
| *AE Fagg | c Pickles b Langford | 12 | |||||
| RC Wilson | b Lobb | 69 | |||||
| J Pettiford | lbw b Langford | 2 | |||||
| JM Allan | c McCool b Langford | 34 | |||||
| AL Dixon | lbw b McMahon | 11 | |||||
| +DG Ufton | lbw b Langford | 1 | |||||
| F Ridgway | c Lomax b Lobb | 6 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | not out | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.1 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-21, 3-35, 4-41, 5-44, 6-125, 7-146, 8-157, 9-157, 10-176 (80.1 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 15.1 | 4 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Langford | 23 | 9 | 48 | 4 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 28 | 9 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wight | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | run out | 14 | |||||
| JG Lomax | b Ridgway | 0 | |||||
| PB Wight | b Ridgway | 0 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Ridgway | 1 | |||||
| GM Tripp | lbw b Ridgway | 0 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | b Dixon | 41 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Prodger b Allan | 48 | |||||
| KE Palmer | c Fagg b Pettiford | 15 | |||||
| BA Langford | c Fagg b Pettiford | 6 | |||||
| B Lobb | st Ufton b Pettiford | 0 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 68.4 overs) | 133 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-0, 3-4, 4-4, 5-38, 6-81, 7-115, 8-122, 9-122, 10-133 (68.4 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 15 | 5 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Halfyard | 5 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 7 | 2 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allan | 29 | 11 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pettiford | 12.4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Phebey | not out | 86 | |||||
| JM Prodger | b McMahon | 11 | |||||
| RC Wilson | not out | 103 | |||||
| JF Pretlove | did not bat | ||||||
| *AE Fagg | did not bat | ||||||
| J Pettiford | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Allan | did not bat | ||||||
| AL Dixon | did not bat | ||||||
| +DG Ufton | did not bat | ||||||
| F Ridgway | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Halfyard | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 75.1 overs) | 215 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (Prodger) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 10 | 2 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 9 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langford | 27 | 5 | 70 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 22 | 6 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wight | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pickles | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tripp | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PB Wight (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 58
--> AL Dixon (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> RC Wilson (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 95
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