f27374 cc13606	Somerset v Kent
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 24th, 25th, 26th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 70 runs
Points	Somerset 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Kent 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	JF Crapp, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 296/8 (Luckhurst 173*, Hooper 6*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 18/0 (Luckhurst 6*, Denness 12*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Virgin b Rumsey	2
BW Luckhurst	not out	184
+D Nicholls	c Brooks b Rumsey	0
Asif Iqbal	run out	43
SE Leary	c Brooks b Rumsey	8
JN Shepherd	c Kerslake b Robinson	11
GW Johnson	lbw b Rumsey	6
*AL Dixon	c Langford b Palmer	14
A Brown	c Brooks b Rumsey	11
AJM Hooper	c Kitchen b Robinson	35
DM Sayer	not out	7
Extras	(12 lb, 14 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 127 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-61, 4-102, 5-127, 6-149, 7-184, 8-248, 9-338

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	29	4	95	5	-	-
Palmer	19	3	69	1	-	-
Alley	10	2	26	0	-	-
Chappell	13	3	36	0	-	-
Robinson	28	16	42	2	-	-
Langford	28	9	53	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Luckhurst b Brown	0
MJ Kitchen	c Denness b Sayer	6
GS Chappell	c Denness b Shepherd	82
TI Barwell	lbw b Sayer	0
WE Alley	c Luckhurst b Shepherd	110
KE Palmer	c Dixon b Shepherd	2
*RC Kerslake	b Shepherd	20
PJ Robinson	run out	7
BA Langford	b Sayer	13
+RA Brooks	not out	0
FE Rumsey	b Sayer	12
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 81.1 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-34, 3-34, 4-153, 5-161, 6-197, 7-217, 8-235, 9-241, 10-253 (81.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	11	0	77	1	-	-
Sayer	21.1	5	74	4	-	-
Shepherd	34	11	73	4	-	-
Dixon	15	5	28	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	not out	69
BW Luckhurst	b Robinson	41
+D Nicholls	run out	32
Asif Iqbal	not out	6
SE Leary	did not bat
JN Shepherd	did not bat
GW Johnson	did not bat
*AL Dixon	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
AJM Hooper	did not bat
DM Sayer	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 44 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-136

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	12	3	35	0	-	-
Palmer	14	0	44	0	-	-
Alley	5	1	22	0	-	-
Chappell	2	2	0	0	-	-
Robinson	9	1	34	1	-	-
Langford	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Johnson b Brown	4
MJ Kitchen	c Denness b Shepherd	10
GS Chappell	c Denness b Sayer	15
TI Barwell	c Nicholls b Shepherd	0
WE Alley	b Dixon	64
KE Palmer	c Nicholls b Shepherd	0
*RC Kerslake	c Asif Iqbal b Shepherd	2
PJ Robinson	not out	44
BA Langford	b Shepherd	24
+RA Brooks	c Denness b Sayer	9
FE Rumsey	c Leary b Sayer	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-25, 3-25, 4-33, 5-34, 6-68, 7-104, 8-153, 9-177, 10-177 (60 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	9	4	22	1	-	-
Sayer	15	5	35	3	-	-
Shepherd	23	8	63	5	-	-
Dixon	10	0	48	1	-	-
Leary	2	1	4	0	-	-
Johnson	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BW Luckhurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 183 in First-Class matches
--> BW Luckhurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 183 in County Championship matches
--> BW Luckhurst (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 155
--> BW Luckhurst (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 123
--> Asif Iqbal (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 39
--> AJM Hooper (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> AJM Hooper (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> GS Chappell (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in County Championship matches
--> WE Alley (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 48
--> WE Alley (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> PJ Robinson (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> FE Rumsey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> PJ Robinson reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> FE Rumsey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JN Shepherd reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> DM Sayer reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> A Brown reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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