f29685 cc14539	Kent v Somerset
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Mote Park, Maidstone on 30th June, 2nd, 3rd July 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 11 (Batting 6, Bowling 5); Somerset 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	JF Crapp, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 119/2 (Denness 27*, Asif Iqbal 9*; 37 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 12/0 (Wilkinson 9*, Robinson 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Wilkinson	c Woolmer b Shepherd	0
PJ Robinson	c Johnson b Graham	9
*DB Close	lbw b Woolmer	41
JM Parks	lbw b Shepherd	41
GI Burgess	c Knott b Woolmer	2
PW Denning	c Knott b Johnson	6
TW Cartwright	c Ealham b Shepherd	9
D Breakwell	c Knott b Shepherd	16
+DJS Taylor	b Graham	9
HR Moseley	not out	16
AA Jones	b Graham	0
Extras	(10 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-28, 3-72, 4-78, 5-87, 6-114, 7-120, 8-143, 9-146, 10-163 (66.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	14.5	5	23	3	-	-
Shepherd	23	4	66	4	-	-
Johnson	10	3	20	1	-	-
Woolmer	19	5	40	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	lbw b Cartwright	25
GW Johnson	c Parks b Burgess	53
*MH Denness	c Moseley b Breakwell	178
Asif Iqbal	c Taylor b Jones	41
AGE Ealham	b Jones	0
MC Cowdrey	not out	123
+APE Knott	not out	19
JN Shepherd	did not bat
RA Woolmer	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 7 nb)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 123 overs)	457
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-106, 3-174, 4-174, 5-415

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	22	4	105	2	-	-
Moseley	25	4	78	0	-	-
Cartwright	31	7	89	1	-	-
Burgess	24	4	86	1	-	-
Close	8	1	40	0	-	-
Breakwell	13	3	41	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Wilkinson	b Shepherd	9
PJ Robinson	c Johnson b Shepherd	8
*DB Close	b Underwood	19
JM Parks	c Woolmer b Shepherd	155
GI Burgess	c Cowdrey b Graham	59
PW Denning	c Underwood b Shepherd	2
D Breakwell	not out	31
TW Cartwright	lbw b Graham	4
+DJS Taylor	not out	13
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, 121 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-20, 3-79, 4-242, 5-246, 6-266, 7-276

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	29	13	50	2	-	-
Shepherd	27	8	78	4	-	-
Johnson	19	4	58	0	-	-
Woolmer	11	2	44	0	-	-
Underwood	29	12	55	1	-	-
Luckhurst	1	0	1	0	-	-
Cowdrey	5	1	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Somerset (2) ?/? (Parks 111*, [unknown] ?*)
--> BW Luckhurst (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> MH Denness (1) passed his previous highest score of 174 in First-Class matches
--> MH Denness (1) passed his previous highest score of 174 in County Championship matches
--> MH Denness (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 147
--> RA Woolmer reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JN Graham reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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