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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 23rd, 24th, 25th July 1980 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Somerset won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Somerset 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Kent 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | HD Bird, KE Palmer |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 34/2 (Olive 8*, Dredge 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (2) 46/2 (Johnson 20*, Cowdrey 10*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Woolmer | st Taylor b Popplewell | 23 | |||||
| GW Johnson | c Denning b Dredge | 20 | |||||
| CJ Tavaré | c Taylor b Moseley | 16 | |||||
| CS Cowdrey | b Dredge | 0 | |||||
| *AGE Ealham | b Marks | 34 | |||||
| NR Taylor | c Taylor b Breakwell | 28 | |||||
| +SNV Waterton | c Taylor b Dredge | 13 | |||||
| JN Shepherd | b Popplewell | 60 | |||||
| GD Spelman | b Marks | 3 | |||||
| DL Underwood | b Marks | 1 | |||||
| KBS Jarvis | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 10 lb, 4 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.1 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44, 2-56, 3-56, 4-104, 5-108, 6-136, 7-179, 8-214, 9-215, 10-216 (95.1 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Moseley | 21 | 7 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 22 | 5 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 18 | 7 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marks | 27.1 | 14 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 7 | 2 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Johnson b Jarvis | 17 | |||||
| M Olive | b Underwood | 22 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | lbw b Underwood | 2 | |||||
| CH Dredge | b Jarvis | 1 | |||||
| PW Denning | c Tavaré b Johnson | 58 | |||||
| *VJ Marks | b Underwood | 5 | |||||
| JW Lloyds | c and b Underwood | 3 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | lbw b Underwood | 32 | |||||
| NFM Popplewell | not out | 135 | |||||
| D Breakwell | not out | 73 | |||||
| HR Moseley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 11 lb, 10 nb, 2 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 104 overs) | 376 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-34, 3-38, 4-72, 5-94, 6-106, 7-133, 8-197 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jarvis | 21 | 4 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Spelman | 18 | 2 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 15 | 0 | 73 | 0 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 36 | 9 | 104 | 5 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 14 | 4 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Woolmer | c Taylor b Moseley | 10 | |||||
| GW Johnson | b Lloyds | 57 | |||||
| CJ Tavaré | b Moseley | 4 | |||||
| CS Cowdrey | c Denning b Moseley | 18 | |||||
| *AGE Ealham | c Gavaskar b Dredge | 82 | |||||
| NR Taylor | not out | 27 | |||||
| +SNV Waterton | b Dredge | 1 | |||||
| JN Shepherd | c and b Marks | 19 | |||||
| GD Spelman | b Moseley | 0 | |||||
| DL Underwood | c Taylor b Moseley | 3 | |||||
| KBS Jarvis | b Dredge | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 109.3 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-30, 3-55, 4-179, 5-179, 6-182, 7-207, 8-208, 9-215, 10-234 (109.3 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Moseley | 22 | 5 | 59 | 5 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 22.3 | 6 | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marks | 29 | 15 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 13 | 9 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lloyds | 20 | 10 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | b Shepherd | 6 | |||||
| M Olive | c Taylor b Shepherd | 10 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | c Jarvis b Shepherd | 0 | |||||
| PW Denning | c Waterton b Shepherd | 20 | |||||
| *VJ Marks | not out | 35 | |||||
| JW Lloyds | not out | 5 | |||||
| CH Dredge | did not bat | ||||||
| +DJS Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| NFM Popplewell | did not bat | ||||||
| D Breakwell | did not bat | ||||||
| HR Moseley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 20.1 overs) | 78 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-11, 3-17, 4-60 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 10 | 0 | 37 | 4 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 9.1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> Somerset score at 100 overs in the first innings was 340-8
--> M Olive (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in County Championship matches
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> NFM Popplewell (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 92 in First-Class matches
--> NFM Popplewell (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AGE Ealham (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
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