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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 7th, 8th, 9th September 1983 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Somerset 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Kent 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3) | 
| Umpires | B Leadbeater, DO Oslear | 
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 434/9 (Felton 157*, Booth 1*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (1) 124/1 (Taylor 69*, Tavaré 40*) | 
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW Lloyds | c Underwood b Dilley | 14 | |||||
| JG Wyatt | c Tavaré b Dilley | 8 | |||||
| NA Felton | not out | 173 | |||||
| IVA Richards | c Dilley b Jarvis | 103 | |||||
| PW Denning | c Aslett b Johnson | 2 | |||||
| *IT Botham | run out | 24 | |||||
| VJ Marks | c Knott b Cowdrey | 29 | |||||
| +T Gard | c sub b Underwood | 7 | |||||
| MR Davis | c Benson b Underwood | 17 | |||||
| CH Dredge | b Underwood | 50 | |||||
| SC Booth | c Cowdrey b Dilley | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 11 lb, 10 nb, 1 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 124.1 overs) | 462 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-36, 3-204, 4-209, 5-251, 6-296, 7-309, 8-355, 9-427, 10-462 (124.1 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dilley | 22.1 | 3 | 72 | 3 | - | - | |
| Jarvis | 33 | 4 | 137 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cowdrey | 24 | 0 | 90 | 1 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 25 | 10 | 79 | 3 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 20 | 1 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NR Taylor | c Botham b Marks | 104 | |||||
| MR Benson | c Felton b Botham | 8 | |||||
| *CJ Tavaré | c Gard b Marks | 41 | |||||
| DG Aslett | c Booth b Marks | 17 | |||||
| CS Cowdrey | not out | 103 | |||||
| EAE Baptiste | c Lloyds b Marks | 24 | |||||
| +APE Knott | c Dredge b Marks | 38 | |||||
| GW Johnson | not out | 9 | |||||
| GR Dilley | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
| KBS Jarvis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb, 3 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 77 overs) | 357 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-129, 3-147, 4-219, 5-259, 6-312 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 7 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davis | 10 | 3 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marks | 31 | 7 | 134 | 5 | - | - | |
| Booth | 18 | 1 | 105 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lloyds | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW Lloyds | not out | 27 | |||||
| JG Wyatt | not out | 25 | |||||
| NA Felton | did not bat | ||||||
| IVA Richards | did not bat | ||||||
| PW Denning | did not bat | ||||||
| *IT Botham | did not bat | ||||||
| VJ Marks | did not bat | ||||||
| +T Gard | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| CH Dredge | did not bat | ||||||
| SC Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 33 overs) | 54 | |||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowdrey | 17 | 5 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 16 | 6 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Somerset score at 100 overs in the first innings was 362-8
--> NA Felton (1) passed his previous highest score of 71 in County Championship matches
--> NA Felton (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> NA Felton (1) passed his previous highest score of 71 in First-Class matches
--> NA Felton (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> CH Dredge (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> CS Cowdrey (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> DL Underwood reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> DL Underwood reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> VJ Marks reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent first innings
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