f23657 cc11773	Kent v Somerset
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Garrison Ground 2, Gillingham on 3rd, 4th, 5th May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Somerset won by 22 runs
Points	Kent 2; Somerset 12
Umpires	LH Gray, RSM Lay
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 143/1 (Prideaux 53*, Wilson 64*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 137/2 (Wight 56*, Alley 11*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Sayer	24
JG Lomax	c Wilson b Brown	5
PB Wight	c Ufton b Halfyard	4
WE Alley	c Wilson b Halfyard	72
GL Keith	c Ufton b Sayer	0
CHM Greetham	c Wilson b Halfyard	13
KE Palmer	c Leary b Jones	24
CRM Atkinson	c Halfyard b Dixon	27
*+HW Stephenson	c Dixon b Halfyard	15
BA Langford	not out	6
KD Biddulph	b Jones	0
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-14, 3-54, 4-58, 5-75, 6-147, 7-147, 8-163, 9-163, 10-195 (67.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	25	7	73	4	-	-
Brown	13	4	40	1	-	-
Sayer	16	3	45	2	-	-
Dixon	7	2	24	1	-	-
Jones	6.4	3	8	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	b Palmer	16
RM Prideaux	st Stephenson b Langford	74
RC Wilson	lbw b Langford	88
*MC Cowdrey	c Lomax b Langford	10
SE Leary	b CRM Atkinson	15
PH Jones	c Keith b CRM Atkinson	23
AL Dixon	c Biddulph b Langford	16
+DG Ufton	c Keith b CRM Atkinson	13
DJ Halfyard	c Wight b CRM Atkinson	0
A Brown	b CRM Atkinson	9
DM Sayer	not out	1
Extras	(9 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-180, 3-194, 4-201, 5-223, 6-246, 7-260, 8-260, 9-266, 10-276 (107.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	11	2	37	0	-	-
Palmer	18	2	47	1	-	-
Alley	11	4	17	0	-	-
Lomax	8	0	22	0	-	-
Langford	35	15	95	4	-	-
CRM Atkinson	24.2	7	47	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Brown	6
JG Lomax	c Ufton b Sayer	58
PB Wight	b Halfyard	84
WE Alley	c Ufton b Dixon	11
GL Keith	c Leary b Jones	16
CHM Greetham	c Cowdrey b Jones	3
KE Palmer	b Halfyard	19
CRM Atkinson	c and b Jones	20
*+HW Stephenson	c Wilson b Jones	11
BA Langford	not out	1
KD Biddulph	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 91.5 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-122, 3-141, 4-172, 5-176, 6-198, 7-215, 8-239, 9-240 (91.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	32	9	86	2	-	-
Brown	7	1	22	1	-	-
Sayer	7	0	20	1	-	-
Dixon	17	4	36	1	-	-
Jones	28.5	7	65	4	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Palmer b Langford	1
RM Prideaux	b Langford	32
RC Wilson	c CRM Atkinson b Biddulph	8
*MC Cowdrey	c and b Langford	21
AL Dixon	c Keith b Langford	4
PH Jones	c Biddulph b CRM Atkinson	32
SE Leary	c Langford b Alley	23
+DG Ufton	c CRM Atkinson b Alley	6
DJ Halfyard	c Keith b Alley	0
A Brown	c Stephenson b Langford	0
DM Sayer	not out	0
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 39.1 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-32, 3-66, 4-70, 5-77, 6-111, 7-128, 8-128, 9-129, 10-137 (39.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	9	2	26	1	-	-
Alley	2.1	1	7	3	-	-
Langford	19	6	48	5	-	-
CRM Atkinson	9	1	46	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RM Prideaux (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in County Championship matches
--> CRM Atkinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 5-56)
--> CRM Atkinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 5-56)
--> BA Langford reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Kent second innings

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