f24256 cc12073	Kent v Somerset
	County Championship 1962
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 30th, 31st May, 1st June 1962 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 0; Somerset 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	J Arnold, T Drinkwater
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 15/2 (Prodger 1*, Wilson 4*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 128/5 (Alley 9*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Nicholls b Halfyard	21
B Roe	c Leary b Jones	11
PB Wight	b Jones	59
WE Alley	c Ufton b Halfyard	155
MJ Kitchen	c Ufton b Luckhurst	15
CHM Greetham	c Prodger b Luckhurst	0
JG Lomax	c Wilson b Luckhurst	27
CRM Atkinson	not out	24
KE Palmer	not out	1
*+HW Stephenson	c Richardson b Luckhurst	1
BA Langford	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-42, 3-159, 4-226, 5-233, 6-288, 7-314, 8-317

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	39	12	82	2	-	-
Sayer	18	2	68	0	-	-
Jones	39	11	76	2	-	-
Baker	12	4	56	0	-	-
Luckhurst	11	2	32	4	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Lomax b Langford	10
JM Prodger	b Langford	8
+DG Ufton	b Langford	0
RC Wilson	b Langford	80
SE Leary	c Wight b CRM Atkinson	19
D Nicholls	b Palmer	21
PH Jones	b Palmer	1
BW Luckhurst	b CRM Atkinson	17
DJ Halfyard	c Greetham b Langford	5
*DM Sayer	not out	8
DW Baker	c Stephenson b CRM Atkinson	4
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 83 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-34, 4-63, 5-120, 6-124, 7-161, 8-175, 9-186, 10-190 (83 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	25	5	43	2	-	-
Lomax	1	0	4	0	-	-
Langford	35	15	71	5	-	-
CRM Atkinson	22	5	55	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Leary b Halfyard	50
B Roe	lbw b Sayer	52
PB Wight	b Sayer	8
WE Alley	b Jones	52
MJ Kitchen	run out	2
CHM Greetham	c Prodger b Luckhurst	4
JG Lomax	b Jones	10
CRM Atkinson	c Prodger b Halfyard	8
KE Palmer	not out	4
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 w)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 71.3 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-104, 3-113, 4-124, 5-128, 6-162, 7-187, 8-193 (71.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	16.3	7	31	2	-	-
Sayer	22	4	44	2	-	-
Jones	10	3	31	2	-	-
Baker	5	1	21	0	-	-
Luckhurst	14	3	45	1	-	-
Leary	4	0	18	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Lomax b Langford	135
JM Prodger	c Palmer b Langford	7
RC Wilson	b Langford	20
SE Leary	c Langford b Lomax	2
D Nicholls	b Langford	1
PH Jones	run out	1
BW Luckhurst	not out	71
+DG Ufton	not out	2
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
*DM Sayer	did not bat
DW Baker	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 106 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-79, 3-92, 4-92, 5-104, 6-220

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	16	6	27	0	-	-
Lomax	24	5	59	1	-	-
Langford	38	16	75	4	-	-
CRM Atkinson	13	4	35	0	-	-
Greetham	15	4	43	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Nicholls made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JG Lomax (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> CRM Atkinson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> G Atkinson (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> BW Luckhurst (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> BW Luckhurst (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> BW Luckhurst achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 1-9)
--> BW Luckhurst achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 1-9)
--> DJ Halfyard reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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