f24952 cc12477	Kent v Somerset
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Garrison Ground 2, Gillingham on 17th, 19th, 20th August 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 165 runs
Points	Kent 0; Somerset 10
Umpires	LH Gray, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 27/0 (Richardson 11*, Nicholls 11*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 163/7 (Virgin 31*, Palmer 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Nicholls b Dye	1
B Roe	lbw b Jones	18
PB Wight	c Denness b Dye	1
WE Alley	c Catt b Dye	105
RT Virgin	c Catt b Dye	22
CHM Greetham	st Catt b Jones	15
KE Palmer	run out	53
RC Kerslake	c Denness b Dye	3
BA Langford	b Underwood	68
*+HW Stephenson	run out	4
AJG Pearson	not out	15
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 107.1 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-11, 3-30, 4-145, 5-158, 6-168, 7-181, 8-268, 9-274, 10-315 (107.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	27	1	92	5	-	-
Melville	14	3	42	0	-	-
Jones	16	5	39	2	-	-
Page	23	8	74	0	-	-
Underwood	27.1	11	58	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Richardson	c Virgin b Pearson	27
D Nicholls	c Virgin b Palmer	11
MH Denness	c Alley b Pearson	8
BW Luckhurst	b Palmer	7
RC Wilson	c Stephenson b Pearson	70
+AW Catt	c and b Greetham	10
PH Jones	c Langford b Greetham	39
DL Underwood	c Atkinson b Palmer	1
JE Melville	c Langford b Greetham	6
JCJ Dye	b Greetham	0
JCT Page	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-52, 3-53, 4-81, 5-102, 6-185, 7-189, 8-196, 9-196, 10-200 (67.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pearson	24	6	73	3	-	-
Palmer	21.4	7	49	3	-	-
Greetham	14	5	30	4	-	-
Langford	8	2	31	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	run out	8
B Roe	c Nicholls b Melville	1
PB Wight	c Catt b Dye	15
WE Alley	b Page	61
RT Virgin	c Luckhurst b Jones	34
CHM Greetham	b Underwood	21
BA Langford	c Underwood b Dye	6
*+HW Stephenson	c Melville b Underwood	13
KE Palmer	not out	16
RC Kerslake	not out	8
AJG Pearson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-10, 3-42, 4-102, 5-130, 6-137, 7-162, 8-165

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	13	2	31	2	-	-
Melville	5	1	23	1	-	-
Jones	17	3	44	1	-	-
Page	15	3	44	1	-	-
Underwood	10	1	41	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Richardson	c Greetham b Langford	66
D Nicholls	run out	0
MH Denness	c Stephenson b Palmer	1
BW Luckhurst	c Wight b Palmer	9
RC Wilson	c Virgin b Langford	11
+AW Catt	c Kerslake b Greetham	18
PH Jones	c Pearson b Palmer	12
DL Underwood	c Virgin b Palmer	7
JE Melville	b Langford	1
JCJ Dye	c Stephenson b Palmer	4
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-5, 3-31, 4-44, 5-105, 6-119, 7-133, 8-134, 9-139, 10-139 (50.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pearson	11	1	29	0	-	-
Palmer	19	3	51	5	-	-
Greetham	4	0	7	1	-	-
Langford	16.1	3	42	3	-	-

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Notes
--> AJG Pearson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AJG Pearson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JE Melville made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JE Melville made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JCT Page made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JCT Page made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WE Alley (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> BA Langford (1) equalled his previous highest score of 68 in First-Class matches
--> BA Langford (1) equalled his previous highest score of 68 in County Championship matches
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 69
--> JCJ Dye achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-41)
--> JCJ Dye achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings
--> PH Jones reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JCJ Dye achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-41)
--> JCJ Dye achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings
--> KE Palmer reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings

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