f36404 cc16907	Somerset v Kent
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1986
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 14th, 16th, 17th June 1986 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 24 runs
Points	Somerset 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Kent 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JH Harris, DR Shepherd
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 14/0 (Benson 7*, Hinks 7*; 8 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 54/1 (Hinks 24*, Tavaré 21*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NA Felton	lbw b Alderman	26
*PM Roebuck	c Marsh b Alderman	2
JJE Hardy	lbw b Ellison	33
IVA Richards	b Alderman	128
RJ Harden	c Alderman b Dilley	51
BC Rose	not out	107
VJ Marks	b Alderman	68
CH Dredge	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
+RJ Blitz	did not bat
RVJ Coombs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 98.5 overs)	433
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-60, 3-70, 4-228, 5-266, 6-433 (98.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	20	4	83	1	-	-
Alderman	23.5	3	122	4	-	-
Ellison	15	3	65	1	-	-
CS Cowdrey	13	1	63	0	-	-
Underwood	20	3	59	0	-	-
Taylor	7	0	30	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benson	c and b Coombs	55
SG Hinks	b Garner	20
CJ Tavaré	b Garner	38
NR Taylor	lbw b Garner	20
*CS Cowdrey	c Blitz b Garner	6
GR Cowdrey	b Coombs	0
RM Ellison	b Marks	10
+SA Marsh	b Coombs	43
GR Dilley	c Harden b Dredge	8
DL Underwood	not out	6
TM Alderman	b Marks	2
Extras	(14 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 96.3 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-101, 3-140, 4-145, 5-146, 6-154, 7-170, 8-185, 9-219, 10-226 (96.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	18	9	29	4	-	-
Dredge	18	6	42	1	-	-
Marks	30.3	12	65	2	-	-
Coombs	28	7	60	3	-	-
Harden	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benson	b Garner	8
SG Hinks	c Blitz b Garner	25
CJ Tavaré	c Harden b Coombs	39
NR Taylor	b Garner	4
*CS Cowdrey	b Garner	43
GR Cowdrey	c Rose b Marks	3
RM Ellison	lbw b Garner	6
+SA Marsh	b Coombs	35
GR Dilley	c Dredge b Marks	0
DL Underwood	b Marks	5
TM Alderman	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 92.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-58, 3-64, 4-92, 5-122, 6-127, 7-146, 8-163, 9-183, 10-183 (92.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	22	7	56	5	-	-
Dredge	16	5	26	0	-	-
Marks	32.1	20	43	3	-	-
Coombs	22	11	48	2	-	-

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Notes
--> IVA Richards (1) 100 in 104 balls
--> BC Rose (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> CJ Tavaré (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> TM Alderman reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> GR Dilley reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> VJ Marks reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings

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