f6175 cc1583	Kent v Somerset
	County Championship 1903
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 23rd, 24th, 25th July 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 130 runs
Points	Kent 1; Somerset -1
Umpires	RG Barlow, G Bean
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 37/2 (Braund 17*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dillon	c and b Braund	4
A Hearne	b Robson	33
J Seymour	c Lewis b Braund	8
*CJ Burnup	lbw b Tyler	134
EW Mann	b Robson	0
RNR Blaker	b Robson	0
HTW Hardinge	not out	62
+FH Huish	not out	4
WJ Fairservice	did not bat
C Blythe	did not bat
A Fielder	did not bat
Extras	(19 b, 1 w)	20
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-20, 3-97, 4-97, 5-97, 6-256

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Braund	39	7	83	2	-	-
Robson	28	9	50	3	-	-
Lewis	13	1	47	0	-	-
Tyler	13	2	59	1	-	-
Hardy	3	0	6	0	1	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Daniell	st Huish b Blythe	6
LC Braund	lbw b Blythe	17
AE Lewis	c Fielder b Hardinge	14
E Robson	b Hearne	1
PR Johnson	c Blaker b Hearne	1
FM Lee	not out	35
*SMJ Woods	b Hearne	7
OM Samson	c Huish b Hearne	8
FP Hardy	b Blythe	13
+AE Newton	st Huish b Blythe	4
EJ Tyler	run out	10
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-37, 3-38, 4-38, 5-43, 6-50, 7-68, 8-85, 9-99, 10-121 (43 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fielder	3	1	5	0	-	-
Blythe	20	4	57	4	-	-
Fairservice	5	2	12	0	-	-
Hardinge	1	0	5	1	-	-
Hearne	14	4	37	4	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dillon	b Robson	14
A Hearne	b Braund	1
J Seymour	b Braund	29
RNR Blaker	b Braund	2
*CJ Burnup	lbw b Robson	0
EW Mann	c and b Braund	11
HTW Hardinge	c Woods b Braund	0
+FH Huish	lbw b Robson	3
WJ Fairservice	not out	1
C Blythe	b Robson	0
A Fielder	b Braund	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 29.1 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-32, 3-37, 4-40, 5-50, 6-52, 7-63, 8-67, 9-67, 10-68 (29.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Braund	14.1	2	41	6	-	-
Robson	14	5	21	4	-	-
Lewis	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Braund	b Blythe	26
AE Lewis	b Blythe	1
PR Johnson	b Hearne	6
FM Lee	c Seymour b Blythe	3
*SMJ Woods	c Blaker b Blythe	7
E Robson	c Blaker b Blythe	3
J Daniell	not out	24
FP Hardy	c Dillon b Hearne	4
OM Samson	c Blaker b Hearne	6
+AE Newton	c Hearne b Blythe	0
EJ Tyler	b Blythe	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 32.5 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-14, 3-19, 4-31, 5-47, 6-50, 7-67, 8-74, 9-78, 10-82 (32.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blythe	16.5	6	41	7	-	-
Hearne	16	3	39	3	-	-

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Notes
--> EW Mann made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> A Hearne (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> CJ Burnup (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 114
--> LC Braund reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> C Blythe reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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Burnup's 134 lasted 180 minutes and included 1 six and 10 fours