f17718 cc8694	Somerset v Kent
	County Championship 1947
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 23rd, 25th, 26th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 0; Kent 4
Umpires	B Flint, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 44/0 (Walford 15*, Buse 27*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 24/1 (Mitchell-Innes 10*, Walford 5*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	c Meyer b Hazell	173		320	17	-
AE Fagg	c Watts b Tremlett	82
HA Pawson	c and b Hazell	27
*BH Valentine	c Lawrence b Hazell	37
GF Anson	b Hazell	21
+TG Evans	c and b Hazell	21
W Murray-Wood	run out	1
DVP Wright	not out	6
RR Dovey	st Luckes b Meyer	13
F Ridgway	c Walford b Hazell	8
NW Harding	not out	6
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 124 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-166, 2-238, 3-312, 4-344, 5-361, 6-364, 7-364, 8-379, 9-392

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	21	6	67	0	-	-
Tremlett	25	3	87	1	-	-
Meyer	19	3	56	1	-	-
Lawrence	15	2	66	0	-	-
Hazell	42	11	111	6	-	-
Walford	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	lbw b Dovey	30
HFT Buse	c Evans b Wright	41
HE Watts	c and b Wright	0
FS Lee	c sub b Wright	9
NS Mitchell-Innes	lbw b Harding	58
GES Woodhouse	b Wright	0
+WT Luckes	c Evans b Wright	26
*RJO Meyer	c Harding b Wright	8
MF Tremlett	b Harding	17
J Lawrence	c Pawson b Wright	27
HL Hazell	not out	6
Extras	(6 b, 15 lb, 5 nb)	26
Total	(all out, 94.3 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-73, 3-73, 4-83, 5-83, 6-144, 7-161, 8-206, 9-215, 10-248 (94.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	12	3	33	2	-	-
Ridgway	16	3	41	0	-	-
Wright	31.3	12	103	7	-	5
Dovey	28	13	32	1	-	-
Murray-Wood	7	1	13	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	run out	71
AE Fagg	c Luckes b Buse	4
HA Pawson	b Tremlett	5
*BH Valentine	c Woodhouse b Meyer	33
GF Anson	c Watts b Hazell	5
+TG Evans	not out	49
W Murray-Wood	c Meyer b Hazell	11
DVP Wright	not out	3
RR Dovey	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
NW Harding	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 40 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-38, 3-89, 4-100, 5-161, 6-174

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tremlett	9	0	34	1	1	-
Buse	8	2	20	1	-	-
Hazell	11	3	52	2	-	-
Lawrence	3	0	16	0	-	-
Meyer	9	0	59	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	lbw b Dovey	37
HFT Buse	lbw b Harding	6
HE Watts	c Valentine b Wright	40
FS Lee	c and b Wright	21
NS Mitchell-Innes	c Pawson b Dovey	35
+WT Luckes	not out	36
*RJO Meyer	b Ridgway	3
MF Tremlett	st Evans b Wright	5
J Lawrence	not out	31
GES Woodhouse	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(22 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	34
Total	(7 wickets, 79 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-86, 3-86, 4-127, 5-158, 6-176, 7-183

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	10	2	36	1	-	4
Ridgway	14	4	34	1	-	-
Wright	27	6	86	3	-	2
Dovey	21	6	37	2	-	-
Murray-Wood	7	1	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GF Anson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GF Anson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> NW Harding made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> FS Lee made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FS Lee made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LJ Todd (1) passed his previous highest score of 162 in County Championship matches
--> LJ Todd (1) passed his previous highest score of 162 in First-Class matches
--> AE Fagg (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> TG Evans (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> NS Mitchell-Innes (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> LJ Todd (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 71
--> LJ Todd (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 71
--> LJ Todd (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 67
--> BH Valentine (2) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> DVP Wright reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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