f4562 cc579	Somerset v Kent
	County Championship 1896
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 20th, 21st, 22nd August 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Lillywhite, AF Smith
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 405/5 (Patterson 176*, Stewart 47*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 2/1 (Hedley 1*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Mason	run out	14
CJ Burnup	b Hedley	4
*F Marchant	c Newton b Tyler	28
WH Patterson	c Newton b Robson	181
Lord Harris	c Robson b Hill	119
GJV Weigall	c LCH Palairet b Robson	11
HC Stewart	c Hedley b Robson	83
F Martin	c LCH Palairet b Hedley	4
EB Shine	not out	0
+FH Huish	b Hedley	0
WM Bradley	b Hedley	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 166.1 overs)	450
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-25, 3-58, 4-278, 5-311, 6-435, 7-450, 8-450, 9-450, 10-450 (166.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hedley	44.1	11	123	4	-	-
Robson	26	6	70	3	-	-
Nichols	12	0	54	0	-	-
Tyler	49	15	118	1	-	-
Woods	4	0	7	0	-	-
LCH Palairet	12	3	29	0	-	-
Roe	14	2	32	0	-	-
Hill	5	1	11	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SMJ Woods	c Burnup b Shine	16
LCH Palairet	b Martin	32
RCN Palairet	c Huish b Shine	23
WN Roe	b Shine	5
E Robson	b Shine	16
JB Challen	run out	26
VT Hill	c Burnup b Shine	5
WC Hedley	c Stewart b Shine	3
GB Nichols	st Huish b Martin	15
EJ Tyler	not out	10
+AE Newton	b Martin	6
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-66, 3-74, 4-93, 5-97, 6-107, 7-123, 8-140, 9-151, 10-163 (68 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shine	34	7	101	6	2	-
Martin	25	15	33	3	-	-
Bradley	9	3	23	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WC Hedley	c Shine b Mason	59
+AE Newton	c Huish b Bradley	0
RCN Palairet	b Mason	99
LCH Palairet	b Patterson	2
WN Roe	c Huish b Bradley	4
E Robson	c Burnup b Mason	10
*SMJ Woods	c Weigall b Bradley	98
JB Challen	b Mason	6
VT Hill	b Mason	17
GB Nichols	not out	28
EJ Tyler	b Bradley	4
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 138.1 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-111, 3-138, 4-179, 5-179, 6-193, 7-199, 8-232, 9-340, 10-348 (138.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shine	6	0	21	0	-	-
Martin	27	8	52	0	-	-
Bradley	33.1	7	85	4	-	2
Patterson	28	4	92	1	-	-
Mason	44	17	77	5	-	1

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Mason	not out	19
CJ Burnup	not out	16
*F Marchant	did not bat
WH Patterson	did not bat
Lord Harris	did not bat
GJV Weigall	did not bat
HC Stewart	did not bat
F Martin	did not bat
EB Shine	did not bat
+FH Huish	did not bat
WM Bradley	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(no wicket, 11 overs)	36

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hedley	6	0	24	0	-	-
Robson	5	2	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WH Patterson (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in County Championship matches
--> WH Patterson (1) passed his previous highest score of 143 in First-Class matches
--> Lord Harris (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> Lord Harris (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AE Newton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> SMJ Woods (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 21
--> RCN Palairet (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> VT Hill (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11

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