f4737 cc660	Kent v Somerset
	County Championship 1897
Venue	The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 15th, 16th, 17th July 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 213 runs
Points	Kent 1; Somerset -1
Umpires	W Hearn, J Lillywhite
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 78/4 (Woods 20*, Smith 4*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 217/7 (Mason 105*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Mason	c RCN Palairet b Robson	31
A Hearne	lbw b Tyler	10
*F Marchant	lbw b Tyler	32
JN Tonge	b Tyler	9
RO Livesay	b Woods	43
GJV Weigall	b Woods	65
HC Stewart	c LCH Palairet b Robson	30
F Martin	c LCH Palairet b Woods	34
W Wright	b Fowler	4
EB Shine	b Woods	5
+FH Huish	not out	0
Extras	(16 b, 3 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 92.2 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-66, 3-78, 4-83, 5-147, 6-196, 7-271, 8-276, 9-?, 10-282 (92.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fowler	20	4	51	1	-	-
Tyler	33	7	83	3	-	-
Robson	12	4	41	2	-	-
Nichols	3	0	7	0	-	-
LCH Palairet	2	1	1	0	-	-
Woods	15.2	4	59	4	-	-
Gill	7	0	21	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	b Shine	16
RB Porch	b Shine	29
HT Stanley	c Huish b Wright	0
E Robson	b Shine	6
*SMJ Woods	c and b Hearne	92
DJ Smith	c Mason b Shine	17
+RCN Palairet	b Martin	11
GB Nichols	b Hearne	2
G Fowler	b Shine	35
EJ Tyler	b Shine	31
GC Gill	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 93.4 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-41, 3-?, 4-66, 5-106, 6-152, 7-178, 8-178, 9-244, 10-253 (93.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	25	9	63	1	-	-
Shine	37.4	7	100	6	-	1
Mason	14	5	32	0	-	-
Martin	9	3	11	1	-	-
Hearne	8	0	33	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Mason	b LCH Palairet	183
A Hearne	c RCN Palairet b Woods	1
*F Marchant	c Nichols b Tyler	13
JN Tonge	c LCH Palairet b Gill	13
RO Livesay	c Fowler b Woods	16
GJV Weigall	c Stanley b Woods	2
HC Stewart	b Nichols	41
F Martin	b Nichols	6
W Wright	c Robson b Tyler	16
EB Shine	c Tyler b LCH Palairet	19
+FH Huish	not out	2
Extras	(20 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 115.4 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-22, 3-75, 4-111, 5-113, 6-183, 7-217, 8-311, 9-?, 10-335 (115.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fowler	6	1	21	0	-	-
Tyler	35	6	92	2	-	-
Robson	17	3	35	0	-	-
Nichols	11	2	27	2	-	-
LCH Palairet	5.4	1	35	2	-	-
Woods	24	5	67	3	-	1
Gill	17	5	35	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c Marchant b Shine	32
RB Porch	c Huish b Hearne	13
HT Stanley	b Mason	29
E Robson	b Mason	0
*SMJ Woods	c Stewart b Mason	12
DJ Smith	b Mason	5
+RCN Palairet	b Shine	15
GB Nichols	c Huish b Mason	2
G Fowler	c Marchant b Shine	11
EJ Tyler	not out	16
GC Gill	c Huish b Shine	4
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 4 w)	12
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-50, 3-71, 4-99, 5-99, 6-101, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-151 (75.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	15	6	23	0	-	-
Shine	32.4	9	82	4	4	-
Mason	15	7	20	5	-	-
Martin	1	1	0	0	-	-
Hearne	12	6	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> F Marchant (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> F Martin (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> RB Porch (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> SMJ Woods (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 59
--> JR Mason (2) passed his previous highest score of 131 in County Championship matches
--> JR Mason (2) passed his previous highest score of 142 in First-Class matches
--> JR Mason (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> SMJ Woods (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> E Robson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> EJ Tyler reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings

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