f21335 cc10641	Somerset v Kent
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 9th, 11th, 12th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 12; Kent 0
Umpires	DE Davies, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 301/7 (Atkinson 58*, Langford 17*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 192/8 (Ufton 39*, Wright 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	c and b Wright	59
M Walker	lbw b Halfyard	0
*MF Tremlett	b Halfyard	6
PB Wight	c Ufton b Halfyard	94
CL McCool	b Page	12
G Atkinson	b Halfyard	65
+HW Stephenson	b Halfyard	13
JG Lomax	b Wright	26
BA Langford	c Dixon b Page	27
JWJ McMahon	c Phebey b Page	0
B Lobb	not out	0
Extras	(16 b)	16
Total	(all out, 112.2 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-11, 3-130, 4-145, 5-205, 6-227, 7-271, 8-310, 9-310, 10-318 (112.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	32.2	6	84	5	-	-
Page	41	9	106	3	-	-
Dixon	15	5	42	0	-	-
Wright	24	5	70	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Langford	35
AH Phebey	c Stephenson b Lobb	6
RC Wilson	c McCool b Langford	26
SE Leary	c Lomax b Langford	4
J Pettiford	b Langford	12
AL Dixon	c Lobb b Langford	0
+DG Ufton	c Stephenson b Langford	0
AF Brazier	st Stephenson b Langford	8
DJ Halfyard	b Langford	0
*DVP Wright	not out	1
JCT Page	b McMahon	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-71, 3-76, 4-79, 5-79, 6-82, 7-94, 8-94, 9-99, 10-100 (52.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	7	1	18	1	-	-
Tremlett	4	1	11	0	-	-
Lomax	3	1	6	0	-	-
Langford	19	10	23	8	-	-
McMahon	18.1	8	27	1	-	-
Atkinson	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Langford	27
AH Phebey	c Tremlett b Pickles	9
RC Wilson	c Pickles b Langford	10
SE Leary	st Stephenson b McMahon	56
J Pettiford	c Lomax b Langford	14
AL Dixon	c McCool b McMahon	11
+DG Ufton	not out	63
AF Brazier	lbw b Lobb	14
DJ Halfyard	st Stephenson b McCool	6
*DVP Wright	c Wight b Langford	5
JCT Page	b Lobb	5
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 88.3 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-37, 3-55, 4-101, 5-118, 6-140, 7-175, 8-190, 9-198, 10-227 (88.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	10.3	2	28	2	-	-
Lomax	1	0	4	0	-	-
Langford	34	9	81	4	-	-
McMahon	23	7	43	2	-	-
Atkinson	6	3	17	0	-	-
McCool	9	2	25	1	-	-
Pickles	5	1	22	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	not out	7
M Walker	c Wilson b Halfyard	0
G Atkinson	not out	3
*MF Tremlett	did not bat
PB Wight	did not bat
CL McCool	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
JG Lomax	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 5.2 overs)	10
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Walker)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	3	2	1	1	-	-
Page	2.2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AF Brazier made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AF Brazier made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> PB Wight (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 81
--> DJ Halfyard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 3-68)
--> DJ Halfyard achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings
--> DJ Halfyard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 3-68)
--> DJ Halfyard achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings
--> BA Langford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 8-96)
--> BA Langford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 8-96)

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