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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 24th, 25th, 26th May 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Kent won by 66 runs |
| Points | Somerset 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Kent 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | WE Alley, R Julian |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 67/5 (Richards 28*, Rose 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (2) 176/7 (Shepherd 33*, Clinton 0*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Woolmer | lbw b Garner | 25 | |||||
| GS Clinton | not out | 4 | |||||
| CJ Tavaré | b Jennings | 105 | |||||
| Asif Iqbal | c Taylor b Garner | 41 | |||||
| *AGE Ealham | b Dredge | 32 | |||||
| JN Shepherd | c and b Jennings | 12 | |||||
| GW Johnson | c Taylor b Garner | 62 | |||||
| RW Hills | c Jennings b Garner | 3 | |||||
| +PR Downton | c Taylor b Garner | 0 | |||||
| DL Underwood | c Burgess b Jennings | 14 | |||||
| KBS Jarvis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 3 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs) | 303 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-87, 3-130, 4-161, 5-284, 6-288, 7-288, 8-295, 9-303 (100 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Garner | 27 | 6 | 65 | 5 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 20 | 4 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jennings | 26 | 7 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| Burgess | 18 | 7 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roebuck | 8 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Richards | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PW Denning | c Downton b Jarvis | 20 | |||||
| MJ Kitchen | c Asif Iqbal b Shepherd | 13 | |||||
| IVA Richards | c Jarvis b Woolmer | 60 | |||||
| PA Slocombe | c Tavaré b Shepherd | 1 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | c Tavaré b Shepherd | 0 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | c Johnson b Shepherd | 0 | |||||
| *BC Rose | not out | 89 | |||||
| GI Burgess | c Downton b Hills | 15 | |||||
| CH Dredge | b Jarvis | 1 | |||||
| KF Jennings | c Woolmer b Shepherd | 8 | |||||
| J Garner | c Johnson b Underwood | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60.1 overs) | 214 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34, 2-34, 3-36, 4-38, 5-58, 6-125, 7-168, 8-181, 9-213, 10-214 (60.1 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jarvis | 19 | 1 | 101 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 24 | 8 | 70 | 5 | - | - | |
| Woolmer | 8 | 3 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hills | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 3.1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Woolmer | c Taylor b Dredge | 54 | |||||
| CJ Tavaré | b Dredge | 21 | |||||
| *AGE Ealham | b Dredge | 13 | |||||
| JN Shepherd | b Garner | 37 | |||||
| GW Johnson | c Richards b Garner | 12 | |||||
| RW Hills | b Dredge | 16 | |||||
| +PR Downton | c Taylor b Richards | 4 | |||||
| DL Underwood | run out | 2 | |||||
| GS Clinton | not out | 8 | |||||
| KBS Jarvis | b Dredge | 0 | |||||
| Asif Iqbal | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 10 lb, 11 nb, 1 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78.3 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-99, 3-114, 4-129, 5-146, 6-159, 7-169, 8-183, 9-191 (78.3 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Garner | 16 | 8 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 30.3 | 6 | 53 | 5 | - | - | |
| Jennings | 18 | 7 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Richards | 14 | 3 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PW Denning | c Tavaré b Jarvis | 19 | |||||
| MJ Kitchen | c sub b Shepherd | 21 | |||||
| IVA Richards | b Shepherd | 0 | |||||
| PA Slocombe | c Ealham b Underwood | 13 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | c Tavaré b Underwood | 46 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | run out | 0 | |||||
| *BC Rose | b Underwood | 35 | |||||
| GI Burgess | c Tavaré b Underwood | 55 | |||||
| CH Dredge | b Underwood | 12 | |||||
| KF Jennings | lbw b Johnson | 0 | |||||
| J Garner | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb, 4 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.3 overs) | 214 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-29, 3-44, 4-44, 5-60, 6-144, 7-155, 8-207, 9-208, 10-214 (95.3 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jarvis | 8 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 20 | 5 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Woolmer | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hills | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 31.3 | 13 | 74 | 5 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 27 | 9 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> BC Rose (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 59
--> CJ Tavaré (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> CH Dredge reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> CH Dredge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 4-42)
--> CH Dredge achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings
--> CH Dredge reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> CH Dredge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 4-42)
--> CH Dredge achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Kent second innings
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