f20203 cc10066	Kent v Somerset
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover on 15th, 17th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 8 wickets
Points	Kent 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	LH Gray, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 153/6 (Ridgway 15*, Mallett 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	b Wright	10
DL Kitson	c Phebey b Wright	12
R Smith	st Fenner b Mallett	31
J Lawrence	run out	53
*BG Brocklehurst	b Mallett	0
+HW Stephenson	c Hearn b Wright	9
J Baker	lbw b Wright	0
CF Davey	b Mallett	14
TA Hall	c Fagg b Wright	16
BA Langford	not out	0
CG Mitchell	c and b Wright	0
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-33, 3-66, 4-66, 5-92, 6-92, 7-142, 8-159, 9-159, 10-159 (60.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	10	0	30	0	-	-
Mallett	17	9	16	3	-	-
Wright	18.4	6	48	6	-	-
Page	15	2	51	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Langford b Hall	2
AH Phebey	lbw b Lawrence	18
AF Woollett	b Langford	33
MC Cowdrey	c Walford b Lawrence	1
P Hearn	lbw b Langford	26
+MD Fenner	b Langford	55
F Ridgway	c Davey b Lawrence	17
AWH Mallett	b Hall	23
EG Witherden	c Brocklehurst b Lawrence	22
*DVP Wright	c Brocklehurst b Langford	29
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-48, 3-52, 4-60, 5-128, 6-153, 7-158, 8-186, 9-223, 10-231 (79.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	20	2	49	2	-	-
Mitchell	14	2	51	0	-	-
Lawrence	20	3	57	4	-	-
Langford	23.4	8	63	4	-	-
Baker	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	lbw b Ridgway	14
DL Kitson	b Wright	31
R Smith	b Wright	5
J Lawrence	c sub b Wright	2
*BG Brocklehurst	b Wright	24
+HW Stephenson	b Ridgway	0
J Baker	c Fenner b Wright	3
CF Davey	lbw b Wright	4
TA Hall	run out	21
BA Langford	not out	28
CG Mitchell	b Page	16
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-41, 3-53, 4-67, 5-68, 6-78, 7-85, 8-90, 9-113, 10-150 (53.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	17	6	43	2	-	-
Mallett	15	2	37	0	-	-
Wright	19	5	54	6	-	-
Page	2.1	0	14	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Lawrence b Langford	28
AH Phebey	lbw b Lawrence	35
AF Woollett	not out	2
MC Cowdrey	not out	6
P Hearn	did not bat
+MD Fenner	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
AWH Mallett	did not bat
EG Witherden	did not bat
*DVP Wright	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 26.2 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-69

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	5	0	19	0	-	-
Mitchell	4	0	14	0	-	-
Lawrence	8.2	2	22	1	-	-
Langford	9	3	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MD Fenner (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> MD Fenner (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in County Championship matches
--> DVP Wright (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> AWH Mallett reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> TA Hall reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> TA Hall reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> DVP Wright reached 1700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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