f22770 cc11367	Somerset v Kent
	County Championship 1959
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 20th, 22nd, 23rd June 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 85 runs
Points	Somerset 14 (Batting 2); Kent 0
Umpires	LH Gray, RSM Lay
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 450 all out
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 186/8 (Pettiford 27*, Ridgway 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Wilkinson	7
PB Wight	not out	222
*MF Tremlett	b Wilkinson	0
CL McCool	b Ridgway	96
CHM Greetham	run out	22
WE Alley	c Ridgway b Page	66
KE Palmer	b Page	1
+HW Stephenson	c Phebey b Dixon	23
JH Harris	c Catt b Page	1
BA Langford	c Wilson b Dixon	4
AGT Whitehead	b Page	7
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	450
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-34, 3-183, 4-241, 5-358, 6-360, 7-407, 8-413, 9-420, 10-450 (102.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	24	3	92	1	-	-
Wilkinson	13	1	73	2	-	-
Dixon	23	1	111	2	-	-
Page	24.2	2	87	4	-	-
Pettiford	18	1	86	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AH Phebey	c McCool b Greetham	35
RC Wilson	b Harris	7
JM Prodger	c Wight b Harris	4
SE Leary	run out	7
JF Pretlove	c Stephenson b Langford	21
J Pettiford	b Harris	30
AL Dixon	c Alley b Langford	54
RW Wilkinson	c Greetham b Langford	10
+AW Catt	lbw b Langford	9
F Ridgway	c sub b Palmer	3
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 83 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-33, 3-44, 4-73, 5-81, 6-152, 7-166, 8-186, 9-190, 10-192 (83 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	15	3	35	3	-	-
Alley	10	0	29	0	-	-
Palmer	7	1	9	1	-	-
Greetham	5	1	7	1	-	-
Whitehead	6	1	7	0	-	-
Langford	25	12	49	4	-	-
McCool	15	2	44	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AH Phebey	not out	77
RC Wilson	c Alley b McCool	43
JM Prodger	b Langford	0
SE Leary	lbw b McCool	2
JF Pretlove	c Whitehead b Langford	5
J Pettiford	lbw b McCool	6
AL Dixon	b McCool	0
RW Wilkinson	st Stephenson b McCool	13
+AW Catt	b McCool	5
F Ridgway	lbw b Langford	6
JCT Page	b McCool	3
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-62, 3-69, 4-73, 5-84, 6-96, 7-120, 8-130, 9-156, 10-173 (62 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	5	1	17	0	-	-
Alley	2	1	1	0	-	-
Palmer	3	0	11	0	-	-
Greetham	2	1	4	0	-	-
Langford	26	10	68	3	-	-
McCool	21	9	39	7	-	-
Wight	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PB Wight (1) passed his previous highest score of 175 in First-Class matches
--> PB Wight (1) passed his previous highest score of 175 in County Championship matches
--> PB Wight (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 174
--> SE Leary (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JH Harris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-59)
--> JH Harris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 2-59)

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