f27212 cc13475	Kent v Somerset
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 15th, 16th, 17th May 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 9 wickets
Points	Kent 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Somerset 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	J Arnold, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 383/6 (Cowdrey 127*, Leary 4*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 106/2 (Kitchen 41*, Barwell 8*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Alley	64
BW Luckhurst	c Palmer b Langford	61
+APE Knott	b Alley	1
AL Dixon	b Langford	38
*MC Cowdrey	not out	127
Asif Iqbal	c Brooks b Palmer	48
JN Shepherd	c Robinson b Chappell	26
SE Leary	not out	4
DL Underwood	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 122 overs)	383
Fall of wickets:
1-126, 2-133, 3-133, 4-185, 5-300, 6-366

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	11	2	39	0	-	-
Palmer	16	3	54	1	-	-
Alley	31	15	60	2	-	-
Langford	41	16	97	2	-	-
Robinson	8	2	38	0	-	-
Chappell	7	2	40	1	-	-
Burgess	8	1	41	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Shepherd b Underwood	12
MJ Kitchen	b Dixon	13
TI Barwell	b Underwood	0
GS Chappell	st Knott b Underwood	61
WE Alley	b Underwood	9
PJ Robinson	lbw b Underwood	4
GI Burgess	st Knott b Underwood	3
R Palmer	c Leary b Dixon	8
*BA Langford	c Leary b Underwood	6
+RA Brooks	not out	6
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 74.5 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-23, 3-29, 4-90, 5-103, 6-109, 7-122, 8-122, 9-134 (74.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	13	5	12	0	-	-
Dye	5	1	7	0	-	-
Shepherd	5	2	7	0	-	-
Dixon	24	13	50	2	-	-
Underwood	27.5	13	46	7	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Underwood	10
MJ Kitchen	c Knott b Graham	50
PJ Robinson	run out	38
TI Barwell	b Graham	12
GS Chappell	lbw b Dixon	14
WE Alley	c Denness b Underwood	74
GI Burgess	c Denness b Leary	57
R Palmer	not out	21
*BA Langford	b Underwood	0
+RA Brooks	c and b Underwood	2
FE Rumsey	b Graham	4
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 138.3 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-95, 3-114, 4-123, 5-133, 6-259, 7-270, 8-274, 9-280, 10-299 (138.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	22.3	9	51	3	-	-
Dye	2	0	14	0	-	-
Shepherd	2	1	4	0	-	-
Dixon	39	22	74	1	-	-
Underwood	50	22	100	4	-	-
Leary	18	10	25	1	-	-
Asif Iqbal	5	0	14	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JN Shepherd	c Robinson b Rumsey	9
Asif Iqbal	not out	34
AL Dixon	not out	5
MH Denness	did not bat
BW Luckhurst	did not bat
+APE Knott	did not bat
*MC Cowdrey	did not bat
SE Leary	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 8 overs)	54
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Shepherd)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	4	0	14	1	-	-
Palmer	2	0	18	0	-	-
Alley	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Asif Iqbal (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> GS Chappell (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> WE Alley (2) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 74
--> SE Leary reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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