f28797 cc14207	Kent v Somerset
	County Championship 1971
Venue	Mote Park, Maidstone on 14th, 15th, 16th July 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 6 wickets
Points	Kent 17 (Batting 6, Bowling 1); Somerset 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, AE Fagg
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 4/0 (Luckhurst 0*, Nicholls 2*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 106/2 (Robinson 28*, Close 19*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Underwood	53
MJ Kitchen	b Johnson	35
PJ Robinson	c Denness b Johnson	7
DB Close	b Julien	54
A Clarkson	b Dye	32
GI Burgess	b Underwood	34
TW Cartwright	c Knott b Julien	5
+DJS Taylor	c Johnson b Julien	0
KJ O'Keeffe	b Julien	9
*BA Langford	run out	6
AA Jones	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 13 nb)	29
Total	(all out, 116.4 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-114, 3-114, 4-200, 5-206, 6-227, 7-231, 8-255, 9-264, 10-265 (116.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	24	7	48	1	-	-
Julien	24.4	6	49	4	-	-
Shepherd	9	1	34	0	-	-
Underwood	34	10	62	2	-	-
Johnson	24	11	41	2	-	-
Leary	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	c Robinson b Langford	74
D Nicholls	c Langford b Cartwright	16
*MH Denness	lbw b O'Keeffe	111
AGE Ealham	lbw b Langford	0
+APE Knott	st Taylor b Langford	38
JN Shepherd	c Virgin b O'Keeffe	12
GW Johnson	c sub b Langford	37
SE Leary	not out	9
BD Julien	b O'Keeffe	1
DL Underwood	not out	3
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-214, 3-214, 4-214, 5-240, 6-269, 7-308, 8-313

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	10	3	44	0	-	-
Burgess	12	1	36	0	-	-
Cartwright	20	6	36	1	-	-
Langford	23	3	81	4	-	-
O'Keeffe	16	2	70	3	-	-
Robinson	4	0	34	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Knott b Julien	34
MJ Kitchen	c Shepherd b Julien	20
PJ Robinson	c Nicholls b Johnson	47
DB Close	b Johnson	55
A Clarkson	c and b Luckhurst	43
GI Burgess	c Underwood b Luckhurst	60
TW Cartwright	b Luckhurst	20
*BA Langford	c Denness b Julien	5
KJ O'Keeffe	not out	4
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 87.5 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-63, 3-146, 4-180, 5-236, 6-270, 7-283, 8-294 (87.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	13	2	32	0	-	-
Julien	22	5	68	3	-	-
Shepherd	21	2	70	0	-	-
Underwood	7	2	18	0	-	-
Johnson	18	6	69	2	-	-
Luckhurst	6.5	1	31	3	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	c Close b Burgess	41
D Nicholls	c Taylor b Jones	16
*MH Denness	lbw b Burgess	74
AGE Ealham	not out	46
+APE Knott	c Clarkson b O'Keeffe	51
JN Shepherd	not out	5
GW Johnson	did not bat
SE Leary	did not bat
BD Julien	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(4 wickets, 38.5 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-103, 3-136, 4-240

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	10	0	67	1	-	-
Burgess	11	1	61	2	-	-
Cartwright	5	0	30	0	-	-
Langford	5	0	28	0	-	-
O'Keeffe	7.5	0	47	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DB Close (1) passed 27000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> BW Luckhurst (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 25
--> MH Denness (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 59
--> PJ Robinson (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> GW Johnson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> KJ O'Keeffe reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> KJ O'Keeffe reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings

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