f20036 cc9929	Somerset v Kent
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 10th, 11th, 12th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 153 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Kent 4
Umpires	JJ Hills, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 153/8 (Wright 3*, Ridgway 5*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 416/8 (Davey 17*, Langford 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Ridgway	6
J Lawrence	b Wright	15
R Smith	st Fenner b Page	14
MF Tremlett	c Phebey b Wright	15
HFT Buse	c Edrich b Page	0
+HW Stephenson	c Ufton b Page	0
*BG Brocklehurst	b Wright	39
SS Rogers	not out	11
CF Davey	c and b Wright	0
J Redman	b Page	9
BA Langford	st Fenner b Page	5
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 47.1 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-37, 3-37, 4-37, 5-37, 6-93, 7-100, 8-100, 9-113, 10-123 (47.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	7	3	15	1	-	-
Dovey	7	1	11	0	-	-
Wright	17	6	53	4	-	-
Page	16.1	6	35	5	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	lbw b Buse	1
AF Woollett	c Gimblett b Langford	34
BR Edrich	c Rogers b Langford	7
DG Ufton	c Lawrence b Langford	21
R Mayes	b Langford	17
+MD Fenner	c Brocklehurst b Langford	11
RR Dovey	st Stephenson b Lawrence	31
*W Murray-Wood	b Langford	16
DVP Wright	c Gimblett b Langford	13
F Ridgway	c Gimblett b Langford	13
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-30, 3-67, 4-68, 5-92, 6-115, 7-145, 8-145, 9-174, 10-178 (82 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	17	11	21	1	-	-
Langford	41	12	96	8	-	-
Lawrence	24	5	47	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Edrich b Wright	146
J Lawrence	c Fenner b Wright	65
R Smith	run out	2
HFT Buse	b Wright	102
+HW Stephenson	c Murray-Wood b Page	19
*BG Brocklehurst	c Ridgway b Page	29
SS Rogers	b Page	9
CF Davey	not out	17
J Redman	b Page	0
BA Langford	not out	3
MF Tremlett	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 7 lb)	24
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	416
Fall of wickets:
1-97, 2-118, 3-308, 4-341, 5-368, 6-390, 7-399, 8-399

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	3	0	15	0	-	-
Dovey	18	2	55	0	-	-
Wright	39	1	163	3	-	-
Page	33	4	126	4	-	-
Murray-Wood	7	1	25	0	-	-
Edrich	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Stephenson b Lawrence	19
AF Woollett	hit wkt b Lawrence	73
BR Edrich	c Lawrence b Langford	54
DG Ufton	c Brocklehurst b Langford	23
R Mayes	c Gimblett b Langford	13
+MD Fenner	c Gimblett b Lawrence	3
RR Dovey	b Langford	4
*W Murray-Wood	c Lawrence b Langford	1
DVP Wright	lbw b Langford	2
F Ridgway	c sub b Lawrence	1
JCT Page	not out	3
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-150, 3-158, 4-192, 5-195, 6-199, 7-200, 8-202, 9-203, 10-208 (99 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	15	6	23	0	-	-
Langford	39	12	60	6	-	-
Lawrence	35	7	91	4	-	-
Redman	4	3	4	0	-	-
Smith	6	1	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CF Davey made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CF Davey made his debut in County Championship matches
--> J Lawrence (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> R Mayes (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> JCT Page reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> F Ridgway reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> BA Langford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 1-18)
--> BA Langford achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings
--> BA Langford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 1-18)
--> BA Langford achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings

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