First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

SOMERSET v KENT Played at County Ground, Taunton, July 9, 10, 11, 1952. Kent won by two wickets. (Points: Somerset 0, Kent 12) KENT 1 A.E.Fagg c Stephenson b Buse 4 c Robinson b Hazell 17 2 A.H.Phebey lbw b Redman 75 c and b Redman 2 3 †T.G.Evans c Rogers b Lawrence 144 c Buse b Robinson 29 4 S.O’Linn lbw b Buse 19 lbw b Hazell 21 5 R.Mayes st Stephenson b Buse 16 lbw b Robinson 2 6 R.C.Wilson st Stephenson b Lawrence 23 st Stephenson b Robinson 1 7 *W.Murray-Wood b Redman 4 c Gimblett b Hazell 0 8 R.R.Dovey b Lawrence 30 b Hazell 1 9 L.Hellmuth b Robinson 2 not out 6 10 D.V.P.Wright b Robinson 0 not out 5 11 J.C.T.Page not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 4, nb 1 9 b 12, lb 4 16 —— —— 326 (8 wickets) 100 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-207, 3-247, 4-249, 5-268, 6-273, 7-323, 8-326, 9-326, 10-326 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-45, 3-53, 4-76, 5-84, 6-84, 7-84, 8-86 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett c O’Linn b Murray-Wood 50 run out 4 2 G.G.Tordoff b Wright 20 c Evans b Murray-Wood 68 3 H.L.Hazell b Wright 0 (11) not out 2 4 †H.W.Stephenson c O’Linn b Dovey 1 (3) b Hellmuth 28 5 M.F.Tremlett c Murray-Wood b Dovey 69 (4) c Dovey b Hellmuth 65 6 H.F.T.Buse c Evans b Dovey 2 (5) c Evans b Wright 22 7 R.Smith b Dovey 0 c Wilson b Wright 5 8 *S.S.Rogers c Hellmuth b Wright 1 (6) c Dovey b Wright 27 9 J.Lawrence b Wright 7 (8) c Fagg b Dovey 0 10 J.Redman not out 0 (9) c Hellmuth b Dovey 13 11 E.P.Robinson c Wilson b Wright 5 (10) b Wright 12 Extras lb 5, nb 2 7 b 8, lb 3, nb 3 14 —— —— 162 260 FoW (1): 1-33, 2-33, 3-34, 4-122, 5-126, 6-126, 7-133, 8-145, 9-157, 10-162 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-47, 3-135, 4-184, 5-222, 6-232, 7-232, 8-234, 9-245, 10-260 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Redman 21 2 76 2 5 1 23 1 Buse 20 4 44 3 4 0 12 0 Lawrence 28.1 3 82 3 Hazell 10 4 36 0 (3) 14 6 27 4 Robinson 23 7 79 2 12.4 6 17 3 Tordoff (4) 1 0 5 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Page 8 0 34 0 20 3 73 0 Dovey 27 16 31 4 29 14 54 2 Wright 23.1 6 68 5 (4) 28.4 7 93 4 Hellmuth 7 0 15 0 (3) 11 5 19 2 Murray-Wood 3 0 7 1 2 0 7 1 Umpires: P.Corrall and A.E.Pothecary. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 39-3 (Gimblett 18*, Tremlett 0*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 207-4 (Buse 16*, Rogers 24*). T.G.Evans’s 144 took 110 minutes and included 18 fours and 2 sixes. 297