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County Championship, 1931Somerset v Kent
 County Ground, Taunton
 23,25,26 May 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Kent won by 7 wickets 
Toss: SomersetUmpires: EF Field and JJ Bowles
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Somerset 166
 Day 2: Kent 146, Somerset 121, Kent 19/1 (HTW Hardinge 3*, LJ Todd 5*) 
Somerset 1st innings
A Young               c Pearce           b Freeman             62
RA Ingle              c Ashdown          b Watt                46
JW Lee                run out                                   4
+MD Lyon              c Chapman          b Hardinge            10
*JC White             lbw                b Freeman              3
CCC Case              lbw                b Watt                14
HD Burrough                              b Freeman              2
GF Earle              c Chapman          b Watt                16
AW Wellard            c Wright           b Freeman              5
CK Linney                                b Watt                 1
HFT Buse              not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 3)                                    3
Total                 (all out, 50.2 overs)                   166
FoW: 1-81, 2-86, 3-102, 4-127, 5-127,
     6-129, 7-156, 8-161, 9-166, 10-166.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Watt                        15.2    1     44      4
Wright                       4      1     10      0
Ashdown                      4      0     28      0
Freeman                     20      2     63      4
Hardinge                     7      2     18      1
Kent 1st innings
HTW Hardinge          c Young            b Wellard              6
WH Ashdown            c Buse             b White                7
FE Woolley            c Wellard          b White               32
+LEG Ames             c Case             b Wellard             28
LJ Todd               c White            b Wellard             27
BH Valentine                             b Wellard              0
*APF Chapman          c Case             b White                6
TA Pearce                                b Wellard             20
AE Watt               lbw                b Wellard             14
AC Wright             st Lyon            b White                5
AP Freeman            not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
Total                 (all out, 68.2 overs)                   146
FoW: 1-7, 2-27, 3-52, 4-96, 5-100,
     6-107, 7-112, 8-137, 9-146, 10-146.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wellard                     23      9     39      6
Buse                         9      2     19      0
Lee                          8      2     23      0
White                       24.2    3     62      4
Young                        4      3      2      0
Somerset 2nd innings
A Young               c Ames             b Hardinge            39
RA Ingle              run out                                  16
JW Lee                st Ames            b Freeman              6
+MD Lyon              st Ames            b Freeman              1
*JC White                                b Freeman              0
CCC Case              c Chapman          b Hardinge             3
GF Earle              lbw                b Freeman              2
HD Burrough                              b Freeman             12
CK Linney                                b Freeman              1
AW Wellard            c Chapman          b Watt                39
HFT Buse              not out                                   2
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (all out, 46.2 overs)                   121
FoW: 1-55, 2-55, 3-58, 4-58, 5-65,
     6-67, 7-67, 8-68, 9-103, 10-121.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Watt                         5.2    0     36      1
Ashdown                      3      1      6      0
Freeman                     20      5     52      6
Hardinge                    18      6     27      2
Kent 2nd innings (target: 142 runs)
HTW Hardinge                             b White               33
WH Ashdown            c Lyon             b Wellard              4
LJ Todd               c Young            b White               22
FE Woolley            not out                                  48
+LEG Ames             not out                                  23
Extras                (b 11, lb 1, w 1, nb 1)                  14
Total                 (3 wickets, 45 overs)                   144
DNB: BH Valentine, *APF Chapman, TA Pearce, AE Watt, AC Wright,
     AP Freeman.
FoW: 1-6, 2-52, 3-76.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wellard                     14      3     53      1
Buse                        10      3     21      0
Lee                          5      1     12      0
White                       14      1     39      2
Linney                       2      0      5      0
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