Kent Cricket News -----------------------------
www.kent.cricket.org ---------- Sun 13 Sep 1998

KENT v SOMERSET, Sunday League, Canterbury
Somerset 164 for 7 (28) Kent 174 for 4 (26.4)
Kent won by 6 wickets with 10 balls to spare
28 overs a side (rain) - Revised target 172

Matthew Fleming ended cricket at Canterbury
for 1998 at 6.16pm today as he hit a four
towards the lime tree to take Kent to a 
comfortable win over Somerset, giving them a 
spot in the top nine of the AXA League table
and hence a place in the top division of next
year's National League.

Carl Hooper received a standing ovation from
the St.Lawrence Ground crowd as he returned to
the pavillion having made 62 in his last ever
innings for Kent.  The West Indian all-rounder
put on 105 for Matthew Walker for the 3rd 
wicket, Hooper passing 3,000 runs in the 
Sunday League and Walker 1,000 during the 
course of the match.

Ealham and Fleming guided Kent to victory in
the last four overs of the innings.

The game did not begin until 1.20pm due to 
rain during the morning, and a heavy downpour
caused a one hour interruption midway through
the Somerset innings.  Lathwell stayed at the 
crease from the start of the innings until the 
final ball when he was caught for 87.  Ealham
was the pick of the bowlers, returning figures
of 3 for 47.