f15420 cc7427	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1936
Venue	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 27th, 29th June 1936 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 8 wickets
Points	Kent 15; Essex 0
Umpires	G Beet, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 5/1 (Sheffield 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	c Woolley b Todd	3
JR Sheffield	c Davies b Watt	15
MS Nichols	c Woolley b Watt	10
J O'Connor	c Davies b Watt	1
CT Ashton	c Fagg b Watt	57
*TN Pearce	lbw b Watt	21
LC Eastman	lbw b Watt	2
CSR Boswell	c Akers-Douglas b Freeman	1
TPB Smith	c Ashdown b Freeman	8
R Smith	b Watt	5
+TH Wade	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 52.3 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-24, 3-26, 4-35, 5-94, 6-106, 7-123, 8-128, 9-135, 10-137 (52.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	14	5	25	1	-	-
Watt	20	5	37	7	-	-
Freeman	13.3	1	50	2	-	-
Lewis	5	1	13	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	c Eastman b R Smith	18
AE Fagg	c R Smith b Eastman	44
FE Woolley	b Eastman	73
JGW Davies	run out	35
LJ Todd	c Wade b Boswell	0
*IS Akers-Douglas	b Eastman	0
PR Sunnucks	c Ashton b R Smith	2
+WHV Levett	c Wade b Boswell	1
AE Watt	b Boswell	0
AP Freeman	b Boswell	14
C Lewis	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 52 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-96, 3-170, 4-170, 5-170, 6-170, 7-172, 8-172, 9-186, 10-187 (52 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	7	0	26	0	-	-
R Smith	6	2	25	2	-	-
Eastman	18	5	65	3	-	-
TPB Smith	11	0	44	0	-	-
Boswell	10	2	27	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	st Levett b Watt	4
JR Sheffield	b Davies	51
MS Nichols	b Freeman	27
J O'Connor	c Akers-Douglas b Davies	21
CT Ashton	b Davies	0
*TN Pearce	c Levett b Freeman	5
LC Eastman	lbw b Davies	0
CSR Boswell	c Ashdown b Davies	1
TPB Smith	b Davies	10
R Smith	c Ashdown b Davies	2
+TH Wade	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 47.3 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-69, 3-91, 4-92, 5-110, 6-113, 7-118, 8-123, 9-126, 10-126 (47.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	9	2	29	0	-	-
Watt	11	2	24	1	-	-
Freeman	14	3	39	2	-	-
Ashdown	1	0	9	0	-	-
Davies	12.3	4	20	7	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	b TPB Smith	44
AE Fagg	b TPB Smith	14
FE Woolley	not out	13
JGW Davies	not out	5
LJ Todd	did not bat
*IS Akers-Douglas	did not bat
PR Sunnucks	did not bat
+WHV Levett	did not bat
AE Watt	did not bat
AP Freeman	did not bat
C Lewis	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 22.3 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-62

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eastman	5	1	13	0	-	-
TPB Smith	6	3	17	2	-	-
Boswell	11	0	41	0	-	-
Pearce	0.3	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AE Watt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-49)
--> AE Watt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-49)
--> JGW Davies achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 5-43)
--> JGW Davies achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-41)
--> JGW Davies achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings

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