f26368 cc13116	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1966
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 13th, 14th July 1966 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Kent 12
Umpires	JS Buller, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 53/7 (Barker 26*, Jorden 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Barker	b Dixon	15
MJ Bear	c Knott b Dye	2
GJ Saville	c Cowdrey b Sayer	0
KWR Fletcher	c Cowdrey b Sayer	4
+B Taylor	b Underwood	7
GR Cass	c Prodger b Underwood	10
BEA Edmeades	c Cowdrey b Underwood	19
RNS Hobbs	c Luckhurst b Underwood	0
AM Jorden	c Leary b Dixon	1
RE East	b Dixon	2
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 35.3 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-11, 3-17, 4-32, 5-32, 6-61, 7-61, 8-62, 9-64, 10-64 (35.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sayer	9	2	14	2	-	-
Dye	9	4	9	1	-	-
Underwood	11.3	5	20	4	-	-
Dixon	6	1	17	3	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Edmeades	4
BW Luckhurst	c Hobbs b Edmeades	3
JM Prodger	c Taylor b Jorden	0
*MC Cowdrey	c Hobbs b Edmeades	7
SE Leary	c Taylor b Edmeades	35
AGE Ealham	c Fletcher b Edmeades	8
+APE Knott	b Jorden	11
AL Dixon	st Taylor b East	14
DL Underwood	b Jorden	5
DM Sayer	b Jorden	12
JCJ Dye	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 31.2 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-8, 3-8, 4-29, 5-48, 6-63, 7-83, 8-88, 9-89, 10-106 (31.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jorden	13.2	3	34	4	-	-
Edmeades	15	4	58	5	-	-
Hobbs	2	0	10	0	-	-
East	1	0	1	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Barker	not out	36
MJ Bear	b Underwood	2
GJ Saville	c Leary b Underwood	0
KWR Fletcher	st Knott b Underwood	12
+B Taylor	b Underwood	0
GR Cass	c Ealham b Underwood	0
BEA Edmeades	c Luckhurst b Underwood	7
RNS Hobbs	c Knott b Underwood	6
AM Jorden	c Cowdrey b Underwood	7
RE East	b Dixon	6
DL Acfield	c Luckhurst b Underwood	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-24, 4-24, 5-26, 6-38, 7-52, 8-70, 9-79, 10-80 (44 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sayer	3	0	6	0	-	-
Dye	2	1	4	0	-	-
Underwood	20	5	37	9	-	-
Dixon	19	3	29	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	not out	18
BW Luckhurst	c Fletcher b Jorden	10
AL Dixon	b Jorden	6
SE Leary	not out	6
JM Prodger	did not bat
*MC Cowdrey	did not bat
AGE Ealham	did not bat
+APE Knott	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
DM Sayer	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 15.1 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-30

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jorden	7.1	0	20	2	-	-
Edmeades	3	0	8	0	-	-
East	5	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DL Acfield made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> AL Dixon (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> DM Sayer (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> G Barker (2) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> AM Jorden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 4-50)
--> AM Jorden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 4-50)
--> DL Underwood reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> AL Dixon reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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