f26971 cc13450	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1967
Venue	Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover on 30th, 31st August 1967 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 9 wickets
Points	Kent 12; Essex 0
Umpires	LH Gray, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 1/0 (Ward 1*, Wilcox 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Nicholls b Brown	2
JWT Wilcox	run out	8
BEA Edmeades	b Graham	1
KWR Fletcher	c Shepherd b Graham	13
G Barker	c Nicholls b Graham	0
*+B Taylor	c Underwood b Graham	13
KD Boyce	c Knott b Graham	39
AM Jorden	b Graham	12
RE East	c Cowdrey b Shepherd	0
RNS Hobbs	run out	0
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(4 w)	4
Total	(all out, 35.2 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-11, 3-19, 4-19, 5-36, 6-45, 7-67, 8-82, 9-90, 10-93 (35.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	8	2	18	1	-	-
Graham	17.2	3	45	6	-	-
Shepherd	10	2	26	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Wilcox b Jorden	31
D Nicholls	c Jorden b Boyce	1
+APE Knott	c Taylor b Jorden	19
*MC Cowdrey	lbw b Jorden	21
SE Leary	b Hobbs	15
JN Shepherd	not out	28
AGE Ealham	b Hobbs	0
AL Dixon	c Taylor b Edmeades	6
A Brown	c Taylor b Boyce	15
DL Underwood	c Hobbs b Edmeades	5
JN Graham	lbw b Edmeades	4
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-31, 3-75, 4-84, 5-105, 6-105, 7-112, 8-129, 9-144, 10-156 (53.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	13	2	53	2	-	-
Jorden	11	3	35	3	-	-
Edmeades	19.1	7	36	3	-	-
Hobbs	10	4	21	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Shepherd b Graham	1
JWT Wilcox	c Knott b Graham	15
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Shepherd	22
KWR Fletcher	c Cowdrey b Graham	21
G Barker	c Cowdrey b Shepherd	4
*+B Taylor	c Ealham b Graham	12
KD Boyce	c Knott b Graham	21
AM Jorden	c Knott b Brown	3
RE East	b Graham	1
RNS Hobbs	c Cowdrey b Brown	0
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 51.1 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-32, 3-48, 4-53, 5-76, 6-77, 7-86, 8-87, 9-102, 10-102 (51.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	13	5	30	2	-	-
Graham	20.1	8	35	6	-	-
Shepherd	13	6	26	2	-	-
Dixon	5	2	9	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	not out	21
D Nicholls	c Taylor b Jorden	6
+APE Knott	not out	11
*MC Cowdrey	did not bat
SE Leary	did not bat
JN Shepherd	did not bat
AGE Ealham	did not bat
AL Dixon	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 13.1 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Nicholls)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jorden	5	2	10	1	-	-
Hobbs	4	1	18	0	-	-
East	2	1	4	0	-	-
Acfield	2	1	2	0	-	-
Fletcher	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JWT Wilcox made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JWT Wilcox made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JN Shepherd (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> BEA Edmeades reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JN Graham reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JN Graham reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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