f27346 cc13580	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Mote Park, Maidstone on 13th, 14th, 15th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 69 runs
Points	Kent 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	CG Pepper, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 22/0 (Barker 5*, Ward 17*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 201/9d

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Fletcher b Lever	53
BW Luckhurst	lbw b Boyce	9
+D Nicholls	c Jorden b Boyce	3
Asif Iqbal	c Hobbs b Lever	34
SE Leary	run out	28
AGE Ealham	c Lever b East	21
RA Woolmer	not out	50
*AL Dixon	c Irvine b Hobbs	24
A Brown	lbw b Lever	7
DM Sayer	c Hobbs b Lever	5
JN Graham	b Acfield	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-44, 3-97, 4-106, 5-149, 6-155, 7-201, 8-225, 9-242, 10-242 (84 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	5	58	2	-	-
Lever	19	4	49	4	-	-
Jorden	15	1	59	0	-	-
East	17	5	35	1	-	-
Hobbs	7	0	27	1	-	-
Acfield	7	4	6	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Dixon	43
B Ward	b Graham	17
*+B Taylor	c Luckhurst b Graham	19
KWR Fletcher	c Nicholls b Brown	26
BL Irvine	lbw b Dixon	34
KD Boyce	lbw b Dixon	39
AM Jorden	b Sayer	5
RNS Hobbs	c Brown b Dixon	8
RE East	b Sayer	0
JK Lever	not out	2
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 82.5 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-84, 3-84, 4-132, 5-161, 6-187, 7-195, 8-197, 9-199

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	29	17	42	2	-	-
Brown	16	3	44	1	-	-
Sayer	8	1	28	2	-	-
Dixon	27.5	6	73	4	-	-
Woolmer	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	retired hurt	0
BW Luckhurst	b Jorden	21
+D Nicholls	not out	76
Asif Iqbal	b East	23
SE Leary	not out	35
AGE Ealham	did not bat
RA Woolmer	did not bat
*AL Dixon	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
DM Sayer	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 43 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-101

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	13	4	27	0	-	-
Lever	6	1	21	0	-	-
Jorden	4	0	17	1	-	-
East	9	3	39	1	-	-
Acfield	11	0	51	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Woolmer b Brown	0
B Ward	c Denness b Brown	2
*+B Taylor	c Nicholls b Brown	5
KWR Fletcher	c Leary b Brown	7
BL Irvine	b Dixon	53
KD Boyce	lbw b Dixon	20
AM Jorden	b Sayer	14
RNS Hobbs	c sub b Dixon	0
RE East	c Denness b Graham	7
JK Lever	not out	3
DL Acfield	c Denness b Graham	11
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 50.4 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-3, 3-9, 4-18, 5-79, 6-94, 7-97, 8-112, 9-118, 10-132 (50.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	14.4	4	48	2	-	-
Brown	8	2	24	4	-	-
Sayer	11	5	20	1	-	-
Dixon	17	8	30	3	-	-

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Notes
--> RA Woolmer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RA Woolmer made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> MH Denness retired hurt in the Kent second innings having scored 0 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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