f27427	Kent v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1968
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 17th, 18th, 19th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 9 wickets
Umpires	J Arnold, OW Herman
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 14/0 (Lawry 7*, Inverarity 7*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 319 all out

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b McKenzie	2
BW Luckhurst	c Chappell b Connolly	21
Asif Iqbal	c Taber b Freeman	0
*MC Cowdrey	lbw b Connolly	17
JN Shepherd	c Chappell b Freeman	84
+APE Knott	c Taber b Freeman	18
SE Leary	lbw b Gleeson	39
DL Underwood	b Gleeson	8
AL Dixon	c Taber b Gleeson	6
A Brown	not out	8
JN Graham	st Taber b Gleeson	0
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 83.2 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8, 3-38, 4-51, 5-112, 6-165, 7-186, 8-194, 9-204, 10-210 (83.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	16	7	33	1	-	-
Freeman	19	6	41	3	-	-
Connolly	20	11	53	2	-	-
Gleeson	25.2	10	61	4	-	-
Chappell	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Lawry	c Luckhurst b Shepherd	46
RJ Inverarity	run out	17
IR Redpath	b Dixon	18
IM Chappell	c Knott b Brown	57
KD Walters	c Asif Iqbal b Graham	3
AP Sheahan	lbw b Dixon	46
EW Freeman	c Denness b Dixon	37
+HB Taber	c Leary b Shepherd	29
GD McKenzie	c Asif Iqbal b Shepherd	50
JW Gleeson	c Knott b Shepherd	0
AN Connolly	not out	7
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 87.4 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-65, 3-107, 4-124, 5-161, 6-229, 7-229, 8-292, 9-296, 10-319 (87.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	18	3	58	1	-	-
Brown	20	4	53	1	-	-
Dixon	18	3	72	3	-	-
Shepherd	12.4	0	47	4	-	-
Underwood	14	1	50	0	-	-
Leary	2	0	13	0	-	-
Asif Iqbal	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b McKenzie	37
BW Luckhurst	c Taber b McKenzie	9
Asif Iqbal	c Taber b McKenzie	10
*MC Cowdrey	c Taber b Gleeson	20
JN Shepherd	lbw b Chappell	25
+APE Knott	lbw b Gleeson	22
SE Leary	lbw b Gleeson	15
DL Underwood	c Inverarity b Gleeson	0
AL Dixon	c Walters b Gleeson	5
A Brown	c Taber b Connolly	1
JN Graham	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 56.3 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-23, 3-63, 4-85, 5-121, 6-134, 7-138, 8-147, 9-148, 10-152 (56.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	15	4	44	3	-	-
Freeman	11	1	38	0	-	-
Connolly	9	4	18	1	-	-
Gleeson	16.3	4	29	5	-	-
Chappell	5	2	15	1	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Inverarity	not out	14
KD Walters	c Shepherd b Graham	16
IR Redpath	not out	14
*WM Lawry	did not bat
IM Chappell	did not bat
AP Sheahan	did not bat
EW Freeman	did not bat
+HB Taber	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
JW Gleeson	did not bat
AN Connolly	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 14 overs)	44
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Walters)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	7	2	20	1	-	-
Brown	7	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JW Gleeson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings

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