f27969 cc13890	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1969
Venue	Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover on 13th, 14th, 15th September 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Essex 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	WE Alley, OW Herman
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 18/2 (Denness 8*, Brown 2*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 149/5 (Denness 71*, Knott 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Knott b Brown	3
BEA Edmeades	c Nicholls b Underwood	38
*+B Taylor	c Johnson b Dye	2
KWR Fletcher	c Knott b Underwood	7
BL Irvine	c Johnson b Underwood	32
KD Boyce	lbw b Dixon	22
S Turner	c Cowdrey b Underwood	21
RNS Hobbs	b Underwood	32
RE East	run out	27
DL Acfield	b Brown	17
JK Lever	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 87.1 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-13, 3-34, 4-75, 5-99, 6-118, 7-144, 8-187, 9-187, 10-207 (87.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	13.1	5	22	2	-	-
Dye	9	1	42	1	-	-
Underwood	31	11	68	5	-	-
Shepherd	17	3	39	0	-	-
Dixon	17	8	32	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Boyce	73
BW Luckhurst	c Irvine b Lever	8
D Nicholls	c Boyce b Acfield	0
A Brown	c Irvine b East	2
*MC Cowdrey	b Boyce	2
GW Johnson	c Boyce b Hobbs	49
+APE Knott	lbw b Boyce	6
JN Shepherd	not out	30
AL Dixon	c Turner b Lever	7
DL Underwood	lbw b Lever	0
JCJ Dye	c Hobbs b Lever	0
Extras	(7 lb, 11 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-26, 4-30, 5-145, 6-155, 7-158, 8-174, 9-174, 10-195 (80 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	20	1	58	3	-	-
Lever	23	9	34	4	-	-
East	14	6	30	1	-	-
Acfield	5	1	14	1	-	-
Turner	12	2	31	0	-	-
Hobbs	6	2	10	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Johnson b Dye	3
BEA Edmeades	c Knott b Brown	0
BL Irvine	not out	18
KWR Fletcher	not out	22
*+B Taylor	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 15 overs)	44
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-7

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	6	0	24	1	-	-
Dye	4	1	6	1	-	-
Underwood	3	2	8	0	-	-
Shepherd	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BL Irvine made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DL Acfield (1) equalled his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> MH Denness (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> DL Underwood reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AL Dixon reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RE East reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings

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