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| Venue | Mote Park, Maidstone on 8th, 10th, 11th July 1972 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Kent 7 (Batting 5, Bowling 2); Essex 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | JF Crapp, CG Pepper |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 37/1 (Saville 9*, Fletcher 21*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BW Luckhurst | c Saville b East | 77 | |||||
| D Nicholls | c Baker b Lever | 12 | |||||
| AGE Ealham | c Baker b Lever | 0 | |||||
| *MH Denness | lbw b Turner | 50 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | c and b Lever | 34 | |||||
| +APE Knott | c Fletcher b Lever | 62 | |||||
| GW Johnson | not out | 16 | |||||
| JN Shepherd | not out | 6 | |||||
| RA Woolmer | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Graham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 11 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 83.5 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28, 2-29, 3-127, 4-154, 5-230, 6-260 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Boyce | 14.5 | 3 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lever | 21 | 3 | 62 | 4 | - | - | |
| Turner | 23 | 3 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 14 | 3 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| East | 11 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BEA Edmeades | lbw b Graham | 8 | |||||
| GJ Saville | lbw b Underwood | 56 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | c Luckhurst b Graham | 115 | |||||
| KD Boyce | run out | 15 | |||||
| B Ward | run out | 60 | |||||
| KR Pont | c Knott b Graham | 3 | |||||
| S Turner | lbw b Woolmer | 42 | |||||
| JK Lever | c Luckhurst b Woolmer | 0 | |||||
| +RK Baker | not out | 14 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | not out | 34 | |||||
| RE East | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 118 overs) | 352 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-163, 3-186, 4-198, 5-221, 6-298, 7-304, 8-304 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Graham | 34 | 7 | 102 | 3 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 14 | 4 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Woolmer | 19 | 4 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 30 | 12 | 76 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 20 | 2 | 76 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowdrey | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |