f30088 cc14646	Worcestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1974
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 8th, 9th, 10th May 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 16 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Kent 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	C Cook, H Horton
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 51/2 (Turner 22*, Parker 17*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 12/3 (Woolmer 0*, Cowdrey 2*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	c Holder b Gifford	100
GW Johnson	c Parker b D'Oliveira	58
*MH Denness	c Turner b D'Oliveira	19
Asif Iqbal	b Brain	36
RA Woolmer	c Cass b Inchmore	9
MC Cowdrey	not out	35
AGE Ealham	b Inchmore	0
+APE Knott	c and b Inchmore	20
BD Julien	lbw b Brain	9
JN Shepherd	not out	0
DL Underwood	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 8 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-124, 2-161, 3-193, 4-235, 5-245, 6-251, 7-281, 8-294

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	13	4	23	0	-	-
Brain	21	8	55	2	-	-
Inchmore	21	1	76	3	-	-
Gifford	25	7	68	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	20	2	64	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Ealham b Julien	5
GM Turner	retired hurt	138
JA Ormrod	c Knott b Shepherd	4
JM Parker	c Knott b Woolmer	25
BL D'Oliveira	c Cowdrey b Woolmer	42
TJ Yardley	b Woolmer	0
+GR Cass	c Ealham b Julien	39
*N Gifford	not out	6
VA Holder	not out	0
JD Inchmore	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-19, 3-84, 4-172, 5-172, 6-276

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Julien	26	5	71	2	-	-
Shepherd	26	7	51	1	-	-
Underwood	23	8	60	0	-	-
Woolmer	21	3	53	3	-	-
Johnson	4	1	24	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	b Holder	0
GW Johnson	c Yardley b Brain	8
*MH Denness	not out	35
Asif Iqbal	b Brain	0
RA Woolmer	c Cass b Brain	4
MC Cowdrey	c Cass b Holder	6
AGE Ealham	c Holder b Gifford	0
+APE Knott	c D'Oliveira b Brain	2
BD Julien	c Yardley b Gifford	4
JN Shepherd	c Cass b Gifford	0
DL Underwood	lbw b Gifford	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-10, 4-17, 5-37, 6-37, 7-50, 8-59, 9-59, 10-59 (35.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	15	6	28	2	-	-
Brain	13	3	29	4	-	-
Gifford	7.5	5	2	4	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Luckhurst b Underwood	52
+GR Cass	c Luckhurst b Underwood	2
JA Ormrod	c Asif Iqbal b Underwood	0
BL D'Oliveira	c Luckhurst b Underwood	13
TJ Yardley	not out	18
*N Gifford	c Woolmer b Underwood	0
VA Holder	not out	0
GM Turner	did not bat
JM Parker	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 22.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-37, 3-51, 4-83, 5-83

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Julien	8	1	28	0	-	-
Shepherd	2	0	16	0	-	-
Underwood	9	4	25	5	-	-
Johnson	3.2	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> GR Cass (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> RA Woolmer reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> N Gifford reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> N Gifford reached 1000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> GM Turner retired hurt in the Worcestershire first innings having scored 138 (team had lost 5 wickets)
--> MH Denness retired hurt in the Kent second innings having scored 2 (team had lost 1 wickets) - he returned when the score was 17/4

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