sec1620	Kent Second XI v Essex Second XI
	Second Eleven Championship 1974
Venue	Cobdown Sports Ground, Aylesford on 16th, 17th May 1974 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent Second XI 9 (Batting 7, Bowling 2); Essex Second XI 9 (Batting 6, Bowling 3)
Umpires	J Bean jnr, RSF Green
Close of play day 1	Essex Second XI (1) 255/4 (Pont 63*, Sandrock 3*)

---

Kent Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Laycock	c Stevenson b Lock	9
GS Clinton	c Pont b Tack	2
+D Nicholls	c Sandrock b Hilliard	106
CJC Rowe	b Hilliard	59
RW Hills	c Lock b Tack	61
CJ Tavaré	c Plumb b Cooke	40
PA Topley	not out	1
O Price	not out	0
ME Allbrook	did not bat
IP Campbell	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Clinton), 2-24 (Laycock), 3-153 (Rowe), 4-188 (Nicholls), 5-274 (Tavaré), 6-280 (Hills)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lock	10	0	61	1	-	-
Tack	15	2	55	2	-	-
Gooch	8	1	36	0	-	-
Hilliard	18	1	80	2	-	-
Cooke	8	0	46	1	-	-

---

Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Tavaré b Allbrook	102
GA Gooch	c Laycock b Rowe	20
RMO Cooke	b Hills	39
KR Pont	not out	63
SG Plumb	c Hills b Jarvis	18
GW Sandrock	not out	3
*KW Wallace	did not bat
NRA Hilliard	did not bat
+P Stevenson	did not bat
BR Lock	did not bat
MA Tack	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-42 (Gooch), 2-154 (Cooke), 3-174 (Hardie), 4-215 (Plumb)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	11	1	37	1	-	-
Campbell	6	0	20	0	-	-
Rowe	16	3	73	1	-	-
Topley	11	1	36	0	-	-
Allbrook	8	1	41	1	-	-
Hills	8	0	38	1	-	-

---

Kent Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Laycock	c Cooke b Gooch	38
GS Clinton	c and b Cooke	55
O Price	b Gooch	4
CJC Rowe	not out	70
RW Hills	c Gooch b Tack	23
CJ Tavaré	not out	21
PA Topley	did not bat
+D Nicholls	did not bat
ME Allbrook	did not bat
IP Campbell	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-65 (Laycock), 2-97 (Price), 3-111 (Clinton), 4-188 (Hills)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lock	14	3	59	0	-	-
Tack	9	1	33	1	-	2
Gooch	15	4	26	2	-	-
Hilliard	11	2	34	0	-	-
Cooke	2	0	14	1	-	-
Sandrock	4	0	26	0	-	-
Plumb	5	1	19	0	-	-

---

Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Tavaré b Jarvis	8
GA Gooch	b Topley	39
RMO Cooke	b Jarvis	0
KR Pont	c Allbrook b Topley	61
SG Plumb	c Tavaré b Topley	35
GW Sandrock	not out	49
*KW Wallace	c and b Allbrook	8
NRA Hilliard	b Jarvis	26
+P Stevenson	run out	2
BR Lock	not out	4
MA Tack	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 53 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Hardie), 2-19 (Cooke), 3-82 (Gooch), 4-142 (Plumb), 5-147 (Pont), 6-155 (Wallace), 7-213 (Hilliard), 8-220 (Stevenson)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	12	0	31	3	-	-
Campbell	4	1	12	0	-	1
Hills	3	0	13	0	-	-
Rowe	10	1	64	0	-	-
Topley	16	1	75	3	-	-
Allbrook	8	0	37	1	-	-

---

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

---