f30219 cc14744	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Hesketh Park, Dartford on 27th, 29th, 30th July 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 3 (Bowling 3); Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DGL Evans, H Horton
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 204/3 (McEwan 96*, East 5*; 71 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 208/4 (Nicholls 38*, Ealham 17*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BW Luckhurst	lbw b Turner	12
GW Johnson	b Lever	12
MC Cowdrey	lbw b Boyce	10
+D Nicholls	c Cooke b Turner	10
RA Woolmer	b Edmeades	17
AGE Ealham	c Smith b Boyce	12
CJ Tavaré	lbw b Boyce	2
JN Shepherd	lbw b Edmeades	12
CJC Rowe	lbw b Boyce	0
RB Elms	not out	0
JN Graham	run out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-27, 3-42, 4-71, 5-75, 6-78, 7-93, 8-97, 9-97, 10-97 (45.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	13	6	23	4	-	-
Lever	10	4	16	1	-	-
Turner	10	2	16	2	-	-
Edmeades	12.4	1	32	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Shepherd	15
BR Hardie	b Graham	11
KS McEwan	b Graham	126
RMO Cooke	b Shepherd	62
RE East	c Cowdrey b Johnson	33
GA Gooch	lbw b Shepherd	15
S Turner	c Woolmer b Johnson	0
KD Boyce	lbw b Graham	2
+N Smith	b Graham	0
*RNS Hobbs	c Cowdrey b Woolmer	11
JK Lever	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 8 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 101.1 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-44, 3-195, 4-258, 5-264, 6-264, 7-272, 8-272, 9-293, 10-295 (101.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	30.2	6	65	4	-	-
Elms	13	1	54	0	-	-
Woolmer	18.1	2	71	1	-	-
Shepherd	17.4	3	45	3	-	-
Johnson	22	7	42	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BW Luckhurst	lbw b Turner	25
GW Johnson	lbw b Hobbs	50
MC Cowdrey	c and b Hobbs	50
+D Nicholls	lbw b Boyce	44
RA Woolmer	lbw b Turner	10
AGE Ealham	b Turner	73
CJ Tavaré	run out	3
JN Shepherd	b Boyce	29
CJC Rowe	not out	32
RB Elms	c Cooke b Hobbs	10
JN Graham	lbw b Hobbs	2
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 20 nb, 1 w)	30
Total	(all out, 141 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-135, 3-137, 4-161, 5-220, 6-227, 7-308, 8-310, 9-347, 10-358 (141 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	34	7	78	2	-	-
Lever	19	3	52	0	-	-
Turner	28	8	64	3	-	-
Edmeades	5	2	10	0	-	-
East	25	10	45	0	-	-
Hobbs	30	11	79	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Woolmer	23
BR Hardie	not out	87
KS McEwan	c Nicholls b Woolmer	0
RMO Cooke	b Woolmer	2
GA Gooch	b Woolmer	0
S Turner	c Nicholls b Shepherd	0
KD Boyce	b Shepherd	6
RE East	lbw b Woolmer	18
+N Smith	run out	8
*RNS Hobbs	not out	4
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 50 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-71, 3-75, 4-75, 5-76, 6-96, 7-131, 8-151

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	10	1	25	0	-	-
Elms	6	1	25	0	-	-
Woolmer	19	3	59	5	-	-
Shepherd	9	0	34	2	-	-
Johnson	6	3	5	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
--> BW Luckhurst (1) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> KS McEwan (1) passed his previous highest score of 119 in First-Class matches
--> KS McEwan (1) passed his previous highest score of 119 in County Championship matches
--> JN Graham reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JN Shepherd reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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