sec1875	Essex Second XI v Kent Second XI
	Second Eleven Championship 1976
Venue	Hoffman's Sports and Social Club Ground, Chelmsford on 20th, 21st July 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex Second XI 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Kent Second XI 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	BE Knight, P Robson
Close of play day 1

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Collins b Thirkell	77
MSA McEvoy	c Collins b Aslett	93
SG Plumb	c Thirkell b Prior	11
KR Pont	retired hurt	2
CD Lee	b Dilley	0
GA Gooch	c Graham-Brown b Aslett	27
PA Hector	b Aslett	0
+PB Fisher	c Joplin b Aslett	0
PJ Snelling	c Joplin b Aslett	13
SP Edwards	c and b Aslett	0
*B Taylor	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-105 (Hardie), 2-158 (Plumb), 3-174 (Lee), 4-211 (Gooch), 5-211 (Hector), 6-211 (Fisher), 7-222 (McEvoy), 8-226 (Edwards), 9-237 (Snelling)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Prior	15	3	50	1	-	-
Graham-Brown	4	1	29	0	-	3
Hollamby	4	0	22	0	-	-
Green	6	0	33	0	-	-
Thirkell	5	1	17	1	-	-
Aslett	14.3	4	50	6	-	-
Dilley	11	3	25	1	-	-

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Kent Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	c and b McEvoy	40
KI Collins	b Snelling	11
JA Howgego	not out	78
JMH Graham-Brown	c Plumb b Snelling	13
C Joplin	c Hardie b Hector	34
G Hollamby	c Fisher b Snelling	0
N Thirkell	st Fisher b Snelling	8
NH Green	not out	1
GR Dilley	did not bat
DG Aslett	did not bat
W Prior	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Collins), 2-88 (Wright), 3-179 (Joplin), 4-180 (Graham-Brown), 5-180 (Hollamby), 6-192 (Thirkell)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hector	18	2	68	1	1	4
Gooch	1	1	0	0	-	-
McEvoy	18	4	36	1	-	-
Snelling	15	3	50	4	-	-
Edwards	8	1	31	0	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Green b Thirkell	7
CD Lee	not out	20
SG Plumb	not out	19
MSA McEvoy	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
GA Gooch	did not bat
PA Hector	did not bat
+PB Fisher	did not bat
PJ Snelling	did not bat
SP Edwards	did not bat
*B Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 14 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Hardie)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Prior	7	1	16	0	-	-
Thirkell	4	1	12	1	1	-
Aslett	3	0	18	0	1	-

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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
--> KR Pont retired hurt in the Essex Second XI first innings having scored 2 (team had lost 2 wickets)
--> JA Howgego retired hurt in the Kent Second XI first innings (team had lost 2 wickets) - he returned when the score was 179/3

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The first day's play was curtailed by rain at 3.55pm.
Day 2 began at 11.15am but was agin curtailed by the rain at 3.55pm.