sec1907	Kent Second XI v Essex Second XI
	Second Eleven Championship 1976
Venue	Hesketh Park, Dartford on 23rd, 24th August 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent Second XI won by 5 wickets
Umpires	RH Barber, RSF Green
Close of play day 1

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Willis b Taylor	27
IG Peck	b Clinton	14
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Thirkell	9
KR Pont	c Willis b Thirkell	70
SG Plumb	b Box-Grainger	16
RV Mankad	b Thirkell	20
AW Lilley	b Thirkell	0
C Stone	not out	39
E Thomas	b Thirkell	20
+PB Fisher	not out	16
*B Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Peck), 2-45 (McEvoy), 3-59 (Hardie), 4-116 (Plumb), 5-145 (Pont), 6-145 (Lilley), 7-172 (Mankad), 8-214 (Thomas)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thirkell	23	6	57	5	-	-
Clinton	6	1	31	1	-	-
Taylor	10	0	39	1	-	-
Green	2	0	20	0	-	-
Howgego	2	0	15	0	-	-
Box-Grainger	17	3	69	1	-	1

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Kent Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Clinton	lbw b Thomas	45
R Duckworth	c Fisher b Pont	1
JA Howgego	b Pont	0
RB Elms	b Stone	80
C Beech	lbw b McEvoy	9
D Chapman	c Plumb b McEvoy	0
KCP Box-Grainger	c Stone b McEvoy	1
NH Green	run out	10
D Willis	lbw b Stone	0
N Thirkell	c Peck b Stone	3
NR Taylor	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Duckworth), 2-13 (Howgego), 3-75 (Clinton), 4-101 (Beech), 5-101 (Chapman), 6-107 (Box-Grainger), 7-118 (Green), 8-125 (Willis), 9-139 (Thirkell), 10-158 (Elms)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pont	8	2	25	2	-	-
McEvoy	22	9	59	3	-	-
Stone	24	6	50	3	-	-
Thomas	9	5	16	1	1	1

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Chapman b Box-Grainger	26
IG Peck	c Willis b Elms	24
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Elms	0
KR Pont	lbw b Thirkell	15
SG Plumb	c and b Box-Grainger	4
RV Mankad	lbw b Elms	4
AW Lilley	b Thirkell	9
C Stone	not out	33
E Thomas	b Elms	4
+PB Fisher	not out	6
*B Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Peck), 2-49 (McEvoy), 3-62 (Hardie), 4-74 (Plumb), 5-79 (Pont), 6-83 (Mankad), 7-107 (Lilley), 8-122 (Thomas)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thirkell	19	7	47	2	-	3
Elms	23	4	71	4	-	-
Box-Grainger	5	2	7	2	1	-

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Kent Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Clinton	c Fisher b Thomas	27
R Duckworth	lbw b Pont	3
D Chapman	c Plumb b Pont	9
JA Howgego	not out	126
RB Elms	c Lilley b Stone	10
KCP Box-Grainger	c Plumb b Stone	4
NR Taylor	not out	37
C Beech	did not bat
NH Green	did not bat
D Willis	did not bat
N Thirkell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 54.4 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Duckworth), 2-25 (Chapman), 3-93 (Clinton), 4-104 (Elms), 5-108 (Box-Grainger)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pont	12	1	27	2	-	-
McEvoy	8	3	23	0	-	-
Thomas	12	1	37	1	-	1
Stone	19.4	3	102	2	-	-
Mankad	3	0	27	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

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