f32063 cc15356	Essex v Kent
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 41 runs
Points	Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Kent 1 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	DO Oslear, J van Geloven
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 25/2 (Woolmer 11*, Rowe 2*; 18 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 150/6 (Shepherd 24*, Hills 10*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Downton b Jarvis	76
GA Gooch	b Underwood	108
KS McEwan	c Woolmer b Johnson	40
*KWR Fletcher	not out	69
BR Hardie	not out	24
S Turner	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-138, 2-210, 3-260

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	19	6	49	1	-	-
Shepherd	12	2	41	0	-	-
Hills	22	4	72	0	-	-
Underwood	27	5	76	1	-	-
Johnson	20	3	79	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	lbw b Lever	48
GS Clinton	lbw b Phillip	2
CJ Tavaré	c Fletcher b Phillip	4
CJC Rowe	c Gooch b Lever	14
*AGE Ealham	c and b Lever	3
JN Shepherd	c Fletcher b Lever	2
GW Johnson	c Smith b Lever	6
RW Hills	c Smith b Turner	6
+PR Downton	not out	7
DL Underwood	b Phillip	21
KBS Jarvis	b Turner	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-17, 3-46, 4-50, 5-52, 6-62, 7-81, 8-89, 9-119, 10-120 (55 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	21	3	38	5	-	-
Phillip	19	3	48	3	-	-
Turner	14	5	27	2	-	-
East	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c Smith b Phillip	17
GS Clinton	c Gooch b Turner	26
CJ Tavaré	c Gooch b Turner	26
CJC Rowe	c Smith b Turner	11
*AGE Ealham	c Gooch b Phillip	15
JN Shepherd	b Phillip	46
GW Johnson	c Denness b Lever	8
RW Hills	c Smith b Phillip	13
+PR Downton	c Hardie b Lever	0
DL Underwood	not out	1
KBS Jarvis	b Phillip	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-74, 3-86, 4-91, 5-107, 6-127, 7-157, 8-158, 9-176, 10-176 (77.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	5	42	2	-	-
Phillip	19.2	8	38	5	-	-
Turner	23	7	47	3	-	-
East	14	4	29	0	-	-
Acfield	4	2	7	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
--> RA Woolmer (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> N Phillip achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 1-80)
--> JK Lever reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> N Phillip achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 3-48)
--> N Phillip achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Kent second innings

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