f32534 cc15512	Essex v Kent
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 2nd, 3rd, 4th May 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Kent 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	DJ Dennis, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 128/3 (Fletcher 41*, Hardie 15*; 49 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 150/2 (Rowe 64*, Cowdrey 11*; 65 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Hills	37
GA Gooch	b Jarvis	13
KS McEwan	c Johnson b Shepherd	20
*KWR Fletcher	c Tavaré b Hills	41
BR Hardie	c Tavaré b Hills	15
KR Pont	c Woolmer b Shepherd	33
S Turner	c Hills b Shepherd	102
N Phillip	not out	39
+N Smith	not out	0
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-55, 3-86, 4-128, 5-129, 6-204, 7-304

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	16	2	77	1	-	-
Shepherd	28	4	81	3	-	-
Hills	23	6	59	3	-	-
Underwood	20	7	45	0	-	-
Johnson	3	0	38	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c Hardie b Phillip	29
CJC Rowe	not out	108
CJ Tavaré	c Smith b Pont	34
CS Cowdrey	c Turner b Phillip	19
*AGE Ealham	c Lever b Phillip	15
JN Shepherd	c Smith b Pont	19
GW Johnson	c Smith b Pont	0
+APE Knott	lbw b Acfield	1
RW Hills	b Acfield	0
DL Underwood	not out	8
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 110 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-122, 3-160, 4-176, 5-220, 6-220, 7-224, 8-230

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	6	36	0	-	-
Phillip	24	12	37	3	-	-
Turner	32	11	79	0	-	-
Acfield	9	2	28	2	-	-
Pont	20	6	44	3	-	-
Gooch	5	2	9	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Knott b Jarvis	0
GA Gooch	lbw b Underwood	11
KS McEwan	c Knott b Jarvis	0
*KWR Fletcher	c Hills b Johnson	4
BR Hardie	c Shepherd b Johnson	4
KR Pont	c Cowdrey b Underwood	0
S Turner	c Ealham b Johnson	6
N Phillip	not out	3
+N Smith	c Shepherd b Johnson	0
JK Lever	c Knott b Johnson	12
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 25.1 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-15, 4-15, 5-19, 6-19, 7-26, 8-26, 9-43 (25.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	5	4	4	2	-	-
Shepherd	6	2	11	0	-	-
Underwood	8	4	13	2	-	-
Johnson	6.1	3	12	5	-	-

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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
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/?
--> Kent score at 100 overs in the first innings was 224-6
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> KR Pont (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> CJC Rowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in First-Class matches
--> CJC Rowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in County Championship matches
--> JN Shepherd reached 850 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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