sec2315	Essex Second XI v Kent Second XI
	Second Eleven Championship 1980
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 2nd, 3rd, 4th July 1980 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex Second XI 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Kent Second XI 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	MAP Key, W Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Kent Second XI (1) 179/6
Close of play day 2	Kent Second XI (2) 15/1 (Taylor 11*, Benson 2*)

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Kent Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NR Taylor	lbw b Sainsbury	62
DG Aslett	b Foster	5
MR Benson	c Foster b Turner	23
*GW Johnson	lbw b Turner	65
RW Hills	lbw b Sainsbury	1
NJ Kemp	b Sainsbury	0
SG Hinks	c Prichard b Herbert	8
+SNV Waterton	lbw b Turner	32
EAE Baptiste	not out	50
GD Spelman	did not bat
LJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 99.2 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Aslett), 2-59 (Benson), 3-143 (Taylor), 4-155 (Hills), 5-159 (Kemp), 6-171 (Hinks), 7-183 (Johnson), 8-265 (Waterton)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sainsbury	19	4	45	3	1	7
Foster	16	3	61	1	1	1
Turner	17.2	3	42	3	-	2
Herbert	30	5	60	1	-	-
Foley	17	5	38	0	-	-

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Lilley	c Kemp b Johnson	133
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Spelman	18
RJ Leiper	c Benson b Johnson	21
R Herbert	b Johnson	3
C Gladwin	c Waterton b Taylor	32
*S Turner	c sub b Hinks	33
PJ Prichard	not out	0
+RJ Andrews	not out	9
NA Foster	did not bat
TM Foley	did not bat
GE Sainsbury	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (McEvoy), 2-90 (Leiper), 3-116 (Herbert), 4-167 (Gladwin), 5-246 (Lilley), 6-247 (Turner)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spelman	11	1	36	1	-	1
Kemp	11	5	22	0	-	-
Hills	20	5	62	0	-	-
Baptiste	11	1	32	0	-	3
Johnson	19	6	39	3	-	1
Taylor	13	1	52	1	-	-
Hinks	3	1	6	1	-	-

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Kent Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NR Taylor	not out	11
DG Aslett	b Sainsbury	0
MR Benson	not out	2
*GW Johnson	did not bat
RW Hills	did not bat
NJ Kemp	did not bat
SG Hinks	did not bat
+SNV Waterton	did not bat
EAE Baptiste	did not bat
GD Spelman	did not bat
LJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 8 overs)	15
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Aslett)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sainsbury	3	2	1	1	-	1
Foster	2	0	7	0	1	-
Foley	2	1	3	0	-	-
Herbert	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> 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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Overnight rain delayed the start until 2.0pm on the first day.
Further rain overnight of the second day meant that no play was possible on the final day.