f29755 cc14596	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 11th, 13th, 14th August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 26 runs
Points	Essex 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Kent 15 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	CS Elliott, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 168/8 (Smith 15*, Acfield 2*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 246/4 (Nicholls 63*, Ealham 18*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MH Denness	b Edmeades	17
GW Johnson	lbw b Edmeades	16
+D Nicholls	c Smith b Turner	8
Asif Iqbal	lbw b Turner	6
MC Cowdrey	c East b Turner	2
AGE Ealham	b Lever	7
JN Shepherd	c Smith b Edmeades	0
RA Woolmer	c Smith b Lever	11
PA Topley	b Edmeades	4
RB Elms	c Smith b Edmeades	1
JN Graham	not out	1
Extras	(1 lb, 7 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-42, 3-49, 4-56, 5-57, 6-58, 7-73, 8-78, 9-80, 10-81 (43 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	13	6	27	2	-	-
Turner	14	4	24	3	-	-
Edmeades	16	3	22	5	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	lbw b Shepherd	75
BR Hardie	b Graham	8
RMO Cooke	b Shepherd	0
KR Pont	c Nicholls b Shepherd	2
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Graham	28
S Turner	run out	14
RE East	c Nicholls b Graham	13
+N Smith	not out	31
*RNS Hobbs	b Shepherd	8
DL Acfield	lbw b Graham	8
JK Lever	b Shepherd	8
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 68.3 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-55, 3-59, 4-98, 5-122, 6-142, 7-146, 8-165, 9-178, 10-199 (68.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	25	5	63	4	-	-
Elms	9	3	22	0	-	-
Shepherd	25.3	1	92	5	-	-
Woolmer	9	4	18	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MH Denness	c Acfield b East	37
GW Johnson	c Turner b Acfield	85
+D Nicholls	c Smith b Lever	71
Asif Iqbal	c Acfield b East	0
MC Cowdrey	b Acfield	30
AGE Ealham	c Hardie b Lever	19
JN Shepherd	c Smith b Turner	16
RA Woolmer	b Acfield	13
PA Topley	c Lever b East	13
RB Elms	b Acfield	2
JN Graham	not out	9
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 129.4 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-137, 3-137, 4-210, 5-248, 6-265, 7-279, 8-300, 9-300, 10-311 (129.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	5	31	2	-	-
Turner	20	2	61	1	-	-
Edmeades	9	0	38	0	-	-
Hobbs	12	3	28	0	-	-
East	38	17	76	3	-	-
Acfield	33.4	13	61	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Cowdrey b Johnson	58
BR Hardie	lbw b Elms	1
RMO Cooke	c Denness b Johnson	10
KR Pont	b Graham	6
BEA Edmeades	c Nicholls b Shepherd	0
S Turner	c and b Shepherd	16
RE East	c Nicholls b Graham	22
+N Smith	c Cowdrey b Shepherd	14
*RNS Hobbs	b Graham	4
DL Acfield	not out	9
JK Lever	c Nicholls b Shepherd	7
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 63.4 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-29, 3-54, 4-55, 5-87, 6-109, 7-144, 8-146, 9-152, 10-167 (63.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	16	2	35	3	-	-
Elms	6	2	17	1	-	-
Shepherd	20.4	3	55	4	-	-
Woolmer	1	0	1	0	-	-
Johnson	16	6	26	2	-	-
Topley	4	1	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BC Francis (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> GW Johnson (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 19
--> AGE Ealham (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> S Turner (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> S Turner reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> DL Acfield reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> RE East reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> RB Elms reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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