f11905 cc5235	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1927
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Kent 0; Essex 8
Umpires	F Parris, FH Sugg
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 403/8 (Douglas 70*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 156/6 (Ames 7*, Collins 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	b Wright	4
LC Eastman	b Beslee	45
J O'Connor	c Woolley b Ashdown	107
CAG Russell	c Evans b Beslee	50
H Ashton	lbw b Freeman	38
*JWHT Douglas	b Wright	73
HM Morris	c Legge b Wright	32
AB Hipkin	b Freeman	7
MS Nichols	c and b Woolley	34
EC Thompson	c Woolley b Freeman	10
+GF Eastman	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 142.5 overs)	421
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-112, 3-198, 4-210, 5-269, 6-327, 7-336, 8-403, 9-413, 10-421 (142.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collins	4	1	27	0	-	-
Wright	35	6	105	3	-	-
Ashdown	26	6	52	1	-	-
Freeman	37.5	9	138	3	-	-
Beslee	28	10	53	2	-	-
Hardinge	4	0	10	0	-	-
Woolley	8	2	18	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	c Nichols b Douglas	3
HTW Hardinge	b Nichols	70
JA Deed	c O'Connor b LC Eastman	56
FE Woolley	lbw b Nichols	3
*AJ Evans	hit wkt b O'Connor	2
+LEG Ames	st GF Eastman b O'Connor	8
GB Legge	c Ashton b LC Eastman	0
GC Collins	b O'Connor	1
AC Wright	not out	18
AP Freeman	c Ashton b LC Eastman	2
GP Beslee	c Ashton b O'Connor	5
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 52 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-122, 3-128, 4-135, 5-148, 6-153, 7-154, 8-170, 9-172, 10-179 (52 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	16	2	50	2	-	-
Douglas	12	3	32	1	-	-
LC Eastman	10	4	16	3	-	-
O'Connor	12	1	55	4	-	-
Russell	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	c Nichols b LC Eastman	12
JA Deed	c Thompson b Nichols	16
*AJ Evans	c and b Hipkin	52
FE Woolley	b Russell	56
WH Ashdown	c Ashton b Nichols	6
+LEG Ames	b Hipkin	48
GB Legge	st GF Eastman b O'Connor	0
GC Collins	c and b Russell	28
AC Wright	b Hipkin	3
AP Freeman	b Russell	16
GP Beslee	not out	5
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 106.4 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-39, 3-133, 4-145, 5-152, 6-153, 7-228, 8-242, 9-250, 10-263 (106.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	25	5	74	2	-	-
Douglas	11	4	13	0	-	-
LC Eastman	17	8	27	1	-	-
O'Connor	21	3	61	1	-	-
Russell	17.4	4	31	3	-	-
Hipkin	15	3	36	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AB Hipkin	c sub b Hardinge	4
EC Thompson	not out	10
MS Nichols	not out	8
JA Cutmore	did not bat
LC Eastman	did not bat
J O'Connor	did not bat
CAG Russell	did not bat
H Ashton	did not bat
*JWHT Douglas	did not bat
HM Morris	did not bat
+GF Eastman	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 2.5 overs)	22
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Hipkin)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Freeman	1	0	8	0	-	-
Hardinge	1.5	0	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> H Ashton (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> HTW Hardinge (1) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 59

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