f30590 cc14842	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 31st May, 2nd, 3rd June 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 33 runs
Points	Essex 15 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Kent 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	RE Barnard, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 34/2 (Ealham 0*, Woolmer 5*; 18 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 132/4 (Denness 50*, Asif Iqbal 28*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Knott b Graham	58
KS McEwan	c Johnson b Graham	0
*KWR Fletcher	b Underwood	43
GA Gooch	c Ealham b Woolmer	100
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Underwood	63
KR Pont	c Denness b Underwood	0
S Turner	not out	23
RE East	c Asif Iqbal b Woolmer	0
+N Smith	c Denness b Woolmer	0
JK Lever	run out	2
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-84, 3-129, 4-264, 5-276, 6-278, 7-279, 8-282, 9-296

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	19	3	50	2	-	-
Shepherd	15	2	43	0	-	-
Woolmer	16	5	50	3	-	-
Hills	15	3	41	0	-	-
Underwood	28	10	79	3	-	-
Johnson	7	1	26	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	c East b Lever	10
GW Johnson	c Hardie b East	17
AGE Ealham	c Smith b Turner	0
RA Woolmer	c East b Acfield	22
*MH Denness	not out	70
Asif Iqbal	not out	53
+APE Knott	did not bat
JN Shepherd	did not bat
RW Hills	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-29, 3-34, 4-77

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	27	5	62	1	-	-
Turner	21	5	41	1	-	-
East	24	8	46	1	-	-
Acfield	7	0	23	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Luckhurst b Graham	3
*KWR Fletcher	b Shepherd	9
GA Gooch	c Denness b Graham	23
S Turner	c Woolmer b Graham	16
BEA Edmeades	c Shepherd b Underwood	2
+N Smith	c Woolmer b Underwood	8
RE East	b Underwood	0
KS McEwan	not out	2
KR Pont	not out	2
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 16 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-12, 3-52, 4-52, 5-58, 6-62, 7-62

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	8	1	35	3	-	-
Shepherd	4	0	17	1	-	-
Underwood	4	0	13	3	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	c Smith b Lever	1
GW Johnson	c East b Turner	3
*MH Denness	c East b Turner	0
Asif Iqbal	st Smith b East	94
RA Woolmer	c Smith b Turner	8
+APE Knott	lbw b Edmeades	15
JN Shepherd	c Gooch b Turner	14
AGE Ealham	c Hardie b Turner	9
RW Hills	not out	2
DL Underwood	c Fletcher b East	0
JN Graham	c Gooch b East	0
Extras	(2 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 51.1 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-8, 4-29, 5-64, 6-88, 7-104, 8-154, 9-154, 10-154 (51.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	5	2	11	1	-	-
Turner	21	8	59	5	-	-
East	14.1	5	35	3	-	-
Acfield	3	0	12	0	-	-
Edmeades	8	1	29	1	-	-

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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
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 24
--> MH Denness (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 60
--> RA Woolmer (2) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> DL Underwood reached 1400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> DL Underwood reached 1000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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