f31250 cc15139	Kent v Sussex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 8th, 9th, 10th September 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Sussex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	AE Fagg, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 49/1 (Barclay 37*, Knight 4*; 23 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 173/6 (Knott 2*, Hills 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c Graves b Buss	114		185	16	1
GW Johnson	run out	8
CJ Tavaré	c Javed Miandad b Buss	86
Asif Iqbal	c Knight b Cheatle	0
*MH Denness	not out	64
AGE Ealham	c Long b Cheatle	1
+APE Knott	b Snow	144		99	20	2
CJC Rowe	not out	1
RW Hills	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	432
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-219, 3-219, 4-221, 5-222, 6-427

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	16	2	75	1	-	-
Phillipson	14	2	51	0	-	-
Buss	14	4	41	2	-	-
Knight	14	2	57	0	-	-
Cheatle	21	2	103	2	-	-
Barclay	9	3	46	0	-	-
Javed Miandad	12	1	45	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	b Johnson	41
GD Mendis	lbw b Johnson	7
RDV Knight	c Denness b Johnson	9
Javed Miandad	c Woolmer b Asif Iqbal	162		202	16	7
*PJ Graves	c Woolmer b Asif Iqbal	52
JJ Groome	c Knott b Jarvis	14
MA Buss	not out	3
JA Snow	c sub b Asif Iqbal	1
+A Long	not out	8
CP Phillipson	did not bat
RGL Cheatle	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-55, 3-68, 4-259, 5-304, 6-304, 7-305

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	15	2	54	1	-	-
Hills	14	3	59	0	-	-
Underwood	12	6	18	0	-	-
Johnson	32	5	76	3	-	-
Rowe	18	6	62	0	-	-
Asif Iqbal	9	2	28	3	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c Groome b Phillipson	21
GW Johnson	c Phillipson b Cheatle	39
CJ Tavaré	c Graves b Cheatle	23
Asif Iqbal	c Graves b Cheatle	40
AGE Ealham	c Buss b Cheatle	19
CJC Rowe	st Long b Barclay	23
+APE Knott	c and b Cheatle	2
RW Hills	b Cheatle	0
*MH Denness	not out	20
DL Underwood	b Barclay	10
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 58.2 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-75, 3-117, 4-138, 5-167, 6-173, 7-173, 8-174, 9-205 (58.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	4	0	25	0	-	-
Phillipson	7	0	33	1	-	-
Buss	9	2	28	0	-	-
Knight	2	1	14	0	-	-
Cheatle	21	9	54	6	-	-
Barclay	14.2	4	42	2	-	-
Javed Miandad	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	c Denness b Asif Iqbal	44
GD Mendis	b Johnson	10
RDV Knight	b Jarvis	63
Javed Miandad	c Knott b Asif Iqbal	82
*PJ Graves	c Knott b Hills	12
MA Buss	c Knott b Hills	4
JA Snow	c Tavaré b Asif Iqbal	5
JJ Groome	not out	12
+A Long	lbw b Jarvis	10
CP Phillipson	not out	1
RGL Cheatle	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 23 lb, 1 nb)	27
Total	(8 wickets, 109 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-90, 3-222, 4-229, 5-239, 6-242, 7-246, 8-269

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	22	6	57	2	-	-
Hills	18	4	42	2	-	-
Johnson	31	7	50	1	-	-
Rowe	22	10	43	0	-	-
Asif Iqbal	16	4	51	3	-	-

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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
--> RA Woolmer (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 87
--> CJ Tavaré (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in County Championship matches
--> APE Knott (1) 100 in 70 minutes
--> APE Knott (1) passed his previous highest score of 128 in County Championship matches
--> JRT Barclay (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> Javed Miandad (1) passed his previous highest score of 135 in County Championship matches
--> Javed Miandad (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> Asif Iqbal (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> JRT Barclay (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 44
--> RDV Knight (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RGL Cheatle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 2-103)
--> RGL Cheatle achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings
--> RGL Cheatle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 2-103)
--> RGL Cheatle achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Kent second innings

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Knott's century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.

 

 

 

 

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