f32222 cc15488	Kent v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WE Alley, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 61/2 (Rowe 31*, Tavaré 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 101/2 (Denness 33*, East 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Downton b Shepherd	5
MSA McEvoy	c Ealham b Jarvis	0
KS McEwan	b Woolmer	58
*KWR Fletcher	c Asif Iqbal b Hills	10
BR Hardie	c Tavaré b Underwood	26
KR Pont	b Woolmer	0
N Phillip	b Hills	60
S Turner	lbw b Hills	23
RE East	lbw b Underwood	6
+N Smith	c Rowe b Underwood	26
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-52, 4-102, 5-102, 6-106, 7-174, 8-187, 9-195, 10-226 (90 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	17	4	46	1	-	-
Shepherd	13	4	35	1	-	-
Hills	21	5	42	3	-	-
Woolmer	14	2	45	2	-	-
Underwood	25	9	51	3	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	b East	19
CJC Rowe	c Fletcher b East	40
+PR Downton	c Hardie b East	4
CJ Tavaré	st Smith b East	87
Asif Iqbal	c East b Phillip	6
*AGE Ealham	c McEwan b Phillip	7
JN Shepherd	lbw b Phillip	45
GW Johnson	c Denness b East	22
RW Hills	st Smith b East	7
DL Underwood	b Phillip	4
KBS Jarvis	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 15 nb)	28
Total	(all out, 104.1 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-60, 3-98, 4-111, 5-121, 6-200, 7-231, 8-249, 9-268, 10-270 (104.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	27.1	5	61	4	-	-
Turner	17	9	17	0	-	-
East	47	15	117	6	-	-
Acfield	13	0	47	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Tavaré b Underwood	46
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Jarvis	1
KS McEwan	lbw b Underwood	57
RE East	c Underwood b Jarvis	4
*KWR Fletcher	c Tavaré b Underwood	9
BR Hardie	lbw b Hills	43
KR Pont	c Tavaré b Underwood	17
N Phillip	b Shepherd	6
S Turner	c Hills b Underwood	22
+N Smith	b Underwood	9
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb, 11 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-100, 3-107, 4-128, 5-129, 6-167, 7-182, 8-207, 9-228, 10-228 (100.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	21	5	37	2	-	-
Shepherd	24	8	62	1	-	-
Hills	5.3	2	21	1	-	-
Woolmer	2	1	2	0	-	-
Underwood	43	20	73	6	-	-
Johnson	5	1	19	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	lbw b Turner	4
CJC Rowe	lbw b Turner	9
CJ Tavaré	c Hardie b Acfield	6
Asif Iqbal	not out	46
*AGE Ealham	c Fletcher b Acfield	30
JN Shepherd	c Hardie b Acfield	0
GW Johnson	not out	7
+PR Downton	did not bat
RW Hills	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 52 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-13, 3-29, 4-93, 5-93

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	5	1	12	0	-	-
Turner	6	3	5	2	-	-
East	21	6	51	0	-	-
Acfield	20	9	34	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
--> MH Denness (2) passed 24000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> Asif Iqbal (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> DL Underwood reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> DL Underwood reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings

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