f15720 cc7599	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 26th, 27th, 28th May 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 322 runs
Points	Kent 0; Essex 15
Umpires	A Dolphin, JA Newman
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 23/1 (Sunnucks 10*, Levett 10*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 65/2 (Levett 2*, Bryan 15*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	b Watt	2
LC Eastman	c Spencer b Ashdown	90
AV Avery	c Levett b Watt	41
J O'Connor	lbw b Ashdown	51
MS Nichols	st Levett b Cole	9
*TN Pearce	c and b Lewis	65
+N Vere Hodge	c and b Wright	7
C Bray	c and b Woolley	52
AB Lavers	c Ashdown b Wright	26
TPB Smith	c and b Cole	17
R Smith	not out	5
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 116.5 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-127, 3-155, 4-170, 5-241, 6-266, 7-276, 8-311, 9-342, 10-370 (116.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cole	30	10	86	2	-	-
Ashdown	13	2	43	2	-	-
Lewis	24	8	73	1	-	-
Wright	29	6	87	2	-	-
Woolley	0.5	0	1	1	-	-
Watt	20	2	75	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	b Nichols	2
PR Sunnucks	c Vere Hodge b R Smith	13
+WHV Levett	b Nichols	18
FE Woolley	c Vere Hodge b Nichols	25
TA Crawford	b Nichols	0
*RT Bryan	lbw b TPB Smith	11
TW Spencer	c Taylor b TPB Smith	25
DVP Wright	not out	25
C Lewis	b TPB Smith	1
CG Cole	lbw b TPB Smith	0
AE Watt	absent hurt
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-35, 3-37, 4-38, 5-63, 6-92, 7-117, 8-127, 9-127 (47.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	17	3	43	4	-	-
R Smith	13	4	29	1	-	-
TPB Smith	8.4	1	29	4	-	-
Eastman	9	2	19	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	b Cole	5
LC Eastman	c Bryan b Wright	62
AV Avery	st Levett b Wright	31
J O'Connor	b Woolley	26
MS Nichols	c sub b Wright	3
*TN Pearce	c and b Woolley	29
+N Vere Hodge	c Bryan b Woolley	16
C Bray	lbw b Woolley	14
AB Lavers	c Lewis b Woolley	31
TPB Smith	not out	12
R Smith	not out	19
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 75 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-89, 3-109, 4-129, 5-137, 6-167, 7-184, 8-199, 9-224

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cole	8	3	32	1	-	-
Ashdown	7	1	24	0	-	-
Lewis	28	3	90	0	-	-
Wright	15	2	43	3	-	-
Woolley	17	3	59	5	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	b Nichols	32
PR Sunnucks	c Vere Hodge b Nichols	10
+WHV Levett	c R Smith b Nichols	9
*RT Bryan	b Eastman	59
FE Woolley	c Vere Hodge b O'Connor	47
TA Crawford	c Nichols b Eastman	0
TW Spencer	b TPB Smith	2
DVP Wright	c Lavers b Eastman	0
C Lewis	b TPB Smith	2
CG Cole	not out	1
AE Watt	absent hurt
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 59.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-45, 3-78, 4-166, 5-168, 6-171, 7-171, 8-171, 9-174 (59.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12	1	45	3	-	-
R Smith	8	2	28	0	-	-
TPB Smith	9.5	3	32	2	-	-
Eastman	20	6	39	3	-	-
O'Connor	10	2	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AB Lavers made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AB Lavers made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AV Avery (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> AV Avery (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> FE Woolley (2) passed 56000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> RT Bryan (2) passed his previous highest score of 57 in County Championship matches
--> C Lewis reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> MS Nichols reached 1150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> J O'Connor reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings

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