f15842 cc7691	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 14th, 15th, 16th July 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 259 runs
Points	Essex 15; Kent 0
Umpires	WA Buswell, JA Newman
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 93/1 (Woolley 60*, Pearce 23*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 248/2 (Avery 56*, Taylor 5*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	c Spencer b Wright	104
LC Eastman	st Levett b Watt	31
AV Avery	b Todd	0
RM Taylor	b Wright	17
J O'Connor	c Ashdown b Wright	6
MS Nichols	b Cole	2
*TN Pearce	b Wright	5
JN Dennis	b Todd	36
TPB Smith	lbw b Todd	24
AG Waterman	lbw b Todd	43
+TH Wade	not out	29
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 8 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-77, 3-122, 4-136, 5-139, 6-146, 7-186, 8-231, 9-238, 10-313 (86.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	23.1	5	63	4	-	-
Watt	17	3	65	1	-	-
Cole	16	1	55	1	-	-
Wright	25	2	97	4	-	-
Woolley	5	0	17	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	c Nichols b Eastman	9
FE Woolley	b Smith	85
TA Pearce	c O'Connor b Eastman	29
TW Spencer	c Wade b Smith	20
LJ Todd	c Taylor b Smith	12
IS Akers-Douglas	b Smith	0
*RT Bryan	st Wade b Smith	0
DVP Wright	b Eastman	0
+WHV Levett	run out	4
AE Watt	c Avery b Smith	24
CG Cole	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-121, 3-129, 4-150, 5-150, 6-156, 7-159, 8-161, 9-187, 10-187 (60.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	12	0	59	0	-	-
Waterman	7	1	28	0	-	-
Eastman	21	8	32	3	-	-
Smith	20.4	6	64	6	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	c Watt b Akers-Douglas	129
LC Eastman	st Levett b Wright	49
AV Avery	lbw b Watt	61
RM Taylor	c Levett b Ashdown	7
J O'Connor	not out	19
MS Nichols	not out	1
*TN Pearce	did not bat
JN Dennis	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
AG Waterman	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-231, 3-250, 4-264

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	15	1	56	0	-	-
Watt	16	1	67	1	-	-
Cole	8	0	29	0	-	-
Wright	10	0	61	1	-	-
Akers-Douglas	5	0	26	1	-	-
Ashdown	5	0	27	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	c Avery b Smith	47
FE Woolley	c and b Waterman	5
TA Pearce	c Nichols b Eastman	6
TW Spencer	c Nichols b Eastman	16
LJ Todd	b Smith	27
IS Akers-Douglas	b Smith	16
*RT Bryan	b Smith	4
DVP Wright	c Pearce b Smith	0
+WHV Levett	b Eastman	3
AE Watt	b Smith	7
CG Cole	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 58.3 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-60, 3-74, 4-81, 5-105, 6-117, 7-117, 8-126, 9-137, 10-142 (58.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	6	3	17	0	-	-
Waterman	2	1	2	1	-	-
Eastman	20	10	35	3	-	-
Smith	24.3	7	65	6	-	-
O'Connor	6	1	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AG Waterman (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> AG Waterman (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> FE Woolley (1) passed 56500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> AV Avery (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> AV Avery (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in County Championship matches
--> LJ Todd reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> LJ Todd reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> LJ Todd reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TPB Smith reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent second innings

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