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| Venue | Mote Park, Maidstone on 26th, 28th, 29th July 1947 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Kent 4; Essex 0 |
| Umpires | B Flint, D Hendren |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 580/6 (Pawson 65*, Murray-Wood 16*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 334/5 (Pearce 23*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LJ Todd | run out | 136 | |||||
| AE Fagg | c Wade b Vigar | 65 | |||||
| LEG Ames | c Vigar b R Smith | 152 | 195 | 19 | 1 | ||
| JGW Davies | c Wade b Vigar | 37 | |||||
| *BH Valentine | c Wade b Vigar | 65 | |||||
| HA Pawson | not out | 65 | |||||
| AWH Mallett | c R Smith b TPB Smith | 23 | |||||
| W Murray-Wood | not out | 16 | |||||
| +WHV Levett | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Dovey | did not bat | ||||||
| NW Harding | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 9 lb, 1 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 138 overs) | 580 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-85, 2-358, 3-388, 4-430, 5-493, 6-536 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| R Smith | 44 | 2 | 152 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dines | 14 | 2 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| TPB Smith | 49 | 10 | 163 | 1 | - | - | |
| Vigar | 23 | 2 | 141 | 3 | - | - | |
| Insole | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pearce | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | run out | 83 | |||||
| SJ Cray | b Dovey | 114 | |||||
| AV Avery | b Dovey | 24 | |||||
| R Horsfall | lbw b Dovey | 3 | |||||
| FH Vigar | run out | 68 | |||||
| *TN Pearce | c Levett b Harding | 92 | |||||
| R Smith | c Valentine b Murray-Wood | 9 | |||||
| DJ Insole | run out | 2 | |||||
| TPB Smith | b Pawson | 67 | |||||
| WJ Dines | b Harding | 7 | |||||
| +TH Wade | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 7 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 219.3 overs) | 502 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-200, 2-221, 3-229, 4-277, 5-334, 6-361, 7-363, 8-485, 9-491, 10-502 (219.3 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Harding | 38.3 | 7 | 113 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 42 | 10 | 88 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murray-Wood | 50 | 12 | 127 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davies | 23 | 6 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dovey | 65 | 26 | 98 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pawson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LJ Todd | not out | 60 | |||||
| AE Fagg | c and b R Smith | 8 | |||||
| LEG Ames | b TPB Smith | 35 | |||||
| +WHV Levett | c Pearce b TPB Smith | 2 | |||||
| JGW Davies | not out | 37 | |||||
| *BH Valentine | did not bat | ||||||
| HA Pawson | did not bat | ||||||
| AWH Mallett | did not bat | ||||||
| W Murray-Wood | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Dovey | did not bat | ||||||
| NW Harding | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 43 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-84, 3-86 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wade | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dodds | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| R Smith | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| TPB Smith | 14 | 1 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Insole | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dines | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AE Fagg (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 30500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 103
--> BH Valentine (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> BH Valentine (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> SJ Cray (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in First-Class matches
--> SJ Cray (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in County Championship matches
--> FH Vigar (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> TN Pearce (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> NW Harding reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> NW Harding reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TPB Smith reached 1250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> TPB Smith reached 1100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
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