f19781 cc9842	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 23rd, 25th, 26th August 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 4 wickets
Points	Essex 4; Kent 12
Umpires	F Chester, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 12/0 (Fagg 7*, Phebey 3*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 356 all out

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Ridgway	20
+PA Gibb	lbw b Dovey	88
R Smith	c Fagg b Murray-Wood	42
R Horsfall	c Cowdrey b Wright	135		210	17	-
*DJ Insole	c Fagg b Dovey	79
C Griffiths	c Dovey b Wright	21
TE Bailey	not out	5
KC Preston	run out	7
FH Vigar	not out	4
WT Greensmith	did not bat
CJM Kenny	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	410
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-108, 3-212, 4-363, 5-378, 6-398, 7-406

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	21	4	63	1	-	-
Page	14	0	70	0	-	-
Dovey	34	5	128	2	-	-
Wright	22	3	106	2	-	-
Murray-Wood	3	1	12	1	-	-
Cowdrey	5	0	22	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Preston b Smith	65
AH Phebey	c Gibb b Bailey	57
+TG Evans	c Preston b Kenny	68
MC Cowdrey	c Bailey b Kenny	9
P Hearn	c and b Preston	85
R Mayes	c Preston b Bailey	19
*W Murray-Wood	b Smith	15
RR Dovey	c Bailey b Kenny	9
DVP Wright	b Preston	10
F Ridgway	not out	8
JCT Page	b Preston	2
Extras	(2 lb, 7 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 108.3 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-172, 3-204, 4-208, 5-253, 6-286, 7-314, 8-345, 9-346, 10-356 (108.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	25	4	82	2	-	-
Preston	22.3	1	80	3	-	-
Kenny	23	7	68	3	-	-
Smith	34	4	101	2	-	-
Vigar	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PA Gibb	c Evans b Page	24
*DJ Insole	b Ridgway	0
R Smith	c Mayes b Page	9
R Horsfall	b Ridgway	8
TE Bailey	c Phebey b Wright	26
C Griffiths	c Mayes b Wright	21
FH Vigar	c Phebey b Wright	14
WT Greensmith	not out	33
KC Preston	b Ridgway	14
CJM Kenny	not out	1
TC Dodds	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 47.5 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-15, 3-42, 4-42, 5-90, 6-95, 7-107, 8-158

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	15	4	34	3	-	-
Page	11.5	0	47	2	-	-
Dovey	12	3	42	0	-	-
Wright	9	3	27	3	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	not out	118		167	14	-
AH Phebey	c Gibb b Preston	17
+TG Evans	c Greensmith b Smith	32
MC Cowdrey	run out	14
R Mayes	c Bailey b Smith	34
F Ridgway	b Smith	0
*W Murray-Wood	b Bailey	0
RR Dovey	not out	3
P Hearn	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(6 wickets, 47.5 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-88, 3-132, 4-195, 5-195, 6-206

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	19	0	87	1	-	-
Preston	7	0	43	1	-	-
Smith	17.5	0	68	3	-	-
Kenny	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AE Fagg scored 1 five in the Kent second innings
--> F Ridgway (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> C Griffiths (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> WT Greensmith (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> TG Evans (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> R Mayes (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> KC Preston reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings

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