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| Venue | The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 4th, 6th, 7th July 1953 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Kent 0; Essex 4 |
| Umpires | P Corrall, H Elliott |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 126/4 (Woollett 52*, Witherden 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 209/7 (Greensmith 109*, Rist 35*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +PA Gibb | lbw b Ridgway | 22 | |||||
| AV Avery | c Fagg b Dovey | 39 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | c Evans b Ridgway | 0 | |||||
| R Horsfall | run out | 12 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | st Evans b Wright | 8 | |||||
| FH Vigar | c Evans b Page | 52 | |||||
| LA Savill | lbw b Wright | 27 | |||||
| D Watkins | c Ridgway b Witherden | 10 | |||||
| FH Rist | c Evans b Ridgway | 32 | |||||
| R Smith | c Evans b Wright | 9 | |||||
| KC Preston | not out | 12 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72 overs) | 232 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44, 2-44, 3-74, 4-82, 5-87, 6-144, 7-173, 8-181, 9-194, 10-232 (72 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 22 | 4 | 77 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dovey | 18 | 4 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wright | 18 | 3 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Page | 10 | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Witherden | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Fagg | b Preston | 0 | |||||
| AH Phebey | lbw b Greensmith | 46 | |||||
| AF Woollett | c Avery b Smith | 76 | |||||
| R Mayes | c Preston b Insole | 0 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c and b Greensmith | 22 | |||||
| EG Witherden | lbw b Insole | 10 | |||||
| BR Edrich | b Preston | 24 | |||||
| F Ridgway | c Watkins b Preston | 19 | |||||
| RR Dovey | b Smith | 1 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | c Gibb b Smith | 14 | |||||
| JCT Page | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 88 overs) | 215 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-82, 3-87, 4-118, 5-132, 6-176, 7-191, 8-192, 9-212, 10-215 (88 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 24 | 4 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 26 | 6 | 70 | 3 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 14 | 3 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Insole | 18 | 8 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AV Avery | c Page b Ridgway | 6 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c and b Wright | 16 | |||||
| FH Vigar | b Dovey | 1 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c Evans b Dovey | 9 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | lbw b Wright | 6 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 138 | |||||
| LA Savill | c Fagg b Ridgway | 1 | |||||
| D Watkins | c Edrich b Page | 16 | |||||
| FH Rist | b Dovey | 62 | |||||
| R Smith | not out | 18 | |||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 96 overs) | 284 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-9, 3-21, 4-40, 5-45, 6-76, 7-104, 8-260 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 28 | 4 | 92 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dovey | 33 | 9 | 74 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wright | 21 | 7 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| Page | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Witherden | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Fagg | c Smith b Greensmith | 66 | |||||
| AH Phebey | c Rist b Smith | 36 | |||||
| +TG Evans | b Smith | 9 | |||||
| R Mayes | c Gibb b Greensmith | 27 | |||||
| AF Woollett | not out | 40 | |||||
| BR Edrich | c Preston b Greensmith | 0 | |||||
| EG Witherden | not out | 11 | |||||
| F Ridgway | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Dovey | did not bat | ||||||
| *DVP Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| JCT Page | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 76 overs) | 192 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-68, 2-82, 3-132, 4-143, 5-147 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 13 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 29 | 4 | 79 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 20 | 7 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Insole | 14 | 5 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> WT Greensmith (2) passed his previous highest score of 79 in County Championship matches
--> WT Greensmith (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> WT Greensmith (2) passed his previous highest score of 81 in First-Class matches
--> WT Greensmith (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> FH Rist (2) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> FH Rist (2) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 21000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> AF Woollett (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> DVP Wright reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> DVP Wright reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
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