f21049 cc10524	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Kent 0
Umpires	F Chester, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 376/8 (Bailey 152*, Ralph 17*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 124/4 (Allan 50*, Pretlove 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Fagg b Pettiford	62
G Barker	c Cowdrey b Pettiford	25
TE Bailey	not out	152
CCP Williams	c Fagg b Wright	13
*DJ Insole	b Allan	32
+PA Gibb	st Catt b Wright	17
R Horsfall	c Catt b Allan	2
WT Greensmith	c Wilson b Allan	38
R Smith	b Allan	7
LHR Ralph	not out	17
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 113 overs)	376
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-98, 3-125, 4-167, 5-206, 6-217, 7-309, 8-337

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spanswick	16	4	59	0	-	-
Phillips	25	6	69	0	-	-
Wright	24	5	84	2	-	-
Allan	35	16	93	4	-	-
Pettiford	13	3	60	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Dodds b Bailey	11
JM Allan	lbw b Bailey	15
RC Wilson	c Gibb b Dodds	61
MC Cowdrey	c Williams b Preston	4
J Pettiford	b Smith	4
JF Pretlove	b Dodds	12
AF Brazier	c Gibb b Bailey	1
+AW Catt	c Gibb b Bailey	8
JG Spanswick	c Williams b Dodds	15
*DVP Wright	not out	4
JB Phillips	c Bailey b Dodds	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-37, 3-44, 4-57, 5-86, 6-97, 7-116, 8-134, 9-136, 10-139 (55.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	21	3	53	4	-	-
Preston	11	7	13	1	-	-
Smith	7	1	17	1	-	-
Ralph	4	0	18	0	-	-
Dodds	12.3	4	34	4	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Bailey	11
JM Allan	b Greensmith	61
RC Wilson	c Dodds b Preston	7
MC Cowdrey	b Ralph	45
J Pettiford	c Gibb b Bailey	5
JF Pretlove	st Gibb b Greensmith	27
AF Brazier	hit wkt b Smith	50
+AW Catt	not out	88
JG Spanswick	c Bailey b Greensmith	0
*DVP Wright	c Ralph b Bailey	12
JB Phillips	b Greensmith	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 132 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-32, 3-93, 4-107, 5-149, 6-166, 7-250, 8-285, 9-315, 10-317 (132 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	25	8	52	3	-	-
Preston	29	7	72	1	-	-
Smith	17	9	20	1	-	-
Ralph	14	3	32	1	-	-
Dodds	15	2	55	0	-	-
Insole	6	1	18	0	-	-
Greensmith	26	8	57	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	not out	31
G Barker	not out	42
TE Bailey	did not bat
CCP Williams	did not bat
*DJ Insole	did not bat
+PA Gibb	did not bat
R Horsfall	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(no wicket, 16.2 overs)	81

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spanswick	3	0	4	0	-	-
Phillips	5	0	33	0	-	-
Wright	5	1	14	0	-	-
Allan	3	0	17	0	-	-
Pretlove	0.2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JB Phillips made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 18
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 134
--> PA Gibb (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> JF Pretlove (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> JM Allan (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 41
--> AW Catt (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> AW Catt (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> TC Dodds achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-0)
--> TC Dodds achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-0)

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