f21486 cc10759	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 11th, 13th, 14th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Kent 0
Umpires	RSM Lay, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 98/4 (Bear 21*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 143/7 (Allan 60*, Ridgway 31*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Cowdrey b Ridgway	14
GW Horrex	b Ridgway	19
+B Taylor	c Ridgway b Halfyard	22
*DJ Insole	c Ridgway b Dixon	20
MJ Bear	lbw b Dixon	98
LA Savill	c Evans b Halfyard	23
GJ Smith	c Ridgway b Allan	2
WT Greensmith	not out	23
R Smith	b Dixon	21
JA Bailey	not out	0
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-56, 3-56, 4-98, 5-162, 6-177, 7-218, 8-248

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	23	6	48	2	-	-
Halfyard	28	6	70	2	-	-
Dixon	22	7	44	3	-	-
Wright	15	3	55	0	-	-
Allan	9	1	25	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	b Preston	0
JM Prodger	run out	2
AE Fagg	b R Smith	17
MC Cowdrey	c and b Preston	3
JM Allan	c Preston b Greensmith	72
AL Dixon	c Savill b Greensmith	16
+TG Evans	c Taylor b R Smith	0
J Pettiford	b R Smith	9
F Ridgway	st Taylor b Greensmith	68
DJ Halfyard	b R Smith	26
*DVP Wright	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-20, 4-22, 5-56, 6-57, 7-88, 8-192, 9-210, 10-227 (73.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	18	4	50	2	-	-
Bailey	18	3	68	0	-	-
R Smith	24.2	8	52	4	-	-
Greensmith	13	2	45	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Prodger b Dixon	51
GW Horrex	b Allan	24
+B Taylor	c Pettiford b Allan	0
*DJ Insole	st Evans b Allan	22
MJ Bear	b Dixon	16
R Smith	c Allan b Dixon	4
GJ Smith	b Allan	10
KC Preston	b Allan	0
WT Greensmith	not out	9
LA Savill	not out	1
JA Bailey	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-71, 3-83, 4-111, 5-119, 6-126, 7-126, 8-143

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	6	0	24	0	-	-
Halfyard	7	1	42	0	-	-
Dixon	13	3	28	3	-	-
Wright	2	0	12	0	-	-
Allan	14	5	31	5	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	lbw b Bailey	7
+TG Evans	c Bear b Bailey	14
AE Fagg	not out	40
MC Cowdrey	b Preston	46
DJ Halfyard	c and b Preston	0
AL Dixon	not out	5
JM Prodger	did not bat
JM Allan	did not bat
J Pettiford	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
*DVP Wright	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 25 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-28, 3-107, 4-107

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	9	0	41	2	-	-
Bailey	9	0	33	2	-	-
R Smith	4	0	18	0	-	-
Greensmith	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GW Horrex made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GW Horrex made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MJ Bear (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Bear (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Bear (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 82
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 25
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> DJ Halfyard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> DJ Halfyard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> F Ridgway reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JM Allan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 5-45)

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