f21966 cc11026	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 24th, 26th, 27th August 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 87 runs
Points	Essex 14 (Batting 2); Kent 0
Umpires	WE Phillipson, W Place
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 99/5 (Pretlove 48*, Catt 7*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 56/2 (Wilson 34*, Catt 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Smith	97
G Barker	lbw b Page	62
+B Taylor	c Phebey b Smith	22
*DJ Insole	c Ridgway b Smith	6
LA Savill	c Pettiford b Page	9
WT Greensmith	c Pettiford b Page	6
GJ Smith	b Smith	3
LHR Ralph	lbw b Page	8
KC Preston	b Smith	6
JA Bailey	b Smith	1
IM King	not out	4
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-161, 2-161, 3-177, 4-198, 5-202, 6-209, 7-215, 8-225, 9-227, 10-231 (69.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	4	0	38	0	-	-
Halfyard	9	0	38	0	-	-
Smith	23.3	4	53	6	-	-
Pettiford	9	0	37	0	-	-
Page	24	10	58	4	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	lbw b Preston	9
RC Wilson	c Insole b Ralph	4
PH Jones	c Taylor b Preston	5
*J Pettiford	b Insole	12
JF Pretlove	lbw b Ralph	52
AL Dixon	c King b Ralph	13
+AW Catt	c Taylor b Ralph	12
G Smith	b Preston	2
F Ridgway	b Preston	8
DJ Halfyard	not out	2
JCT Page	b Ralph	2
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-16, 3-23, 4-54, 5-77, 6-103, 7-110, 8-110, 9-118, 10-123 (61.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	20	7	29	4	-	-
Ralph	23.3	6	52	5	-	-
Bailey	6	1	13	0	-	-
Insole	5	0	12	1	-	-
Greensmith	7	1	15	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Smith	81
G Barker	c Phebey b Smith	36
+B Taylor	lbw b Halfyard	91
*DJ Insole	not out	58
LA Savill	not out	11
WT Greensmith	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
IM King	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb)	13
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-164, 3-256

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	13	3	56	0	-	-
Halfyard	11	1	56	1	-	-
Smith	19	6	38	2	-	-
Page	9	1	44	0	-	-
Dixon	16	0	66	0	-	-
Jones	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	b Preston	11
RC Wilson	run out	78
PH Jones	lbw b Greensmith	5
+AW Catt	c Taylor b King	32
*J Pettiford	b Bailey	11
JF Pretlove	c Preston b King	30
AL Dixon	c Smith b Preston	73
G Smith	lbw b Preston	3
F Ridgway	c Bailey b Greensmith	33
DJ Halfyard	c King b Greensmith	9
JCT Page	not out	8
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 114.2 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-30, 3-131, 4-131, 5-171, 6-213, 7-252, 8-263, 9-288, 10-311 (114.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	28	8	71	3	-	-
Ralph	16	5	45	0	-	-
Bailey	19	3	70	1	-	-
Greensmith	34.2	6	88	3	-	-
King	17	9	19	2	-	-

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Notes
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 56
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 51
--> G Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> G Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings

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