f28281 cc13984	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1970
Venue	Harlow Sportcentre, Harlow on 1st, 2nd, 3rd July 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by an innings and 24 runs
Points	Essex 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Kent 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	CG Pepper, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 330/7 (Denness 167*, Dixon 32*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 18/2 (Ward 6*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MH Denness	not out	167
GW Johnson	b Boyce	0
Asif Iqbal	c Taylor b Turner	5
JN Shepherd	c East b Turner	7
SE Leary	b East	13
AGE Ealham	c Presland b Acfield	88
+D Nicholls	c and b Hobbs	1
RA Woolmer	lbw b Boyce	6
AL Dixon	not out	32
JCJ Dye	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 113 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-10, 3-24, 4-65, 5-229, 6-236, 7-268

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	24	2	85	2	-	-
Turner	26	7	45	2	-	-
Acfield	25	6	79	1	-	-
East	19	8	44	1	-	-
Hobbs	19	4	66	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Johnson b Dye	6
B Ward	c Leary b Graham	1
GJ Saville	c Woolmer b Shepherd	61
G Barker	c Denness b Shepherd	17
*+B Taylor	c Nicholls b Woolmer	63
KD Boyce	c Nicholls b Graham	5
ER Presland	c Johnson b Shepherd	9
S Turner	c Shepherd b Dye	1
RNS Hobbs	c Woolmer b Shepherd	0
RE East	lbw b Shepherd	0
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 11 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 76.5 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-9, 3-29, 4-137, 5-144, 6-176, 7-179, 8-179, 9-179, 10-179 (76.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	26	6	63	2	-	-
Dye	10	6	13	2	-	-
Shepherd	19.5	6	41	5	-	-
Dixon	12	2	26	0	-	-
Woolmer	9	3	20	1	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Leary b Graham	10
B Ward	c Shepherd b Graham	14
GJ Saville	c Shepherd b Dye	2
G Barker	c Nicholls b Graham	5
*+B Taylor	c Shepherd b Dye	43
KD Boyce	c Denness b Graham	0
ER Presland	b Dye	1
S Turner	c Woolmer b Graham	2
RNS Hobbs	b Graham	8
RE East	c Nicholls b Dye	24
DL Acfield	not out	15
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 40.1 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-18, 3-31, 4-32, 5-32, 6-39, 7-50, 8-77, 9-87, 10-127 (40.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	18	2	67	6	-	-
Dye	19.1	4	51	4	-	-
Shepherd	2	0	6	0	-	-
Woolmer	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MH Denness (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 136
--> B Taylor (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> BEA Edmeades (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> S Turner reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings

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