f31068 cc14995	Worcestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 12th, 13th, 14th May 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 3 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Kent 17 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	KE Palmer, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 281/6 (Hemsley 14*, Inchmore 4*; 92 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 21/1 (Turner 7*, Neale 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	b Shepherd	13
GM Turner	run out	73
PA Neale	b Jarvis	90
Imran Khan	c Luckhurst b Woolmer	57
BL D'Oliveira	c Jarvis b Graham	7
EJO Hemsley	not out	23
+HG Wilcock	b Graham	4
JD Inchmore	lbw b Jarvis	8
R Senghera	b Underwood	0
*N Gifford	not out	2
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-136, 3-218, 4-255, 5-268, 6-273, 7-291, 8-292

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	15	2	48	2	-	-
Graham	15	4	38	2	-	-
Shepherd	9	2	20	1	-	-
Woolmer	15	1	55	1	-	-
Underwood	25	11	48	1	-	-
Hills	20	1	68	0	-	-
Johnson	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	b D'Oliveira	92
GW Johnson	lbw b Imran Khan	28
Asif Iqbal	c Wilcock b Imran Khan	87
*MH Denness	retired hurt	9
+APE Knott	not out	54
JN Shepherd	c Imran Khan b Gifford	8
RW Hills	b Gifford	0
DL Underwood	not out	16
BW Luckhurst	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-169, 3-232, 4-250, 5-253

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inchmore	11	1	42	0	-	-
Pridgeon	5	2	7	0	-	-
Imran Khan	24	8	70	2	-	-
Senghera	18	4	53	0	-	-
Gifford	31	11	72	2	-	-
D'Oliveira	11	0	50	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Woolmer b Underwood	41
JA Ormrod	c Woolmer b Jarvis	1
PA Neale	lbw b Jarvis	7
Imran Khan	c Woolmer b Underwood	3
BL D'Oliveira	c Knott b Underwood	26
EJO Hemsley	b Underwood	19
+HG Wilcock	c Woolmer b Underwood	0
JD Inchmore	b Shepherd	0
*N Gifford	st Knott b Underwood	6
R Senghera	not out	11
AP Pridgeon	c Woolmer b Underwood	0
Extras	(12 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-23, 3-28, 4-64, 5-93, 6-93, 7-94, 8-105, 9-125, 10-126 (54.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	10	1	24	2	-	-
Graham	11	4	19	0	-	-
Shepherd	11	5	15	1	-	-
Underwood	22.4	9	56	7	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c Ormrod b Inchmore	6
RW Hills	lbw b Inchmore	15
Asif Iqbal	lbw b Inchmore	8
+APE Knott	b Gifford	14
JN Shepherd	b Gifford	36
GW Johnson	c Senghera b Gifford	2
DL Underwood	not out	12
BW Luckhurst	b Inchmore	2
JN Graham	not out	1
*MH Denness	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 5 nb)	22
Total	(7 wickets, 43.5 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-30, 3-47, 4-92, 5-99, 6-106, 7-113

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inchmore	13.5	3	33	4	-	-
Imran Khan	10	1	31	0	-	-
Gifford	17	6	24	3	-	-
D'Oliveira	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> JA Ormrod (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> PA Neale (1) passed his previous highest score of 49 in County Championship matches
--> PA Neale (1) passed his previous highest score of 49 in First-Class matches
--> EJO Hemsley (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> RA Woolmer (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> JN Shepherd reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> MH Denness retired hurt in the Kent first innings having scored 9 (team had lost 2 wickets)

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