f31108 cc15023	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 12th, 14th, 15th June 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 36/0 (Johnson 15*, Woolmer 19*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 82/3 (Fletcher 21*, Gooch 6*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Knott b Graham	81
BR Hardie	c Underwood b Woolmer	58
KS McEwan	b Underwood	136
*KWR Fletcher	b Hills	21
GA Gooch	st Knott b Underwood	14
KR Pont	b Hills	0
S Turner	c Knott b Hills	4
RE East	c Asif Iqbal b Hills	7
+N Smith	not out	9
JK Lever	not out	3
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 13 nb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-135, 2-215, 3-300, 4-314, 5-315, 6-329, 7-337, 8-341

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	19	3	74	1	-	-
Shepherd	3	1	8	0	-	-
Woolmer	14	3	36	1	-	-
Underwood	30	8	116	2	-	-
Hills	15	1	55	4	-	-
Johnson	19	7	44	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Johnson	c Gooch b Turner	47
RA Woolmer	lbw b Turner	59
Asif Iqbal	c Edmeades b East	42
D Nicholls	c Smith b Turner	21
*MH Denness	c Fletcher b Turner	13
AGE Ealham	c East b Turner	11
+APE Knott	not out	53
RW Hills	not out	20
DL Underwood	did not bat
JN Shepherd	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-142, 3-162, 4-185, 5-191, 6-202

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	34	5	82	5	-	-
Lever	29	6	65	0	-	-
Gooch	1	0	1	0	-	-
East	23	5	61	1	-	-
Acfield	13	1	57	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Graham	24
BR Hardie	c Nicholls b Underwood	30
KS McEwan	c Denness b Underwood	1
*KWR Fletcher	not out	62
GA Gooch	not out	100
KR Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 67.1 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-48, 3-67

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	19.1	3	62	1	-	-
Woolmer	7	0	24	0	-	-
Underwood	22	10	70	2	-	-
Hills	14	2	47	0	-	-
Asif Iqbal	5	0	14	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Johnson	b Acfield	34
RA Woolmer	c Smith b Lever	83
Asif Iqbal	c Smith b Lever	3
D Nicholls	b Turner	16
*MH Denness	not out	63
AGE Ealham	b Acfield	12
+APE Knott	c Fletcher b Acfield	4
RW Hills	c Gooch b Lever	2
DL Underwood	c Gooch b Acfield	0
JN Shepherd	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, 73 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-127, 2-131, 3-133, 4-151, 5-182, 6-200, 7-221, 8-230 (73 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	16	2	51	1	-	-
Lever	20	5	47	3	-	-
East	12	5	32	0	-	-
Acfield	23	6	72	4	-	-
Pont	2	0	15	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
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 68
--> Asif Iqbal (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> D Nicholls (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> MH Denness (2) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> RW Hills reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JN Graham reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RW Hills reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> S Turner reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> DL Acfield reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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