f16653 cc8200	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 2nd, 3rd, 4th August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	D Hendren, FI Walden
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 51/1 (Fagg 26*, Ames 8*; 14 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Chalk b Watt	9
AV Avery	b Wright	78
*DR Wilcox	b Harding	2
J O'Connor	b Watt	11
MS Nichols	lbw b Watt	8
TPB Smith	c Todd b Davies	25
JWA Stephenson	lbw b Todd	1
RM Taylor	b Watt	16
R Smith	c Wright b Watt	1
+TH Wade	not out	5
K Farnes	b Wright	5
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 50.4 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-26, 3-43, 4-57, 5-130, 6-133, 7-156, 8-160, 9-167, 10-172 (50.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	11	0	48	1	-	-
Todd	14	1	47	1	-	-
Watt	13	2	29	5	-	-
Wright	7.4	1	22	2	-	-
Davies	5	0	15	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	not out	26
*FGH Chalk	b Farnes	15
LEG Ames	not out	8
BH Valentine	did not bat
PG Foster	did not bat
LJ Todd	did not bat
JGW Davies	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
NW Harding	did not bat
AE Watt	did not bat
+WHV Levett	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 14 overs)	51
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Chalk)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	7	0	24	1	-	-
Nichols	7	2	25	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> AV Avery (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 54
--> AE Fagg (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25

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