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| 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*) |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
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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