f27227 cc13486	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 19th, 20th, 21st May 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Kent 0
Umpires	AE Fagg, OW Herman
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 162/6 (Cowdrey 23*, Leary 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 194/1 (Barker 106*, Ward 50*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Boyce	6
BW Luckhurst	c Bear b Boyce	55
+APE Knott	b Boyce	54
*MC Cowdrey	c Taylor b Boyce	129
Asif Iqbal	b Boyce	5
JN Shepherd	c Boyce b Hobbs	4
AL Dixon	c Fletcher b Hobbs	8
SE Leary	lbw b Boyce	56
AJM Hooper	not out	1
JN Graham	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 140.3 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-122, 3-123, 4-128, 5-142, 6-148, 7-327, 8-338 (140.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	29.3	5	69	6	-	-
Lever	20	3	37	0	-	-
Edmeades	27	6	63	0	-	-
Hobbs	39	11	81	2	-	-
East	25	5	68	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Knott b Shepherd	126
MJ Bear	lbw b Dixon	27
B Ward	lbw b Dye	68
KWR Fletcher	not out	29
BL Irvine	c Hooper b Dixon	8
BEA Edmeades	not out	11
KD Boyce	did not bat
*+B Taylor	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 113 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-233, 3-238, 4-254

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	22	5	61	0	-	-
Dye	22	4	65	1	-	-
Shepherd	15	4	29	1	-	-
Dixon	35	13	58	2	-	-
Hooper	16	3	40	0	-	-
Asif Iqbal	3	1	16	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Irvine b Boyce	13
BW Luckhurst	c Bear b Lever	4
Asif Iqbal	c Lever b East	47
JN Shepherd	lbw b Edmeades	3
+APE Knott	not out	30
AL Dixon	not out	4
*MC Cowdrey	did not bat
SE Leary	did not bat
AJM Hooper	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 32 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-27, 3-41, 4-101

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	7	2	22	1	-	-
Lever	4	0	11	1	-	-
Edmeades	12	1	32	1	-	-
East	9	0	36	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	lbw b Dye	2
MJ Bear	c and b Dixon	29
KWR Fletcher	c Denness b Shepherd	27
BL Irvine	c Denness b Dixon	41
KD Boyce	b Dixon	18
*+B Taylor	c Luckhurst b Shepherd	5
RNS Hobbs	lbw b Dixon	2
BEA Edmeades	not out	1
B Ward	c and b Shepherd	4
RE East	not out	9
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 42 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-50, 3-78, 4-104, 5-115, 6-121, 7-130, 8-134

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	12	2	32	0	-	-
Dye	8	2	24	1	-	-
Shepherd	14	2	53	3	-	-
Dixon	8	2	29	4	-	-

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Notes
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 34500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 120
--> KD Boyce achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 4-41)
--> KD Boyce achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings

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