f28261 cc13968	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1970
Venue	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 20th, 21st, 22nd June 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Points	Kent 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Essex 18 (Batting 5, Bowling 3)
Umpires	DJ Constant, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 44/0 (Edmeades 12*, Taylor 32*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 322/7 (Turner 4*, Hobbs 5*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Johnson	lbw b Lever	3
RA Woolmer	b Boyce	1
+D Nicholls	c East b Boyce	0
Asif Iqbal	b Turner	51
*MC Cowdrey	lbw b East	65
SE Leary	lbw b Boyce	49
JN Shepherd	c East b Hobbs	18
AGE Ealham	c Turner b Hobbs	4
AL Dixon	b Turner	44
A Brown	not out	1
JCJ Dye	c Taylor b Turner	4
Extras	(3 lb, 7 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 95 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-5, 4-104, 5-135, 6-164, 7-170, 8-241, 9-245, 10-250 (95 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	18	2	46	3	-	-
Lever	17	7	21	1	-	-
Turner	22	4	57	3	-	-
East	21	7	57	1	-	-
Hobbs	17	3	59	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Asif Iqbal b Dixon	80
*+B Taylor	c Nicholls b Shepherd	66
GJ Saville	c Woolmer b Shepherd	75
KWR Fletcher	c Leary b Shepherd	39
G Barker	run out	3
KD Boyce	lbw b Dye	37
S Turner	not out	4
ER Presland	c and b Dye	0
RNS Hobbs	not out	5
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-196, 3-269, 4-271, 5-301, 6-305, 7-315

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	14	2	67	0	-	-
Dye	24	7	76	2	-	-
Shepherd	22	4	72	3	-	-
Woolmer	13	1	39	0	-	-
Dixon	11	3	28	1	-	-
Asif Iqbal	8	2	27	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Johnson	c Fletcher b Boyce	24
RA Woolmer	b Presland	58
Asif Iqbal	c Boyce b East	5
*MC Cowdrey	not out	106
JN Shepherd	c Saville b Turner	60
AL Dixon	c East b Turner	0
SE Leary	not out	18
+D Nicholls	did not bat
AGE Ealham	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-54, 3-136, 4-232, 5-242

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	13	4	27	1	-	-
Lever	5	2	8	0	-	-
Turner	11	1	32	2	-	-
East	20	5	48	1	-	-
Hobbs	13	3	35	0	-	-
Presland	16	0	78	1	-	-
Fletcher	8	0	43	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Woolmer	66
*+B Taylor	b Asif Iqbal	26
KWR Fletcher	c Shepherd b Dye	75
KD Boyce	run out	2
S Turner	c Johnson b Woolmer	0
ER Presland	not out	21
RNS Hobbs	not out	7
GJ Saville	did not bat
G Barker	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 39.2 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-158, 3-166, 4-176, 5-179

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	3	0	21	0	-	-
Dye	10	0	51	1	-	-
Shepherd	10	1	50	0	-	-
Woolmer	6.2	0	45	2	-	-
Asif Iqbal	10	1	30	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JN Shepherd (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> GJ Saville (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in County Championship matches
--> GJ Saville (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 66
--> RA Woolmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches
--> RA Woolmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> BEA Edmeades (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> ER Presland (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> JK Lever reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings

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