f37491 cc17250	Essex v Kent
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th April 1988 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 21 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Kent 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1)
Umpires	R Julian, KJ Lyons
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 303/4 (CS Cowdrey 36*, GR Cowdrey 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 279/3 (Gooch 126*, Pringle 88*)
Close of play day 3	Kent (2) 76/4 (Davis 0*, CS Cowdrey 24*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benson	c East b Topley	110		277	11	-
NR Taylor	b Topley	94			10	1
SG Hinks	c Prichard b Gooch	35
CJ Tavaré	c East b Topley	13
*CS Cowdrey	c Border b Pringle	48
GR Cowdrey	c Gooch b Lever	35
+SA Marsh	lbw b Lever	7
C Penn	not out	25
RP Davis	not out	10
AP Igglesden	did not bat
HL Alleyne	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 15 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 152 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-208, 2-209, 3-254, 4-295, 5-327, 6-352, 7-363

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	33	11	62	2	-	-
Topley	39	6	124	3	-	-
Pringle	37	7	77	1	-	-
Gooch	9	3	19	1	-	-
Childs	24	6	65	0	-	-
Miller	7	1	30	0	-	-
Border	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Davis	275	395	466	27	4
BR Hardie	c CS Cowdrey b Penn	20
PJ Prichard	c Benson b Penn	0
AR Border	c Marsh b CS Cowdrey	31
DR Pringle	c Marsh b Alleyne	128
*KWR Fletcher	c sub b Davis	58
G Miller	b Davis	16
+DE East	c Tavaré b Davis	29
TD Topley	c Marsh b Penn	1
JK Lever	not out	13
JH Childs	b Davis	7
Extras	(6 b, 24 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	38
Total	(all out, 161.5 overs)	616
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-33, 3-126, 4-385, 5-539, 6-543, 7-591, 8-594, 9-606, 10-616 (161.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Igglesden	13	2	57	0	-	-
Alleyne	20	2	80	1	-	-
Penn	41	7	160	3	-	-
CS Cowdrey	31	3	93	1	-	-
Davis	39.5	8	132	5	-	-
GR Cowdrey	17	1	64	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benson	c Gooch b Topley	13
NR Taylor	c Miller b Childs	24
SG Hinks	st East b Miller	10
CJ Tavaré	c East b Childs	0
RP Davis	c Border b Childs	1
*CS Cowdrey	c Gooch b Childs	54
GR Cowdrey	b Topley	145
+SA Marsh	c Border b Lever	120
C Penn	c Prichard b Topley	1
AP Igglesden	c Fletcher b Childs	3
HL Alleyne	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 117.2 overs)	384
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-49, 3-49, 4-49, 5-89, 6-122, 7-344, 8-357, 9-372, 10-384 (117.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	19	4	85	1	-	-
Topley	21.2	5	57	3	-	-
Childs	45	16	113	5	-	-
Miller	28	6	95	1	-	-
Border	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Davis	73
BR Hardie	c Taylor b CS Cowdrey	22
AR Border	not out	55
PJ Prichard	not out	15
DR Pringle	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
G Miller	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 21.2 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-150

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alleyne	6	0	40	0	-	-
CS Cowdrey	7	0	59	1	-	-
Davis	4.2	0	34	1	-	-
GR Cowdrey	4	0	32	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Kent score at 100 overs in the first innings was 259-3
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 361-3
--> NR Taylor (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 43
--> NR Taylor (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 91
--> GA Gooch (1) passed his previous highest score of 227 in First-Class matches
--> GA Gooch (1) passed his previous highest score of 227 in County Championship matches
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 39
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 24500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 79
--> DR Pringle (1) passed his previous highest score of 121 in County Championship matches
--> DR Pringle (1) passed his previous highest score of 127 in First-Class matches
--> DR Pringle (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 124
--> GR Cowdrey (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in First-Class matches
--> GR Cowdrey (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GR Cowdrey (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in County Championship matches
--> GR Cowdrey (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> GR Cowdrey (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 72
--> SA Marsh (2) passed his previous highest score of 72 in County Championship matches
--> SA Marsh (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> SA Marsh (2) passed his previous highest score of 72 in First-Class matches
--> SA Marsh (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> SA Marsh (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> AR Border (2) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> HL Alleyne made his debut for Kent in County Championship matches
--> HL Alleyne made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> RP Davis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-38)
--> RP Davis achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings
--> RP Davis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-38)
--> RP Davis achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings

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