f20083 cc9958	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 27th, 29th, 30th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 65 runs
Points	Essex 12; Kent 0
Umpires	K McCanlis, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 96/4 (Mayes 37*, Edrich 12*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 339/3 (Horsfall 151*, Insole 70*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Dovey	19
+PA Gibb	lbw b Ridgway	63
FH Vigar	b Dovey	1
R Horsfall	lbw b Ridgway	40
*DJ Insole	c Woollett b Ridgway	29
WT Greensmith	c Edrich b Ridgway	2
LA Savill	c and b Dovey	13
R Smith	b Dovey	16
LHR Ralph	lbw b Ridgway	0
KC Preston	c Phebey b Ridgway	0
CJM Kenny	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-42, 3-118, 4-141, 5-159, 6-164, 7-185, 8-190, 9-190, 10-192 (67.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	29	7	69	6	-	-
Dovey	27.2	8	66	4	-	-
Page	5	0	21	0	-	-
Wright	5	1	18	0	-	-
Murray-Wood	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	lbw b Smith	17
AF Woollett	b Preston	5
RC Wilson	c Preston b Smith	14
+DG Ufton	c Gibb b Preston	5
R Mayes	c Ralph b Preston	40
BR Edrich	b Preston	50
F Ridgway	b Smith	12
RR Dovey	c Gibb b Kenny	0
*W Murray-Wood	b Kenny	3
DVP Wright	not out	15
JCT Page	c and b Smith	0
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-27, 3-38, 4-46, 5-110, 6-129, 7-132, 8-144, 9-166, 10-169 (69.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	22	5	53	4	-	-
Smith	31.3	7	81	4	-	-
Kenny	9	2	19	2	-	-
Ralph	7	2	8	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PA Gibb	b Dovey	30
FH Vigar	b Dovey	77
WT Greensmith	b Dovey	0
R Horsfall	not out	151
*DJ Insole	not out	70
TC Dodds	did not bat
LA Savill	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
CJM Kenny	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb)	11
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-73, 3-190

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	29	4	119	0	-	-
Dovey	27	3	106	3	-	-
Page	11	2	37	0	-	-
Wright	12	0	47	0	-	-
Murray-Wood	2	0	19	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Gibb b Smith	5
AF Woollett	b Preston	50
RC Wilson	c Gibb b Preston	1
+DG Ufton	c Insole b Ralph	46
R Mayes	c Smith b Vigar	42
BR Edrich	c Preston b Vigar	14
F Ridgway	c Smith b Ralph	59
RR Dovey	c Horsfall b Vigar	12
*W Murray-Wood	c Gibb b Preston	26
DVP Wright	c Insole b Ralph	8
JCT Page	not out	15
Extras	(12 b, 7 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-13, 3-90, 4-129, 5-161, 6-170, 7-207, 8-267, 9-269, 10-297 (81.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	20	4	80	3	-	-
Smith	15	3	65	1	-	-
Kenny	19	6	64	0	-	-
Ralph	17.3	2	56	3	-	-
Vigar	10	4	13	3	-	-

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Notes
--> LHR Ralph made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CJM Kenny made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> BR Edrich (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> F Ridgway (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> LHR Ralph achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 2-62)

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