f20095 cc9971	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 4th, 6th, 7th July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 0; Essex 4
Umpires	P Corrall, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 126/4 (Woollett 52*, Witherden 4*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 209/7 (Greensmith 109*, Rist 35*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PA Gibb	lbw b Ridgway	22
AV Avery	c Fagg b Dovey	39
WT Greensmith	c Evans b Ridgway	0
R Horsfall	run out	12
*DJ Insole	st Evans b Wright	8
FH Vigar	c Evans b Page	52
LA Savill	lbw b Wright	27
D Watkins	c Ridgway b Witherden	10
FH Rist	c Evans b Ridgway	32
R Smith	c Evans b Wright	9
KC Preston	not out	12
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-44, 3-74, 4-82, 5-87, 6-144, 7-173, 8-181, 9-194, 10-232 (72 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	22	4	77	3	-	-
Dovey	18	4	53	1	-	-
Wright	18	3	59	3	-	-
Page	10	1	29	1	-	-
Witherden	4	2	5	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Preston	0
AH Phebey	lbw b Greensmith	46
AF Woollett	c Avery b Smith	76
R Mayes	c Preston b Insole	0
+TG Evans	c and b Greensmith	22
EG Witherden	lbw b Insole	10
BR Edrich	b Preston	24
F Ridgway	c Watkins b Preston	19
RR Dovey	b Smith	1
*DVP Wright	c Gibb b Smith	14
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-82, 3-87, 4-118, 5-132, 6-176, 7-191, 8-192, 9-212, 10-215 (88 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	24	4	54	3	-	-
Smith	26	6	70	3	-	-
Watkins	6	1	24	0	-	-
Greensmith	14	3	39	2	-	-
Insole	18	8	25	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	c Page b Ridgway	6
+PA Gibb	c and b Wright	16
FH Vigar	b Dovey	1
R Horsfall	c Evans b Dovey	9
*DJ Insole	lbw b Wright	6
WT Greensmith	not out	138
LA Savill	c Fagg b Ridgway	1
D Watkins	c Edrich b Page	16
FH Rist	b Dovey	62
R Smith	not out	18
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-21, 4-40, 5-45, 6-76, 7-104, 8-260

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	28	4	92	2	-	-
Dovey	33	9	74	3	-	-
Wright	21	7	60	2	-	-
Page	7	0	28	1	-	-
Witherden	7	1	19	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Smith b Greensmith	66
AH Phebey	c Rist b Smith	36
+TG Evans	b Smith	9
R Mayes	c Gibb b Greensmith	27
AF Woollett	not out	40
BR Edrich	c Preston b Greensmith	0
EG Witherden	not out	11
F Ridgway	did not bat
RR Dovey	did not bat
*DVP Wright	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 76 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-82, 3-132, 4-143, 5-147

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	13	2	46	0	-	-
Smith	29	4	79	2	-	-
Greensmith	20	7	36	3	-	-
Insole	14	5	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> WT Greensmith (2) passed his previous highest score of 79 in County Championship matches
--> WT Greensmith (2) passed his previous highest score of 81 in first-class matches
--> FH Rist (2) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> FH Rist (2) passed his previous highest score of 56 in first-class matches
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 21000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> AF Woollett (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 39
--> DVP Wright reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> DVP Wright reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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