f24840 cc12383	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Mote Park, Maidstone on 3rd, 4th, 5th July 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 2; Essex 0
Umpires	HE Hammond, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 1/1 (Prodger 0*, Catt 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 47/2 (Bear 16*, Greensmith 18*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Prodger b Underwood	69
MJ Bear	c Catt b Underwood	12
GJ Smith	c Catt b Page	6
BR Knight	c Catt b Brown	35
*TE Bailey	lbw b Underwood	0
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Underwood	46
+B Taylor	not out	70
WT Greensmith	run out	5
PJ Phelan	b Page	9
RNS Hobbs	not out	28
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-84, 3-98, 4-98, 5-180, 6-180, 7-188, 8-225

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	20	3	70	1	-	-
Dixon	17	2	59	0	-	-
Underwood	35	12	77	4	-	-
Page	27	7	74	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Prodger	lbw b Bailey	29
BW Luckhurst	c Taylor b Knight	1
+AW Catt	c Hobbs b Bailey	3
SE Leary	lbw b Preston	38
*RC Wilson	b Knight	91
MH Denness	not out	110
RW Wilkinson	c Barker b Knight	0
AL Dixon	c Knight b Bailey	12
A Brown	run out	0
DL Underwood	b Bailey	8
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 105.4 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-14, 3-41, 4-92, 5-258, 6-258, 7-279, 8-279, 9-302 (105.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	31	6	101	3	-	-
Bailey	27.4	5	79	4	-	-
Hobbs	20	6	45	0	-	-
Preston	15	2	35	1	-	-
Phelan	12	2	32	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Leary b Dixon	5
MJ Bear	not out	24
GJ Smith	c Prodger b Brown	1
WT Greensmith	not out	25
BR Knight	did not bat
*TE Bailey	did not bat
KWR Fletcher	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 37.1 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-9

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	9	2	19	1	-	-
Dixon	13	7	18	1	-	-
Underwood	4	1	6	0	-	-
Page	9.1	3	12	0	-	-
Leary	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> B Taylor (1) passed 10000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> RNS Hobbs (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in first-class matches
--> RNS Hobbs (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> MH Denness (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in County Championship matches
--> MH Denness (1) passed his previous highest score of 89 in first-class matches
--> MJ Bear (2) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 22
--> WT Greensmith (2) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> TE Bailey reached 1800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> AL Dixon reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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