ESSEX CRICKET

f25984 cc12967	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1965
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 25th, 26th, 27th August 1965 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Kent won by 135 runs
Points	Essex 0; Kent 10
Umpires	J Arnold, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 288/5 (Leary 59, Dixon 11)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 166/8 (Edmeades 22, Turner 1)

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	c Taylor b Hobbs	76
MH Denness	c Knight b Bailey	7
D Nicholls	b Bailey	2
*RC Wilson	c Smith b Bailey	101
JM Prodger	c Smith b Edmeades	23
SE Leary	not out	59
AL Dixon	not out	11
+APE Knott	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-34, 3-110, 4-166, 5-259

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	26	6	73	0	-	-
Bailey	31	12	56	3	-	-
Edmeades	17	4	60	1	-	-
Turner	19	4	42	0	-	-
Hobbs	17	5	48	1	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	c Knott b Brown	9
GJ Saville	c Prodger b Dye	28
+B Taylor	c Luckhurst b Underwood	40
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Dye	4
*TE Bailey	c Denness b Dixon	8
BR Knight	lbw b Dixon	36
GJ Smith	c Knott b Brown	4
GR Cass	c Knott b Brown	4
BEA Edmeades	c Denness b Underwood	27
S Turner	not out	2
RNS Hobbs	c Denness b Underwood	1
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-84, 3-90, 4-94, 5-124, 6-139, 7-139, 8-152, 9-172, 10-173 (71.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	22	8	43	3	-	-
Dye	20	6	43	2	-	-
Dixon	18	2	55	2	-	-
Underwood	11.3	2	22	3	-	-

Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	c Cass b Hobbs	27
MH Denness	c and b Edmeades	24
D Nicholls	not out	23
JM Prodger	c and b Hobbs	7
SE Leary	c Bailey b Hobbs	0
*RC Wilson	not out	10
AL Dixon	did not bat
+APE Knott	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 25 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-52, 3-61, 4-61

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	5	0	9	0	-	-
Bailey	6	1	18	0	-	-
Edmeades	5	0	22	1	-	-
Hobbs	7	1	25	3	-	-
Smith	2	0	17	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	c Brown b Dixon	12
GJ Saville	c Leary b Dixon	0
+B Taylor	c Denness b Underwood	5
KWR Fletcher	c Prodger b Underwood	8
*TE Bailey	c Luckhurst b Underwood	0
BR Knight	run out	3
GJ Smith	c Prodger b Dixon	10
GR Cass	c Denness b Underwood	4
BEA Edmeades	not out	17
S Turner	st Knott b Underwood	1
RNS Hobbs	c Prodger b Underwood	6
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 28.3 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-16, 4-22, 5-30, 6-32, 7-40, 8-51, 9-54, 10-72 (28.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dixon	14	3	40	3	-	-
Underwood	14.3	5	26	6	-	-

Notes
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 27
--> JCJ Dye reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AL Dixon reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings