ESSEX CRICKET

f7786 cc2617	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1909
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 29th, 30th, 31st July 1909 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	AE Street, JE West
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 440/9 (Fairservice 17*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 47/1 (Fane 14, Gillingham 4)

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dillon	b Reeves	18
E Humphreys	c Benham b Douglas	95
J Seymour	c AE Russell b Buckenham	0
KL Hutchings	c CAG Russell b Buckenham	1
FE Woolley	b Mead	33
AP Day	c Gillingham b Mead	177		190	17	-
SH Day	c Reeves b Mead	79
WJ Fairservice	not out	19
+FH Huish	c AE Russell b Mead	2
DW Carr	b Mead	9
A Fielder	b Mead	5
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 115.3 overs)	448
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-38, 3-46, 4-114, 5-221, 6-410, 7-417, 8-420, 9-440, 10-448 (115.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	32	1	139	2	-	1
Reeves	26	3	82	1	1	-
Douglas	12	2	51	1	1	-
Mead	28.3	6	86	6	-	-
Benham	9	0	36	0	-	-
McGahey	8	0	44	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c Hutchings b Woolley	42
JWHT Douglas	b Fairservice	28
FH Gillingham	c Carr b Woolley	8
*CP McGahey	c Dillon b Woolley	9
JR Freeman	lbw b Woolley	10
CAG Russell	c Seymour b Woolley	0
+AE Russell	c Huish b Woolley	0
CP Buckenham	b Carr	4
CE Benham	b Carr	5
W Reeves	not out	8
W Mead	c sub b Woolley	10
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-60, 3-78, 4-86, 5-92, 6-92, 7-97, 8-107, 9-107, 10-125 (57.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carr	16	3	36	2	-	-
Fairservice	20	7	37	1	-	-
Fielder	1	0	7	0	-	-
Humphreys	1	0	2	0	-	-
Woolley	19.4	4	42	7	-	-

Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c SH Day b Carr	57
JWHT Douglas	c AP Day b Carr	17
FH Gillingham	lbw b Humphreys	0
*CP McGahey	b Woolley	26
JR Freeman	b Humphreys	37
CAG Russell	c Huish b Carr	0
+AE Russell	lbw b Humphreys	13
CP Buckenham	lbw b Carr	0
W Reeves	not out	0
CE Benham	not out	0
W Mead	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 12 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	32
Total	(8 wickets, 82 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-40, 3-107, 4-123, 5-123, 6-178, 7-181, 8-181

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woolley	23	8	49	1	-	1
Fairservice	12	4	23	0	-	-
Carr	25	8	49	4	1	-
Humphreys	21	12	29	3	-	1
AP Day	1	1	0	0	-	-

Notes
--> E Humphreys (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 88
--> AP Day (1) passed his previous highest score of 133 in County Championship matches
--> AP Day (1) passed his previous highest score of 133 in first-class matches
--> DW Carr made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CP McGahey (2) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> W Mead reached 1100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> FE Woolley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 7-75)
--> FE Woolley reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> FE Woolley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-8)