f31186 cc15084	Kent v Middlesex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Hesketh Park, Dartford on 28th, 29th, 30th July 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 57 runs
Points	Kent 13 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Middlesex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JG Langridge, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 33/2 (Nicholls 5*, Denness 13*; 17 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 173/4 (Ealham 30*, Shepherd 7*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	b Underwood	52
*JM Brearley	b Shepherd	87
GD Barlow	c Knott b Shepherd	19
NG Featherstone	b Underwood	57
RO Butcher	c Johnson b Rowe	47
PH Edmonds	not out	14
TM Lamb	not out	16
JE Emburey	did not bat
+RC Kinkead-Weekes	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-106, 2-159, 3-170, 4-270, 5-276

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	11	0	39	0	-	-
Shepherd	28	5	90	2	-	-
Underwood	40	11	95	2	-	-
Johnson	16	6	33	0	-	-
Rowe	5	0	35	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Johnson	lbw b Jones	1
RA Woolmer	c Brearley b Jones	9
D Nicholls	c Butcher b Jones	5
*MH Denness	c Barlow b Edmonds	28
AGE Ealham	c Emburey b Jones	4
JN Shepherd	c Featherstone b Emburey	23
+APE Knott	st Kinkead-Weekes b Featherstone	29
CJ Tavaré	c Kinkead-Weekes b Emburey	22
CJC Rowe	b Edmonds	12
DL Underwood	not out	3
KBS Jarvis	c Barlow b Edmonds	1
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-11, 3-36, 4-52, 5-53, 6-94, 7-114, 8-134, 9-147, 10-151 (69.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	7	3	9	0	-	-
Jones	13	5	26	4	-	-
Emburey	21	11	32	2	-	-
Edmonds	24.1	13	59	3	-	-
Featherstone	4	1	11	1	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Johnson	c Barlow b Selvey	0
RA Woolmer	b Featherstone	65
D Nicholls	c Barlow b Edmonds	33
*MH Denness	b Edmonds	17
AGE Ealham	lbw b Selvey	73
JN Shepherd	c Brearley b Edmonds	69
+APE Knott	st Kinkead-Weekes b Edmonds	30
CJ Tavaré	not out	5
CJC Rowe	lbw b Emburey	0
DL Underwood	b Edmonds	11
KBS Jarvis	c Brearley b Edmonds	0
Extras	(19 b, 21 lb, 5 nb)	45
Total	(all out, 125.3 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-81, 3-118, 4-142, 5-279, 6-327, 7-334, 8-335, 9-348, 10-348 (125.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	21	7	49	2	-	-
Jones	14	1	41	0	-	-
Emburey	32	6	91	1	-	-
Edmonds	45.3	18	80	6	-	-
Featherstone	13	2	42	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Knott b Underwood	10
*JM Brearley	c Denness b Johnson	32
GD Barlow	run out	5
NG Featherstone	c Johnson b Underwood	32
RO Butcher	b Underwood	1
PH Edmonds	c Shepherd b Johnson	7
TM Lamb	c and b Johnson	7
JE Emburey	b Underwood	5
+RC Kinkead-Weekes	not out	4
MWW Selvey	lbw b Johnson	8
AA Jones	c Jarvis b Johnson	4
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-21, 3-84, 4-90, 5-92, 6-107, 7-112, 8-125, 9-133, 10-137 (44 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	1	0	13	0	-	-
Shepherd	10	1	23	0	-	-
Underwood	21	12	39	4	-	-
Johnson	12	2	40	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> MJ Smith (1) passed 16000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> RC Kinkead-Weekes made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RA Woolmer (2) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 26
--> JN Shepherd (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14

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