f18086 cc8884	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1948
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 11th, 12th, 13th August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Kent 0
Umpires	FS Lee, PT Mills
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 145/3 (Cray 53*, Horsfall 17*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	c Fagg b Ridgway	1
TC Dodds	lbw b Dovey	25
SJ Cray	b Dovey	78
FH Vigar	lbw b Ridgway	29
R Horsfall	lbw b Crush	17
*TN Pearce	not out	15
TE Bailey	not out	11
WB Morris	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 8 lb)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-38, 3-101, 4-146, 5-173

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	29	11	55	2	-	-
Crush	16	3	42	1	-	-
Dovey	20	5	41	2	-	-
Todd	4	1	7	0	-	-
Davies	9	2	20	0	-	-
Debnam	6	1	11	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	b Bailey	4
AE Fagg	b Bailey	26
LEG Ames	not out	33
JGW Davies	b Bailey	9
P Hearn	not out	7
*BH Valentine	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
E Crush	did not bat
AFH Debnam	did not bat
RR Dovey	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 32 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-44, 3-71

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	14	3	47	3	-	-
R Smith	15	6	23	0	-	-
TPB Smith	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 32500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> P Hearn (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings

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