f19634 cc9717	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1952
Venue	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 25th, 26th June 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 143 runs
Points	Kent 0; Essex 12
Umpires	F Chester, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 7/0 (Fagg 2*, Phebey 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Fagg b Wright	52
AV Avery	lbw b Smith	11
+PA Gibb	c Evans b Wright	22
R Horsfall	st Evans b Wright	48
*DJ Insole	b Murray-Wood	9
TE Bailey	not out	155		240	16	2
R Smith	b Smith	3
FH Vigar	c Evans b Wright	31
C Griffiths	st Evans b Murray-Wood	105		90	14	2
WT Greensmith	not out	7
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 112 overs)	456
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-81, 3-96, 4-122, 5-152, 6-161, 7-247, 8-430

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	28	5	89	2	-	-
Page	26	3	99	0	-	-
Wright	34	4	139	4	-	-
Dovey	13	1	60	0	-	-
Murray-Wood	8	0	33	2	-	-
Hearn	3	0	23	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Smith	6
AH Phebey	b Smith	18
P Hearn	c Preston b Greensmith	55
+TG Evans	c Gibb b Preston	19
S O'Linn	c Gibb b Preston	0
R Mayes	b Bailey	7
*W Murray-Wood	b Bailey	15
G Smith	c Dodds b Preston	2
RR Dovey	b Greensmith	10
DVP Wright	st Gibb b Greensmith	3
JCT Page	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-30, 3-65, 4-67, 5-79, 6-124, 7-124, 8-134, 9-137, 10-145 (61 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	16	3	40	3	-	-
Smith	24	6	53	2	-	-
Bailey	15	3	31	2	-	-
Greensmith	6	2	12	3	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Gibb b Preston	31
AH Phebey	c Gibb b Smith	8
P Hearn	c Gibb b Bailey	19
+TG Evans	c Gibb b Preston	11
S O'Linn	c Vigar b Smith	41
R Mayes	c Gibb b Greensmith	16
*W Murray-Wood	b Greensmith	0
G Smith	c Bailey b Smith	8
RR Dovey	c sub (JM Prodger) b Smith	16
DVP Wright	c sub (JM Prodger) b Smith	5
JCT Page	not out	3
Extras	(9 b, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-54, 3-66, 4-99, 5-135, 6-135, 7-143, 8-143, 9-155, 10-168 (55 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	9	1	27	1	-	-
Smith	17	2	72	5	-	-
Preston	7	1	13	2	-	-
Greensmith	17	6	32	2	-	-
Vigar	5	2	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> C Griffiths (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in County Championship matches
--> C Griffiths (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> C Griffiths (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> C Griffiths (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> R Smith reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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