f20522 cc10210	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 3rd, 5th, 6th July 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 4; Essex 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 276/5 (Witherden 33*, Ridgway 6*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 196/7 (Insole 116*, Bailey 8*)

---

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	retired hurt	30
BE Disbury	c Bailey b Preston	16
RC Wilson	b Insole	15
J Pettiford	b Bailey	133
P Hearn	c Gibb b Greensmith	40
EG Witherden	b Greensmith	72
+MD Fenner	c Smith b Bailey	0
F Ridgway	c Preston b Bailey	14
RR Dovey	not out	29
*DVP Wright	c Gibb b Preston	0
JCT Page	c Bear b Greensmith	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 133.1 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-83, 3-187, 4-269, 5-269, 6-299, 7-343, 8-348, 9-353 (133.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	21	7	42	3	-	-
Smith	36	9	98	0	-	-
Preston	24	4	70	2	-	-
Insole	14	4	33	1	-	-
Cousens	16	5	47	0	-	-
Greensmith	18.4	4	55	3	-	-
Watkins	3.3	1	5	0	-	-

---

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Ridgway	4
+PA Gibb	c Ridgway b Wright	34
WT Greensmith	b Ridgway	0
R Horsfall	c Fenner b Dovey	13
*DJ Insole	not out	123
MJ Bear	b Wright	8
R Smith	c Fenner b Ridgway	3
KC Preston	c Fenner b Wright	0
JA Bailey	not out	9
D Watkins	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-23, 4-90, 5-115, 6-122, 7-127

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	25	7	60	3	-	-
Page	9	1	18	0	-	-
Dovey	16	2	48	1	-	-
Pettiford	15	6	24	0	-	-
Wright	16	2	44	3	-	-

---

Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BE Disbury	c Gibb b Bailey	1
EG Witherden	c and b Preston	33
RC Wilson	c Gibb b Preston	25
J Pettiford	c Smith b Preston	4
P Hearn	not out	8
+MD Fenner	not out	9
AH Phebey	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
RR Dovey	did not bat
*DVP Wright	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 35.2 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-60, 3-64, 4-71

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	16	8	29	1	-	-
Smith	10	4	23	0	-	-
Preston	4.2	0	9	3	-	-
Insole	5	1	19	0	-	-

---

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	not out	60
+PA Gibb	b Page	16
WT Greensmith	c Ridgway b Page	5
R Horsfall	not out	3
*DJ Insole	did not bat
MJ Bear	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
D Watkins	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 26 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-76

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	8	2	25	0	-	-
Page	8	0	38	2	-	-
Dovey	3	1	7	0	-	-
Wright	5	1	14	0	-	-
Hearn	2	2	0	0	-	-

---

Notes
--> D Watkins made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> D Watkins made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Pettiford (1) passed his previous highest score of 119 in County Championship matches
--> J Pettiford (1) passed his previous highest score of 124 in First-Class matches
--> J Pettiford (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 78
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 98
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 79
--> WT Greensmith reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> KC Preston reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles