f21268 cc10590	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Hesketh Park, Dartford on 16th, 17th, 18th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Kent 0; Essex 12
Umpires	AE Pothecary, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 361 all out
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 4/0 (Dodds 3*, Barker 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	lbw b Pritchard	38
TC Dodds	b Pritchard	0
+B Taylor	c and b Ridgway	41
*DJ Insole	c Evans b Ridgway	122
TE Bailey	run out	108
R Smith	b Ridgway	0
LA Savill	c Cowdrey b Wright	16
GJ Smith	lbw b Shirreff	6
WT Greensmith	run out	12
LHR Ralph	lbw b Wright	7
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 102.4 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-71, 3-102, 4-268, 5-268, 6-299, 7-322, 8-351, 9-361, 10-361 (102.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	26	4	103	2	-	-
Ridgway	27	5	70	3	-	-
Shirreff	21	2	71	1	-	-
Dixon	3	0	16	0	-	-
Wright	20.4	5	64	2	-	-
Pettiford	5	0	26	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Taylor b Bailey	18
AH Phebey	c Taylor b Preston	1
+TG Evans	c Greensmith b Preston	19
MC Cowdrey	lbw b Bailey	38
RC Wilson	c Insole b Ralph	17
J Pettiford	b Bailey	11
AL Dixon	c Bailey b Ralph	53
AC Shirreff	c Bailey b R Smith	1
F Ridgway	c sub b Preston	25
TL Pritchard	c R Smith b Ralph	0
*DVP Wright	not out	10
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-38, 3-38, 4-90, 5-99, 6-114, 7-115, 8-163, 9-163, 10-203 (70.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	18	4	44	3	-	-
Preston	19	1	55	3	-	-
Ralph	15.2	6	28	3	-	-
R Smith	14	2	52	1	-	-
Insole	2	0	7	0	-	-
Greensmith	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Ralph b Preston	0
AH Phebey	c Taylor b R Smith	1
+TG Evans	c Taylor b Preston	3
MC Cowdrey	c Preston b R Smith	80
RC Wilson	c Taylor b Preston	0
J Pettiford	lbw b R Smith	12
AL Dixon	c Greensmith b R Smith	24
AC Shirreff	not out	13
F Ridgway	c and b R Smith	0
TL Pritchard	lbw b Ralph	30
*DVP Wright	st Taylor b Greensmith	8
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 44.3 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-6, 4-6, 5-64, 6-119, 7-120, 8-120, 9-164, 10-178 (44.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	10	2	27	3	-	-
Ralph	17	5	67	1	-	-
R Smith	17	1	76	5	-	-
Greensmith	0.3	0	1	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Phebey b Pritchard	4
G Barker	not out	7
+B Taylor	not out	9
*DJ Insole	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
LA Savill	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 7.5 overs)	24
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Dodds)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	4	1	11	1	-	-
Ridgway	3	0	4	0	-	-
Evans	0.5	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Barker (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> TL Pritchard made his debut for Kent in County Championship matches
--> TL Pritchard made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> LHR Ralph reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings

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