f22747 cc11351	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1959
Venue	The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 13th, 15th, 16th June 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 4 (Batting 2); Essex 0
Umpires	JS Buller, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 371 all out
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 461/3 (Cowdrey 204*, Pretlove 78*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Smith	c and b Ridgway	14
G Barker	lbw b Ridgway	4
+B Taylor	c Pettiford b Page	89
*DJ Insole	lbw b Page	83
TE Bailey	run out	52
MJ Bear	c Evans b Ridgway	50
J Milner	lbw b Ridgway	18
BR Knight	not out	33
WT Greensmith	c Leary b Page	12
LHR Ralph	b Halfyard	0
KC Preston	c and b Page	1
Extras	(1 b, 14 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 109.2 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-44, 3-149, 4-217, 5-284, 6-303, 7-324, 8-365, 9-367, 10-371 (109.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	27	10	60	4	-	-
Halfyard	24	5	90	1	-	-
Page	28.2	8	91	4	-	-
Pettiford	26	2	98	0	-	-
Dixon	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	b Knight	130
RC Wilson	c Taylor b Knight	16
SE Leary	c Taylor b Insole	29
*MC Cowdrey	c Milner b Preston	250
JF Pretlove	c Bailey b Preston	102
+TG Evans	c and b Preston	0
AL Dixon	not out	19
DJ Halfyard	not out	8
J Pettiford	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 129 overs)	560
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-119, 3-284, 4-526, 5-527, 6-538

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	41	1	165	3	-	-
Knight	32	1	130	2	-	-
Insole	25	4	105	1	-	-
Greensmith	26	1	126	0	-	-
Barker	5	0	28	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Smith	lbw b Ridgway	3
G Barker	b Halfyard	15
+B Taylor	c Wilson b Halfyard	20
*DJ Insole	b Halfyard	42
TE Bailey	not out	102
MJ Bear	b Pettiford	4
J Milner	c Page b Pettiford	15
BR Knight	c Phebey b Pettiford	55
WT Greensmith	c Evans b Halfyard	0
LHR Ralph	c Pettiford b Page	9
KC Preston	not out	8
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(9 wickets, 79 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-29, 3-50, 4-91, 5-100, 6-120, 7-216, 8-235, 9-265

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	11	1	33	1	-	-
Halfyard	33	10	120	4	-	-
Page	7	1	24	1	-	-
Pettiford	28	5	96	3	-	-

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Notes
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed his previous highest score of 198 in County Championship matches
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed his previous highest score of 204 in First-Class matches
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 124
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> KC Preston reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> DJ Halfyard reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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