f23852 cc11912	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 15th, 17th, 18th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 166 runs
Points	Essex 14 (Batting 2); Kent 0
Umpires	R Aspinall, JH Parks
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 199/2 (Barker 130*, Milner 3*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 40/1 (Barker 26*, Insole 12*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	not out	181
GJ Smith	c and b Brown	3
DJ Insole	b Halfyard	51
J Milner	not out	35
BR Knight	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
*TE Bailey	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-191

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	26	3	105	1	-	-
Brown	15	3	40	1	-	-
Jones	17	5	38	0	-	-
Baker	3	0	20	0	-	-
Dixon	20	6	67	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Milner b Knight	10
RM Prideaux	c Taylor b Knight	9
AH Phebey	c Taylor b Ralph	23
SE Leary	c Bailey b Hobbs	37
PH Jones	c Taylor b Ralph	20
AL Dixon	c and b Ralph	13
+DG Ufton	b Hobbs	22
DJ Halfyard	c Ralph b Hobbs	0
A Brown	c Taylor b Bailey	1
DW Baker	not out	0
*MC Cowdrey	absent ill
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-26, 3-52, 4-78, 5-102, 6-126, 7-126, 8-135, 9-139 (70 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	19	4	33	1	-	-
Knight	13	3	18	2	-	-
Ralph	15	2	38	3	-	-
Phelan	15	5	40	0	-	-
Hobbs	7	4	6	3	-	-
Greensmith	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Ufton b Baker	51
GJ Smith	c Leary b Brown	2
DJ Insole	not out	73
J Milner	c Ufton b Brown	0
BR Knight	b Baker	8
+B Taylor	lbw b Baker	13
LHR Ralph	c Halfyard b Baker	0
WT Greensmith	c Jones b Baker	0
*TE Bailey	not out	4
PJ Phelan	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 58.1 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-85, 3-86, 4-114, 5-138, 6-138, 7-140

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	17	4	42	0	-	-
Brown	17	4	32	2	-	-
Jones	7	2	24	0	-	-
Baker	15.1	3	47	5	-	-
Dixon	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Taylor b Knight	3
AH Phebey	lbw b Bailey	2
PH Jones	c Taylor b Knight	7
SE Leary	c Bailey b Hobbs	51
AL Dixon	c Phelan b Ralph	0
RM Prideaux	c Taylor b Phelan	42
+DG Ufton	lbw b Phelan	17
DJ Halfyard	b Phelan	0
A Brown	not out	4
DW Baker	run out	0
*MC Cowdrey	absent ill
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-7, 3-13, 4-14, 5-97, 6-121, 7-123, 8-130, 9-133 (48.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	10	1	27	1	-	-
Knight	5	1	10	2	-	-
Ralph	7	3	28	1	-	-
Phelan	5	3	12	3	-	-
Hobbs	14.3	2	33	1	-	-
Greensmith	7	3	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/? (Barker 100*, [unknown] ?*)
--> G Barker (1) passed his previous highest score of 157 in First-Class matches
--> G Barker (1) passed his previous highest score of 157 in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 139
--> SE Leary (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 36
--> G Barker (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 42
--> RNS Hobbs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-31)
--> RNS Hobbs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-31)
--> DW Baker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 3-24)
--> DW Baker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings
--> DW Baker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 2-65)
--> DW Baker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings

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