f26925 cc13409	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1967
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 12th, 13th, 14th August 1967 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 2; Kent 6
Umpires	F Jakeman, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 126/1 (Denness 44*, Shepherd 22*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 8/0 (Ward 3*, Taylor 5*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	b Shepherd	23
*+B Taylor	b Brown	4
BEA Edmeades	c Shepherd b Graham	37
KWR Fletcher	c Johnson b Graham	37
G Barker	b Graham	10
TE Bailey	c Nicholls b Shepherd	6
KD Boyce	b Shepherd	0
AM Jorden	c Wilson b Shepherd	6
RE East	b Shepherd	21
RNS Hobbs	not out	7
DL Acfield	b Graham	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-58, 3-80, 4-101, 5-118, 6-118, 7-118, 8-144, 9-145, 10-152 (61.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	25.2	9	42	4	-	-
Brown	12	2	50	1	-	-
Shepherd	24	5	59	5	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Bailey b Edmeades	81
+D Nicholls	c Hobbs b Acfield	54
JN Shepherd	st Taylor b Hobbs	32
SE Leary	not out	67
RC Wilson	c Barker b Boyce	9
AGE Ealham	c Bailey b Jorden	9
PH Jones	c Taylor b Boyce	0
*AL Dixon	c Barker b Boyce	28
GW Johnson	c and b Hobbs	35
A Brown	b Boyce	30
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 11 nb)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 124.4 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-141, 3-193, 4-208, 5-222, 6-223, 7-272, 8-320, 9-361 (124.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	25.4	6	81	4	-	-
Edmeades	25	4	78	1	-	-
Bailey	10	4	8	0	-	-
Acfield	12	1	36	1	-	-
Jorden	17	3	65	1	-	-
East	18	7	24	0	-	-
Hobbs	17	3	53	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	b Dixon	7
*+B Taylor	c Johnson b Dixon	19
BEA Edmeades	c Graham b Dixon	34
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Dixon	0
TE Bailey	b Dixon	25
G Barker	b Dixon	39
KD Boyce	c Shepherd b Leary	4
AM Jorden	not out	24
RE East	not out	4
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, 79 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-24, 3-34, 4-89, 5-111, 6-117, 7-147

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	7	2	23	0	-	-
Brown	7	3	12	0	-	-
Shepherd	7	6	4	0	-	-
Dixon	29	15	61	6	-	-
Leary	15	3	39	1	-	-
Jones	7	7	0	0	-	-
Johnson	7	2	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GW Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> GW Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> BEA Edmeades reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings

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