f27290 cc13534	Worcestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 15th, 16th, 17th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by an innings and 64 runs
Points	Worcestershire 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1); Kent 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JS Buller, A Gaskell
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 38/0 (Denness 22*, Luckhurst 14*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 280/3 (Cowdrey 27*, Asif Iqbal 52*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CD Fearnley	b Dixon	24
GM Turner	c Denness b Graham	11
JA Ormrod	b Underwood	34
*TW Graveney	c Cowdrey b Underwood	12
BL D'Oliveira	c Cowdrey b Shepherd	2
EJO Hemsley	b Shepherd	63
+R Booth	b Shepherd	13
N Gifford	c Underwood b Dixon	2
VA Holder	c Shepherd b Underwood	0
BM Brain	not out	6
RGM Carter	lbw b Shepherd	5
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-46, 3-73, 4-84, 5-104, 6-127, 7-145, 8-146, 9-177, 10-187 (86.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	20	9	31	1	-	-
Dye	4	0	13	0	-	-
Dixon	9	2	27	2	-	-
Shepherd	23.3	7	51	4	-	-
Underwood	30	14	50	3	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Booth b Holder	119
BW Luckhurst	c Booth b Gifford	23
+APE Knott	b Gifford	45
*MC Cowdrey	c Booth b Holder	44
Asif Iqbal	c D'Oliveira b Holder	67
SE Leary	c and b Gifford	0
JN Shepherd	c D'Oliveira b Gifford	9
AL Dixon	c Graveney b Brain	5
DL Underwood	c Holder b Gifford	4
JN Graham	c Brain b Gifford	4
JCJ Dye	not out	0
Extras	(9 lb, 8 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 129.2 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-187, 3-207, 4-309, 5-312, 6-312, 7-327, 8-333, 9-337, 10-337 (129.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	30	9	83	3	-	-
Brain	19	3	43	1	-	-
Gifford	50.2	23	102	6	-	-
Carter	24	5	63	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	6	1	29	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CD Fearnley	c Dixon b Graham	10
GM Turner	c Shepherd b Underwood	16
JA Ormrod	lbw b Underwood	7
*TW Graveney	lbw b Dixon	1
BL D'Oliveira	c Shepherd b Dixon	4
EJO Hemsley	c Denness b Underwood	5
+R Booth	c Dye b Dixon	22
N Gifford	b Dixon	11
VA Holder	st Knott b Dixon	8
BM Brain	c Shepherd b Underwood	0
RGM Carter	not out	0
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-35, 3-36, 4-40, 5-40, 6-46, 7-71, 8-79, 9-86, 10-86 (55.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	6	2	15	1	-	-
Dye	2	1	5	0	-	-
Dixon	21	7	53	5	-	-
Underwood	24.3	20	11	4	-	-
Leary	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EJO Hemsley (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in First-Class matches
--> EJO Hemsley (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> MH Denness (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> Asif Iqbal (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in County Championship matches
--> Asif Iqbal (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> R Booth (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12

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