f27397 cc13626	Kent v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Kent 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Nottinghamshire 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	OW Herman, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 198/6 (Johnson 1*)
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (1) 176/6 (Moore 52*, Bielby 3*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Forbes	85
BW Luckhurst	lbw b Sobers	7
D Nicholls	b Sobers	6
+APE Knott	c Halfyard b Forbes	54
SE Leary	c Murray b Sobers	21
JN Shepherd	lbw b Sobers	19
GW Johnson	c Murray b Halfyard	18
*AL Dixon	b Sobers	13
DL Underwood	b Sobers	0
DM Sayer	c Taylor b Sobers	6
JCJ Dye	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-37, 3-150, 4-157, 5-195, 6-198, 7-228, 8-228, 9-228, 10-235 (72.3 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	22.3	3	69	7	-	-
Forbes	16	3	53	2	-	-
Taylor	13	2	43	0	-	-
Halfyard	21	7	65	1	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	lbw b Underwood	49
NW Hill	b Dye	0
G Frost	b Sayer	3
MJ Smedley	c Knott b Sayer	36
HI Moore	c Knott b Underwood	74
+DL Murray	c Knott b Dixon	12
*GS Sobers	c Sayer b Shepherd	17
SR Bielby	not out	22
MNS Taylor	not out	11
C Forbes	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-83, 4-91, 5-131, 6-169, 7-200

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	3	1	6	1	-	-
Sayer	14	2	35	2	-	-
Shepherd	35	13	84	1	-	-
Dixon	8	1	32	1	-	-
Underwood	25	6	67	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	st Murray b Sobers	49
BW Luckhurst	c Hill b Forbes	13
D Nicholls	c Bielby b Taylor	1
+APE Knott	c Frost b Taylor	11
SE Leary	lbw b Taylor	3
JN Shepherd	c Forbes b Sobers	56
GW Johnson	lbw b Forbes	10
*AL Dixon	c Hill b Sobers	5
DL Underwood	not out	16
DM Sayer	c Murray b Sobers	9
JCJ Dye	b Forbes	1
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-31, 3-47, 4-64, 5-96, 6-123, 7-140, 8-153, 9-177, 10-178 (64.2 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	26	3	87	4	-	-
Forbes	21.2	6	39	3	-	-
Taylor	17	8	48	3	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	c Luckhurst b Underwood	20
NW Hill	c sub b Underwood	26
*GS Sobers	not out	105
MJ Smedley	c Shepherd b Dixon	29
HI Moore	not out	5
G Frost	did not bat
+DL Murray	did not bat
SR Bielby	did not bat
MNS Taylor	did not bat
C Forbes	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 40.2 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-84, 3-164

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sayer	4	0	20	0	-	-
Shepherd	17	3	68	0	-	-
Dixon	6	0	32	1	-	-
Underwood	13.2	2	65	2	-	-

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Notes
--> MH Denness (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> SE Leary (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> SR Bielby (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> SR Bielby (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Smedley (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> GS Sobers (2) passed his previous highest score of 100 in County Championship matches
--> GS Sobers reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> GS Sobers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 6-90)

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