f33658 cc15972	Kent v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 29th, 30th, 31st July 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 140 runs
Points	Kent 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Essex 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, Mahboob Shah
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 7/0 (Benson 4*, Taylor 2*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 118/6 (Turner 8*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Cowdrey b Underwood	71
AW Lilley	b Underwood	32
*KWR Fletcher	c Cowdrey b Underwood	7
KS McEwan	c Johnson b Underwood	102
KR Pont	c Baptiste b Johnson	19
N Phillip	b Shepherd	9
S Turner	st Knott b Johnson	51
RE East	c Cowdrey b Underwood	2
JK Lever	lbw b Underwood	6
+DE East	not out	1
DL Acfield	c Cowdrey b Underwood	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 109.2 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-100, 3-121, 4-168, 5-211, 6-294, 7-298, 8-304, 9-310, 10-310 (109.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	13	2	39	0	-	-
Shepherd	17	1	65	1	-	-
Baptiste	5	1	17	0	-	-
Underwood	42.2	14	93	7	-	-
Cowdrey	8	0	34	0	-	-
Johnson	24	9	52	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benson	c Fletcher b Acfield	57
NR Taylor	c Fletcher b Acfield	17
CJ Tavaré	c McEwan b Acfield	7
CS Cowdrey	b RE East	12
*Asif Iqbal	lbw b Acfield	11
+APE Knott	b Acfield	1
GW Johnson	b Acfield	10
JN Shepherd	b Acfield	16
EAE Baptiste	st DE East b RE East	19
DL Underwood	not out	4
KBS Jarvis	b Acfield	0
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-68, 3-85, 4-98, 5-100, 6-117, 7-128, 8-161, 9-163, 10-166 (79.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	7	1	22	0	-	-
Phillip	7	4	6	0	-	-
RE East	32	9	68	2	-	-
Acfield	32.4	9	55	8	-	-
Turner	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Tavaré b Underwood	11
AW Lilley	st Knott b Johnson	34
*KWR Fletcher	b Underwood	4
KS McEwan	b Underwood	19
KR Pont	b Underwood	34
N Phillip	c Shepherd b Underwood	1
S Turner	not out	8
JK Lever	not out	4
RE East	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 41.5 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-26, 3-66, 4-80, 5-92, 6-118

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	8	2	15	0	-	-
Shepherd	3	2	5	0	-	-
Underwood	17.5	7	61	5	-	-
Johnson	13	2	34	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benson	lbw b RE East	32
NR Taylor	c Hardie b Acfield	19
CJ Tavaré	c Turner b RE East	6
*Asif Iqbal	c and b Acfield	24
CS Cowdrey	c McEwan b RE East	0
+APE Knott	lbw b RE East	5
GW Johnson	b RE East	11
JN Shepherd	c Fletcher b RE East	0
EAE Baptiste	not out	18
DL Underwood	lbw b Acfield	0
KBS Jarvis	c Fletcher b RE East	1
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-60, 3-61, 4-61, 5-75, 6-89, 7-91, 8-105, 9-113, 10-126 (72.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	1	0	9	0	-	-
Phillip	1	1	0	0	-	-
RE East	35.3	13	49	7	-	-
Acfield	35	17	58	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 299-7
--> KR Pont (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> CS Cowdrey (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> APE Knott (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> DL Acfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 7-36)
--> DL Acfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 7-36)
--> DL Underwood reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings

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