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f27454 cc13675	Middlesex v Kent
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 28th, 29th, 30th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 4 wickets
Points	Middlesex 15 (Bowling 5); Kent 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	JF Crapp, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 62/5 (Brearley 6, Titmus 3)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 27/2 (Denness 11, Cowdrey 0)

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Hooker	33
BW Luckhurst	c Titmus b Price	1
Asif Iqbal	c Murray b Price	2
*MC Cowdrey	c Murray b Price	2
JN Shepherd	lbw b Hooker	4
+APE Knott	b Herman	16
AGE Ealham	b Hooker	26
GW Johnson	not out	14
DL Underwood	c Radley b Price	3
A Brown	c Radley b Price	1
DM Sayer	b Price	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 47.2 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-16, 3-27, 4-41, 5-46, 6-80, 7-90, 8-100, 9-107, 10-107 (47.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	16.2	9	33	6	-	-
Herman	13	3	22	1	-	-
Hooker	18	5	47	3	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Johnson b Shepherd	22
MJ Smith	run out	11
*PH Parfitt	c Knott b Brown	6
JM Brearley	c Denness b Sayer	23
+JT Murray	b Shepherd	7
CT Radley	c Knott b Brown	5
FJ Titmus	c Knott b Sayer	26
RW Hooker	not out	12
AH Latchman	c and b Sayer	0
RS Herman	c Luckhurst b Shepherd	0
JSE Price	c Ealham b Sayer	1
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-37, 3-41, 4-52, 5-59, 6-90, 7-115, 8-115, 9-116, 10-117 (53.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	16	3	47	2	-	-
Sayer	14.1	5	21	4	-	-
Shepherd	23	5	45	3	-	-

Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Murray b Price	13
BW Luckhurst	retired hurt	11
Asif Iqbal	c Murray b Price	3
*MC Cowdrey	not out	102
JN Shepherd	c Parfitt b Latchman	103
+APE Knott	b Titmus	2
A Brown	not out	9
AGE Ealham	did not bat
GW Johnson	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
DM Sayer	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 60.4 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-18, 3-207, 4-212

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	16.4	4	58	2	-	-
Herman	9	0	53	0	-	-
Hooker	10	1	53	0	-	-
Titmus	18	3	51	1	-	-
Latchman	7	1	28	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	b Johnson	30
MJ Smith	b Johnson	7
*PH Parfitt	b Johnson	28
JM Brearley	c Cowdrey b Underwood	35
+JT Murray	c sub b Ealham	4
CT Radley	c Denness b Johnson	10
FJ Titmus	not out	38
RW Hooker	not out	73
AH Latchman	did not bat
RS Herman	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, 60.5 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-50, 3-105, 4-105, 5-120, 6-120

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	10.5	0	43	0	-	-
Sayer	6	0	21	0	-	-
Shepherd	12	1	48	0	-	-
Underwood	10	2	52	1	-	-
Johnson	16	8	36	4	-	-
Ealham	2	1	1	1	-	-
Cowdrey	4	1	24	0	-	-

Notes
--> JT Murray (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 80
--> JN Shepherd (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 90
--> JM Brearley (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> RS Herman reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JSE Price reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> GW Johnson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 2-24)
--> GW Johnson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 2-63)
--> BW Luckhurst retired hurt in the Kent second innings having scored 11 (team score 27/2)