f15525 cc7517	Essex v Kent
	County Championship 1936
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 12th, 13th August 1936 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 216 runs
Points	Essex 15; Kent 0
Umpires	F Chester, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 408/6 (Vere Hodge 60*, Stephenson 39*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Crawley	b Davies	63
*DR Wilcox	c Chalk b Davies	16
MS Nichols	b Freeman	110
J O'Connor	lbw b Todd	100
RM Taylor	c Davies b Freeman	1
N Vere Hodge	c Ashdown b Freeman	77
TPB Smith	c Ashdown b Freeman	3
JWA Stephenson	lbw b Freeman	65
LC Eastman	c Watt b Freeman	3
+TH Wade	not out	1
K Farnes	c Wright b Davies	7
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 158.4 overs)	465
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-86, 3-295, 4-296, 5-315, 6-323, 7-439, 8-454, 9-458, 10-465 (158.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	30	5	88	1	-	-
Watt	30	8	72	0	-	-
Freeman	30	5	92	6	-	-
Davies	33.4	8	85	3	-	-
Wright	26	8	66	0	-	-
Ashdown	9	2	43	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	b Farnes	14
AE Fagg	lbw b Stephenson	6
FE Woolley	b Nichols	9
+LEG Ames	b Farnes	11
LJ Todd	c Smith b Nichols	23
*BH Valentine	c Taylor b Smith	15
JGW Davies	b Smith	0
FGH Chalk	b Eastman	23
DVP Wright	c and b Smith	23
AE Watt	c Farnes b Smith	10
AP Freeman	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-22, 3-33, 4-53, 5-90, 6-90, 7-90, 8-130, 9-151, 10-151 (58 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	14	0	43	2	-	-
Nichols	11	4	19	2	-	-
Stephenson	10	6	15	1	-	-
Smith	15	3	31	4	-	-
Eastman	8	2	26	1	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	c Smith b Farnes	14
FE Woolley	lbw b Farnes	53
+LEG Ames	c Eastman b Stephenson	1
LJ Todd	b Stephenson	1
*BH Valentine	c Eastman b Farnes	2
JGW Davies	c Wade b Farnes	0
AE Fagg	b Stephenson	1
DVP Wright	b Farnes	1
FGH Chalk	run out	4
AE Watt	c Crawley b Farnes	20
AP Freeman	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 24.5 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-35, 3-53, 4-56, 5-56, 6-57, 7-68, 8-75, 9-97, 10-98 (24.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	12.5	0	69	6	-	-
Nichols	4	2	11	0	-	-
Stephenson	8	3	17	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> N Vere Hodge made his debut in County Championship matches
--> N Vere Hodge made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 55
--> JWA Stephenson (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> BH Valentine (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> AP Freeman reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AP Freeman reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TPB Smith reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent first innings

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