f31662 cc15250	Kent v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone on 20th, 21st, 22nd July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 1 wicket
Points	Kent 16 (Batting 3, Bowling 1); Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JF Crapp, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 14/1 (Clinton 3*, Tavaré 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 54/4 (East 4*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Downton b Jarvis	59
MK Fosh	c Johnson b Shepherd	66
KS McEwan	b Shepherd	92
*KWR Fletcher	b Shepherd	42
GA Gooch	not out	32
KR Pont	not out	12
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 13 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-111, 2-180, 3-252, 4-292

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	16	1	66	1	-	-
Julien	18	7	39	0	-	-
Shepherd	36	10	117	3	-	-
Underwood	18	8	34	0	-	-
Woolmer	3	0	5	0	-	-
Johnson	9	1	42	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c Smith b Turner	9
GS Clinton	c Pont b East	57
CJ Tavaré	c Smith b Pont	20
*Asif Iqbal	c Pont b Acfield	90
AGE Ealham	c McEwan b Acfield	17
GW Johnson	c Denness b Acfield	21
BD Julien	run out	19
JN Shepherd	b Lever	15
+PR Downton	c Acfield b Lever	8
DL Underwood	b Lever	8
KBS Jarvis	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 16 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-47, 3-184, 4-199, 5-210, 6-253, 7-258, 8-280, 9-287, 10-289 (99 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	27	7	57	3	-	-
Turner	23	6	66	1	-	-
Pont	9	1	43	1	-	-
Gooch	5	1	10	0	-	-
East	20	5	50	1	-	-
Acfield	15	4	38	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Johnson b Shepherd	24
MK Fosh	c Downton b Shepherd	16
KS McEwan	c Downton b Underwood	7
*KWR Fletcher	c Underwood b Shepherd	0
RE East	c Shepherd b Woolmer	11
GA Gooch	b Shepherd	0
KR Pont	c Downton b Underwood	40
S Turner	b Johnson	22
+N Smith	c Shepherd b Underwood	0
JK Lever	st Downton b Underwood	11
DL Acfield	not out	11
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-48, 3-48, 4-54, 5-61, 6-61, 7-128, 8-128, 9-128, 10-150 (62.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	5	0	20	0	-	-
Julien	6	0	13	0	-	-
Shepherd	21	2	44	4	-	-
Underwood	14.4	5	22	4	-	-
Woolmer	9	5	9	1	-	-
Johnson	7	2	34	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c and b East	48
GS Clinton	c Fletcher b Acfield	5
CJ Tavaré	c Fletcher b East	7
*Asif Iqbal	b East	30
AGE Ealham	c East b Lever	54
BD Julien	run out	19
JN Shepherd	lbw b East	2
GW Johnson	b East	0
+PR Downton	c and b Lever	1
DL Underwood	not out	0
KBS Jarvis	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 11 nb)	17
Total	(9 wickets, 53.4 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-40, 3-83, 4-156, 5-168, 6-180, 7-180, 8-181, 9-183

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	11.4	2	33	2	-	-
Turner	3	0	11	0	-	-
East	25	7	75	5	-	-
Acfield	14	1	48	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> MK Fosh (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> MK Fosh (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 53
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 75
--> Asif Iqbal (1) passed 18000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> JN Shepherd reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JN Shepherd reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> DL Underwood reached 1600 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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