f20943 cc10429	Kent v Essex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Royal Engineers Sports Ground, Gillingham on 25th, 27th, 28th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to field
Result	Kent won by 5 wickets
Points	Kent 12; Essex 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 286 all out
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 321/6 (Cowdrey 115*, Ufton 35*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Smith b Spanswick	21
G Barker	c Ufton b Spanswick	10
+PA Gibb	c Hearn b Page	38
LHR Ralph	c Spanswick b Smith	1
*DJ Insole	c Spanswick b Page	111
R Horsfall	b Page	17
MJ Bear	c Ufton b Page	0
R Smith	b Smith	8
WT Greensmith	not out	63
GJ Smith	c Cowdrey b Smith	1
KC Preston	lbw b Page	11
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 112.2 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-32, 3-33, 4-81, 5-113, 6-113, 7-126, 8-268, 9-269, 10-286 (112.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spanswick	18	4	48	2	-	-
Smith	33	15	75	3	-	-
Page	41.2	11	110	5	-	-
Pettiford	17	7	39	0	-	-
Dixon	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AE Fagg	c Gibb b Greensmith	49
AH Phebey	c Insole b R Smith	0
RC Wilson	b Ralph	52
MC Cowdrey	not out	115
P Hearn	c Gibb b Ralph	3
J Pettiford	run out	30
AL Dixon	b R Smith	32
+DG Ufton	not out	35
G Smith	did not bat
JG Spanswick	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 124 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-92, 3-110, 4-114, 5-174, 6-270

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	21	4	69	0	-	-
R Smith	22	4	56	2	-	-
Ralph	33	7	80	2	-	-
Insole	5	0	18	0	-	-
Greensmith	27	5	58	1	-	-
GJ Smith	16	7	35	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Smith b Spanswick	25
G Barker	c Fagg b Spanswick	8
+PA Gibb	lbw b Smith	53
R Horsfall	c Ufton b Spanswick	0
*DJ Insole	c Phebey b Smith	118
R Smith	c Wilson b Page	12
MJ Bear	not out	19
LHR Ralph	not out	2
WT Greensmith	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-33, 3-41, 4-158, 5-171, 6-237

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spanswick	18	3	75	3	-	-
Smith	26	4	62	2	-	-
Page	21	3	82	1	-	-
Dixon	3	0	9	0	-	-
Cowdrey	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AE Fagg	lbw b Preston	15
AH Phebey	b Preston	6
RC Wilson	c Dodds b R Smith	7
MC Cowdrey	not out	103
P Hearn	b Preston	60
AL Dixon	b Ralph	10
G Smith	not out	0
J Pettiford	did not bat
+DG Ufton	did not bat
JG Spanswick	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 44.1 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-28, 3-28, 4-180, 5-205

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	11.1	1	57	3	-	-
R Smith	4	0	19	1	-	-
Ralph	8	1	33	1	-	-
Greensmith	10	1	36	0	-	-
GJ Smith	3	0	18	0	-	-
Dodds	8	1	38	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> J Pettiford (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 99
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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