f33689 cc15995	Essex v Kent
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 12th, 13th, 14th August 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 67 runs
Points	Essex 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Kent 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1)
Umpires	R Aspinall, B Leadbeater
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 450/5 (Fletcher 165*, Turner 59*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 58/1 (Woolmer 30*, Wood 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Woolmer b Wood	28
AW Lilley	c Woolmer b Wood	67
*KWR Fletcher	not out	165
KS McEwan	c Benson b Wood	59
KR Pont	b Wood	10
N Phillip	c Benson b Jarvis	35
S Turner	not out	62
+DE East	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 11 nb, 2 w)	27
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 135.1 overs)	453
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-108, 3-203, 4-233, 5-313

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	21	2	73	1	-	-
Baptiste	6.1	0	28	0	-	-
Shepherd	14	4	47	0	-	-
Johnson	46	7	113	0	-	-
Wood	43	11	124	4	-	-
Cowdrey	5	0	41	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c McEwan b RE East	73
MR Benson	b RE East	36
NR Taylor	c McEwan b RE East	0
*Asif Iqbal	b Acfield	58
CS Cowdrey	b RE East	0
GW Johnson	c McEwan b RE East	6
JN Shepherd	lbw b Lever	21
EAE Baptiste	run out	1
+SNV Waterton	lbw b Lever	8
LJ Wood	b Lever	0
KBS Jarvis	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-90, 3-132, 4-132, 5-162, 6-182, 7-183, 8-215, 9-215, 10-216 (94.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	8.4	4	12	3	-	-
Phillip	7	0	31	0	-	-
RE East	39	10	68	5	-	-
Acfield	39	10	91	1	-	-
Turner	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c Fletcher b RE East	41
MR Benson	c Fletcher b RE East	25
LJ Wood	b Acfield	5
NR Taylor	lbw b RE East	6
*Asif Iqbal	b RE East	52
CS Cowdrey	lbw b RE East	8
GW Johnson	c Pont b Acfield	2
JN Shepherd	b Acfield	8
EAE Baptiste	b RE East	11
+SNV Waterton	not out	0
KBS Jarvis	b RE East	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-65, 3-78, 4-87, 5-103, 6-114, 7-136, 8-159, 9-170, 10-170 (76 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	6	2	20	0	-	-
Phillip	5	1	18	0	-	-
RE East	33	9	55	7	-	-
Acfield	32	10	65	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 305-4
--> LJ Wood made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LJ Wood made his debut in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 21000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 74
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 50
--> RA Woolmer (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 59
--> DL Acfield reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> RE East reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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