Another of my recent purchases is the above photograph of Phil Sharpe and Ken Taylor coming out at Canterbury on the 10 August 1967 at the start of the day.
Kent were without Cowdrey, Underwood and Knott whilst Yorkshire were without Close and Boycott. Freddie Trueman was the captain of Yorkshire whilst Kent brought back Godfrey Evans after retiring eight years ago.
Kent batted first and Luckhurst soon had to retire with a broken hand after been struck by Trueman. Denness however batted well and Leary settled in defiantly to bat for three and a half hours .Finally the new ball boosted Kent's total to 223 as Brown hit Trueman for 4,6,4,4 off successive balls .
Soon on Saturday morning Taylor was out for 20 caught by Evans off Brown. Yorkshire chance of first innings points looked desperate at 157 for 8 but big hitting by Trueman and sensible batting by Wilson enabled them to take the score to within six runs of the Kent total. Then Trueman was caught on the boundary by Ealham, sub fielder and a dropped catch enabled Yorkshire to grab
the first innings points by two runs.
Kent lost three wickets for five runs and only 50 by Wilson ,batting with a dislocated finger, enabled them to reach 99 for 8 at the close.
All out for 100 in 50 overs. On the third day .Kent left Yorkshire the task of scoring 99 to win in plenty of time. The Kent attack never looked like stopping them.. It was one of the most successful Canterbury Weeks of all time -some 40000 people in six days of cricket.
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