f19358 cc9612	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Kent 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, E Paynter
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 145/3 (Tompkin 38*, Jackson 0*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 171/5 (Cowdrey 83*, Shirreff 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Wooler	5
AH Phebey	c Firth b Wooler	4
MC Cowdrey	c Palmer b Wooler	10
BR Edrich	b Wooler	0
R Mayes	b Sperry	8
AC Shirreff	b Wooler	0
+TG Evans	c Smith b Munden	101
*W Murray-Wood	b Sperry	13
RR Dovey	c Firth b Sperry	2
DVP Wright	run out	6
F Ridgway	not out	8
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-9, 4-22, 5-22, 6-30, 7-68, 8-74, 9-95, 10-158 (52.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wooler	20	6	47	5	-	-
Sperry	22	4	51	3	-	-
Walsh	5	0	32	0	-	-
Jackson	4	1	18	0	-	-
Munden	1.1	0	9	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Evans b Wright	34
GA Smithson	b Shirreff	11
M Tompkin	lbw b Wright	60
*CH Palmer	c and b Shirreff	56
VE Jackson	b Wright	11
VS Munden	c Fagg b Shirreff	18
MJK Smith	c Cowdrey b Wright	1
JE Walsh	lbw b Shirreff	1
+J Firth	lbw b Ridgway	23
CRD Wooler	not out	7
J Sperry	c Fagg b Ridgway	0
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 96.5 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-52, 3-145, 4-177, 5-184, 6-194, 7-195, 8-202, 9-235, 10-235 (96.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	13.5	0	59	2	-	-
Shirreff	37	12	70	4	-	-
Wright	22	4	50	4	-	-
Dovey	19	9	25	0	-	-
Edrich	5	1	18	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Walsh	56
AH Phebey	c Firth b Wooler	0
MC Cowdrey	c Palmer b Munden	87
BR Edrich	c Firth b Wooler	27
+TG Evans	lbw b Wooler	0
R Mayes	b Sperry	0
AC Shirreff	lbw b Sperry	27
*W Murray-Wood	b Sperry	14
RR Dovey	b Sperry	14
DVP Wright	not out	3
F Ridgway	b Walsh	6
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	10
Total	(all out, 98.2 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-104, 3-167, 4-167, 5-170, 6-180, 7-219, 8-224, 9-237, 10-244 (98.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wooler	30	6	67	3	-	-
Sperry	27	8	51	4	-	-
Walsh	9.2	0	42	2	-	-
Jackson	18	9	38	0	-	-
Munden	14	4	36	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Ridgway	0
GA Smithson	b Dovey	105
M Tompkin	b Ridgway	58
*CH Palmer	not out	0
VE Jackson	not out	4
VS Munden	did not bat
MJK Smith	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CRD Wooler	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 30 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-160, 3-164

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	13	3	52	2	-	-
Shirreff	5	0	48	0	-	-
Wright	2	0	21	0	-	-
Dovey	10	0	46	1	-	-

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Notes
--> TG Evans (1) passed his previous highest score of 98 in County Championship matches
--> F Ridgway (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 35
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 85
--> GA Smithson (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> GA Smithson (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 42
--> CRD Wooler achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 5-71)
--> J Sperry reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> CRD Wooler reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> CRD Wooler achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 5-71)
--> DVP Wright reached 1500 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Sperry reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings

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