f20056 cc9941	Kent v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	GS Mobey, A Skelding
Scorers	W Goodenough (Leicestershire), ERS Hoskin (Kent)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 98/7 (Spence 13*, Firth 19*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 21/0 (Lester 6*, Smithson 11*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Lester b Goodwin	3
AH Phebey	run out	15
+TG Evans	c and b Munden	45
DG Ufton	b Munden	1
HA Pawson	c Jackson b Spencer	2
BR Edrich	b Jackson	0
RR Dovey	b Munden	4
*W Murray-Wood	c Spence b Jackson	15
DVP Wright	b Munden	0
F Ridgway	c and b Munden	6
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 34.1 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-29, 3-35, 4-40, 5-66, 6-66, 7-81, 8-81, 9-93, 10-93 (34.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	7	1	24	1	-	-
Spencer	9	0	25	1	-	-
Munden	10.1	3	33	5	-	-
Jackson	8	3	9	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Lester	b Dovey	3
GA Smithson	b Page	13
M Tompkin	c Edrich b Page	14
VE Jackson	lbw b Wright	6
VS Munden	hit wkt b Wright	12
MR Hallam	lbw b Wright	0
JE Walsh	c Murray-Wood b Page	4
LA Spence	b Wright	20
+J Firth	c Edrich b Page	19
CT Spencer	not out	5
TJ Goodwin	c Ridgway b Page	15
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-33, 3-46, 4-52, 5-52, 6-63, 7-63, 8-106, 9-112, 10-131 (59.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	4	1	14	0	-	-
Dovey	6	0	14	1	-	-
Wright	26	14	26	4	-	-
Page	23.4	9	57	5	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Walsh	12
AH Phebey	b Munden	66
+TG Evans	c Lester b Walsh	37
DG Ufton	c Spencer b Jackson	21
HA Pawson	b Spencer	25
BR Edrich	c Firth b Goodwin	25
F Ridgway	c Walsh b Jackson	19
RR Dovey	not out	26
*W Murray-Wood	b Jackson	0
DVP Wright	b Munden	9
JCT Page	c Spencer b Munden	0
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	14
Total	(all out, 105.2 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-86, 3-134, 4-144, 5-192, 6-196, 7-229, 8-229, 9-254, 10-254 (105.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	10	4	19	1	-	-
Spencer	10	1	32	1	-	-
Munden	29.2	15	37	3	-	-
Jackson	35	11	70	3	-	-
Walsh	20	1	75	2	-	-
Lester	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Lester	not out	6
GA Smithson	not out	11
M Tompkin	did not bat
VE Jackson	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
MR Hallam	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
LA Spence	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(no wicket, 9 overs)	21

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	3	1	4	0	-	-
Wright	4	2	9	0	-	-
Page	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> AH Phebey (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> JCT Page reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CT Spencer reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings

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