f23929 cc11978	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 14 (Batting 2); Kent 0
Umpires	JS Buller, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 171 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 0/0 (Hallam 0*, Kirby 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c van Geloven b Spencer	6
JM Prodger	c Pratt b Spencer	4
RC Wilson	c Hallam b Spencer	14
*MC Cowdrey	c van Geloven b Spencer	4
RM Prideaux	c Spencer b Pratt	4
PH Jones	c Hallam b Pratt	3
AL Dixon	b Boshier	6
+DG Ufton	b Spencer	5
DJ Halfyard	c Kirby b Boshier	14
A Brown	c Hallam b Boshier	0
IC Potter	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 39.2 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-12, 3-28, 4-29, 5-36, 6-37, 7-44, 8-61, 9-67, 10-67 (39.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14	6	16	5	-	-
Boshier	14.2	3	24	3	-	-
Pratt	11	5	20	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Ufton b Brown	46
D Kirby	c Ufton b Dixon	12
A Wharton	c Wilson b Dixon	26
*W Watson	c Ufton b Halfyard	12
J van Geloven	b Potter	23
J Birkenshaw	c and b Potter	9
RL Pratt	c Cowdrey b Potter	4
+R Julian	c Ufton b Potter	3
CT Spencer	c Wilson b Halfyard	18
JS Savage	c Prideaux b Halfyard	0
BS Boshier	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 58.5 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-80, 3-100, 4-113, 5-141, 6-146, 7-149, 8-153, 9-170, 10-171 (58.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	18.5	3	55	3	-	-
Brown	13	2	35	1	-	-
Potter	13	2	36	4	-	-
Dixon	14	6	28	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	b Boshier	20
JM Prodger	c Julian b Spencer	0
RC Wilson	b Spencer	115
*MC Cowdrey	c Julian b Boshier	10
RM Prideaux	c Julian b Spencer	17
PH Jones	b Pratt	3
AL Dixon	c Julian b Pratt	29
+DG Ufton	c Wharton b Boshier	46
DJ Halfyard	c Julian b Spencer	0
A Brown	b Boshier	1
IC Potter	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 99.5 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-38, 3-63, 4-105, 5-116, 6-154, 7-246, 8-246, 9-253, 10-260 (99.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	27	4	79	4	-	-
Boshier	26.5	6	63	4	-	-
Pratt	28	7	53	2	-	-
van Geloven	14	2	39	0	-	-
Kirby	4	2	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Brown	23
D Kirby	b Halfyard	8
A Wharton	not out	90
*W Watson	c Wilson b Dixon	29
J van Geloven	not out	3
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 59.2 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-31, 3-118

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	19	4	47	1	-	-
Brown	16	3	55	1	-	-
Potter	6	0	14	0	-	-
Dixon	11	5	13	1	-	-
Jones	6	2	17	0	-	-
Cowdrey	1.2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RC Wilson (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> A Brown reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> IC Potter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 1-6)
--> CT Spencer reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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