f15896 cc7736	Kent v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 4th, 5th, 6th August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nottinghamshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Kent 0; Nottinghamshire 15
Umpires	W Bestwick, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 332 all out
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 105/5 (Todd 28*, Davies 3*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	b Woodhead	25
PR Sunnucks	c Wheat b Staples	16
FE Woolley	b Woodhead	2
+LEG Ames	c and b Bradley	93
LJ Todd	c Harris b Woodhead	135
FGH Chalk	c Butler b Bradley	6
JGW Davies	c Gunn b Butler	17
*BH Valentine	b Woodhead	7
DVP Wright	c Wheat b Bradley	22
CG Cole	st Wheat b Bradley	1
C Lewis	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-43, 3-55, 4-179, 5-189, 6-235, 7-256, 8-307, 9-307, 10-332 (107.2 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Butler	28	6	89	1	-	-
Woodhead	31.2	6	60	4	-	-
Staples	20	5	48	1	-	-
Bradley	22	0	116	4	-	-
Harris	6	1	11	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WW Keeton	b Wright	27
CB Harris	b Wright	21
J Knowles	lbw b Todd	41
J Hardstaff	c Woolley b Davies	97
GV Gunn	c Woolley b Wright	5
A Staples	c Ashdown b Wright	29
*GFH Heane	c Ames b Davies	22
HJ Butler	lbw b Wright	2
FG Woodhead	lbw b Wright	0
+AB Wheat	c and b Wright	0
J Bradley	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 5 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 82.1 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-56, 3-113, 4-128, 5-198, 6-242, 7-253, 8-253, 9-253, 10-265 (82.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	21	4	66	1	-	-
Cole	15	4	41	0	-	-
Wright	28	1	94	7	-	-
Davies	12.1	0	41	2	-	-
Lewis	6	2	7	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	c Harris b Heane	13
PR Sunnucks	c Staples b Heane	5
FE Woolley	c Bradley b Woodhead	5
+LEG Ames	c Heane b Bradley	44
LJ Todd	b Woodhead	72
FGH Chalk	b Woodhead	7
JGW Davies	c Harris b Heane	49
*BH Valentine	c Wheat b Woodhead	37
DVP Wright	not out	4
CG Cole	c Hardstaff b Butler	5
C Lewis	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-22, 3-26, 4-90, 5-99, 6-185, 7-223, 8-232, 9-242 (69 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Butler	10	1	35	1	-	-
Woodhead	24	6	50	4	-	-
Staples	14	0	52	0	-	-
Bradley	10	0	50	1	-	-
Heane	11	0	54	3	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WW Keeton	c and b Lewis	51
CB Harris	c Valentine b Todd	8
J Knowles	lbw b Davies	84
J Hardstaff	c Cole b Davies	126
GV Gunn	not out	16
A Staples	lbw b Wright	0
*GFH Heane	not out	12
HJ Butler	did not bat
FG Woodhead	did not bat
+AB Wheat	did not bat
J Bradley	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(5 wickets, 68 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-126, 3-270, 4-279, 5-279

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	7	0	44	1	-	-
Cole	7	1	28	0	-	-
Wright	25	2	104	1	-	-
Davies	22	3	74	2	-	-
Lewis	5	0	29	1	-	-
Woolley	2	0	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LJ Todd (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in First-Class matches
--> LJ Todd (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in County Championship matches
--> LEG Ames (2) passed 23000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> J Knowles (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> J Hardstaff (2) 100 in 51 minutes
--> J Hardstaff (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 91
--> J Bradley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 2-86)
--> J Bradley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 2-86)
--> JGW Davies reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings

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Hardstaff's century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.

 

 

 

 

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