f20416 cc10131	Kent v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Garrison Ground 2, Gillingham on 22nd, 24th, 25th May 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 57 runs
Points	Kent 0; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	AJB Fowler, AE Pothecary
Scorers	ERS Hoskin (Kent), WH Price (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 32/1 (Phebey 24*, Woollett 1*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 95/7 (Munden 7*, Spencer 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Dovey b Smith	11
MR Hallam	c Catt b Smith	4
GA Smithson	b Wright	21
*CH Palmer	c Wilson b Smith	21
VE Jackson	c Witherden b Wright	108
VS Munden	c Phebey b Smith	36
JE Walsh	lbw b Smith	34
LA Spence	c Woollett b Wright	1
+R Julian	c Wright b Smith	0
CT Spencer	not out	25
BS Boshier	b Ridgway	1
Extras	(21 b, 7 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-27, 3-57, 4-85, 5-213, 6-223, 7-233, 8-238, 9-273, 10-290 (89 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	11	1	14	1	-	-
Smith	28	6	75	6	-	-
Wright	24	5	109	3	-	-
Dovey	18	6	43	0	-	-
Pettiford	8	2	21	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EG Witherden	c Lester b Walsh	2
AH Phebey	c Julian b Jackson	33
AF Woollett	b Jackson	8
J Pettiford	b Jackson	14
P Hearn	lbw b Walsh	0
F Ridgway	c Hallam b Jackson	36
RC Wilson	c Hallam b Jackson	7
+AW Catt	c Hallam b Jackson	3
G Smith	st Julian b Munden	0
RR Dovey	c Walsh b Munden	27
*DVP Wright	not out	37
Extras	(7 b, 4 w)	11
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-43, 3-56, 4-61, 5-75, 6-97, 7-111, 8-114, 9-114, 10-178 (78.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	5	0	13	0	-	-
Boshier	4	2	4	0	-	-
Walsh	24	4	81	2	-	-
Jackson	32	13	46	6	-	-
Munden	13.2	2	23	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Ridgway	4
MR Hallam	c Phebey b Dovey	25
GA Smithson	c and b Dovey	36
*CH Palmer	b Smith	4
VE Jackson	b Dovey	13
VS Munden	c Woollett b Dovey	22
JE Walsh	c Ridgway b Dovey	4
LA Spence	b Dovey	0
CT Spencer	st Catt b Smith	35
+R Julian	not out	3
BS Boshier	c Hearn b Smith	4
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-45, 3-55, 4-78, 5-83, 6-87, 7-87, 8-129, 9-145, 10-151 (67.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	6	0	12	1	-	-
Smith	33.2	9	108	3	-	-
Dovey	28	14	30	6	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EG Witherden	c Julian b Boshier	6
AH Phebey	b Boshier	1
AF Woollett	c Smithson b Munden	34
J Pettiford	lbw b Palmer	65
P Hearn	c and b Spencer	77
F Ridgway	b Jackson	11
RC Wilson	c Smithson b Jackson	8
+AW Catt	b Jackson	0
G Smith	c Jackson b Munden	0
RR Dovey	c and b Jackson	0
*DVP Wright	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 94.5 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-12, 3-89, 4-128, 5-162, 6-178, 7-180, 8-183, 9-186, 10-206 (94.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	7.5	2	14	1	-	-
Boshier	5	1	8	2	-	-
Walsh	8	0	35	0	-	-
Jackson	35	13	53	4	-	-
Munden	32	12	81	2	-	-
Palmer	7	2	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AW Catt made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LA Spence made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LA Spence made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RR Dovey (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> VE Jackson (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> CT Spencer (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> CT Spencer (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> J Pettiford (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> J Pettiford (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> G Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> G Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Kent first innings

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