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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 28th, 30th, 31st August 1954 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Leicestershire won by 59 runs |
| Points | Leicestershire 12; Kent 4 |
| Umpires | H Elliott, N Oldfield |
| Scorers | ERS Hoskin (Kent), WH Price (Leicestershire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 76/2 (Fagg 53*, Witherden 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (2) 126/6 (Jackson 12*, Walsh 7*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | st Evans b Pettiford | 54 | |||||
| GA Smithson | b Ridgway | 23 | |||||
| M Tompkin | lbw b Page | 11 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | lbw b Wright | 49 | |||||
| VE Jackson | c Page b Pettiford | 16 | |||||
| MF Hickman | lbw b Pettiford | 40 | |||||
| VS Munden | c Evans b Wright | 1 | |||||
| JE Walsh | b Shirreff | 37 | |||||
| +J Firth | lbw b Wright | 42 | |||||
| CT Spencer | b Shirreff | 0 | |||||
| FM Turner | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 4 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 103 overs) | 287 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36, 2-59, 3-120, 4-154, 5-170, 6-184, 7-214, 8-259, 9-259, 10-287 (103 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 20 | 4 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shirreff | 14 | 5 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Page | 26 | 7 | 76 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wright | 12 | 1 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pettiford | 31 | 14 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Fagg | c Spencer b Palmer | 130 | |||||
| AH Phebey | b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| RC Wilson | c Palmer b Walsh | 16 | |||||
| EG Witherden | b Walsh | 23 | |||||
| J Pettiford | c Smithson b Jackson | 84 | |||||
| P Hearn | not out | 43 | |||||
| AC Shirreff | lbw b Jackson | 3 | |||||
| +TG Evans | b Munden | 0 | |||||
| F Ridgway | b Jackson | 0 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | c Firth b Jackson | 0 | |||||
| JCT Page | c Hickman b Munden | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 130.4 overs) | 317 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-40, 3-108, 4-218, 5-296, 6-306, 7-307, 8-312, 9-312, 10-317 (130.4 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 17 | 6 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 12 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 29 | 7 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
| Turner | 17 | 3 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 28 | 7 | 50 | 4 | - | - | |
| Munden | 27.4 | 12 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | c Phebey b Shirreff | 36 | |||||
| GA Smithson | b Ridgway | 1 | |||||
| M Tompkin | lbw b Shirreff | 49 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | b Wright | 12 | |||||
| VE Jackson | lbw b Wright | 12 | |||||
| MF Hickman | c Pettiford b Wright | 0 | |||||
| VS Munden | b Wright | 2 | |||||
| JE Walsh | c Fagg b Wright | 17 | |||||
| +J Firth | not out | 36 | |||||
| CT Spencer | b Wright | 43 | |||||
| FM Turner | c Evans b Pettiford | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 8 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.4 overs) | 224 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-74, 3-101, 4-101, 5-101, 6-117, 7-126, 8-139, 9-211, 10-224 (71.4 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 8 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shirreff | 19 | 7 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Page | 8 | 2 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wright | 25 | 3 | 81 | 6 | - | - | |
| Pettiford | 11.4 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Fagg | b Spencer | 13 | |||||
| AH Phebey | b Spencer | 2 | |||||
| RC Wilson | b Jackson | 24 | |||||
| J Pettiford | b Jackson | 29 | |||||
| P Hearn | lbw b Jackson | 3 | |||||
| AC Shirreff | b Jackson | 29 | |||||
| EG Witherden | hit wkt b Jackson | 17 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Hallam b Jackson | 4 | |||||
| F Ridgway | b Munden | 1 | |||||
| JCT Page | not out | 6 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | b Munden | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.1 overs) | 135 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-17, 3-66, 4-69, 5-74, 6-120, 7-128, 8-129, 9-129, 10-135 (62.1 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 13 | 4 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 11 | 5 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 20 | 11 | 26 | 6 | - | - | |
| Munden | 15.1 | 6 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> FM Turner made his debut in County Championship matches
--> FM Turner made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 26
--> MF Hickman (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> MF Hickman (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> JE Walsh (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> P Hearn (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 38
--> CT Spencer (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> CT Spencer (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> J Pettiford (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> JCT Page reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AC Shirreff reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> DVP Wright reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
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