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| Venue | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 24th, 25th, 26th August 1955 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | South Africans won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | South Africans won by 8 wickets | 
| Umpires | F Chester, K McCanlis | 
| Close of play day 1 | South Africans (1) 467/8 (Murray 19*, Fuller 13*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (2) 87/0 (Fagg 48*, Phebey 37*) | 
| South Africans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | c Catt b Dixon | 161 | |||||
| +JHB Waite | c and b Dixon | 41 | |||||
| HJ Keith | c Catt b Spanswick | 12 | |||||
| RA McLean | c Fagg b Dixon | 14 | |||||
| *JE Cheetham | lbw b Disbury | 112 | |||||
| PL Winslow | c Fagg b Allan | 57 | |||||
| PNF Mansell | lbw b Disbury | 12 | |||||
| ARA Murray | not out | 19 | |||||
| HJ Tayfield | b Dixon | 10 | |||||
| ERH Fuller | not out | 13 | |||||
| NAT Adcock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 7 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 111 overs) | 467 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-99, 2-139, 3-165, 4-318, 5-409, 6-417, 7-424, 8-448 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spanswick | 18 | 1 | 84 | 1 | - | - | |
| Disbury | 15 | 0 | 76 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wright | 13 | 3 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allan | 35 | 7 | 100 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 25 | 4 | 122 | 4 | - | - | |
| Pettiford | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Fagg | c Waite b Adcock | 20 | |||||
| AH Phebey | c Waite b Murray | 21 | |||||
| RC Wilson | c Cheetham b Mansell | 70 | |||||
| JM Allan | c Winslow b Adcock | 17 | |||||
| J Pettiford | c Waite b Adcock | 5 | |||||
| P Hearn | c Waite b Mansell | 16 | |||||
| BE Disbury | c Cheetham b Tayfield | 4 | |||||
| AL Dixon | st Waite b Mansell | 5 | |||||
| +AW Catt | not out | 8 | |||||
| JG Spanswick | c Winslow b Tayfield | 2 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | lbw b Mansell | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 73.5 overs) | 175 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34, 2-59, 3-99, 4-116, 5-143, 6-160, 7-160, 8-166, 9-175, 10-175 (73.5 ov) | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adcock | 16 | 3 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fuller | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 23 | 9 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Murray | 9 | 5 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 20.5 | 9 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Fagg | c Mansell b Murray | 64 | |||||
| AH Phebey | b Tayfield | 48 | |||||
| RC Wilson | b Murray | 19 | |||||
| JM Allan | c Fuller b Tayfield | 0 | |||||
| J Pettiford | c and b Tayfield | 35 | |||||
| P Hearn | c McLean b Mansell | 79 | |||||
| BE Disbury | b Murray | 15 | |||||
| AL Dixon | b Mansell | 6 | |||||
| +AW Catt | not out | 19 | |||||
| JG Spanswick | lbw b Tayfield | 19 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | c and b Tayfield | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 138.5 overs) | 314 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-114, 2-114, 3-121, 4-137, 5-196, 6-248, 7-259, 8-274, 9-306, 10-314 (138.5 ov) | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adcock | 15 | 1 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fuller | 22 | 5 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murray | 31 | 15 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 27 | 6 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 43.5 | 20 | 76 | 5 | - | - | |
| South Africans second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PL Winslow | c and b Dixon | 3 | |||||
| ARA Murray | not out | 10 | |||||
| HJ Keith | c and b Allan | 0 | |||||
| +JHB Waite | not out | 9 | |||||
| DJ McGlew | did not bat | ||||||
| RA McLean | did not bat | ||||||
| *JE Cheetham | did not bat | ||||||
| PNF Mansell | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Tayfield | did not bat | ||||||
| ERH Fuller | did not bat | ||||||
| NAT Adcock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 7.2 overs) | 25 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-9 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dixon | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allan | 3.2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JE Cheetham (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 18
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 26000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> AH Phebey (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> AL Dixon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Africans first innings (previous best was 3-13)
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