f21358 cc10658	Kent v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 20th, 21st, 22nd June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	LH Gray, FW Shipston
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), WH Hansford (Kent)
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 318/8 (Disbury 74*, Page 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 306/8 (Palmer 69*, Smith 4*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	lbw b Palmer	65
RC Wilson	b Palmer	85
J Pettiford	b Goodwin	28
BE Disbury	not out	74
AE Fagg	c Hallam b Palmer	23
+DG Ufton	c Firth b Goodwin	13
AL Dixon	b Goodwin	0
F Ridgway	c Tompkin b Goodwin	3
DJ Halfyard	c Firth b van Geloven	4
JCT Page	not out	2
*DVP Wright	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 121 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-159, 2-161, 3-214, 4-246, 5-289, 6-289, 7-303, 8-310

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	28	3	78	4	-	-
Pratt	23	5	61	0	-	-
Palmer	21	8	38	3	-	-
Jackson	13	8	22	0	-	-
Smith	12	7	21	0	-	-
Lester	17	3	57	0	-	-
van Geloven	7	0	20	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Ridgway b Halfyard	55
MR Hallam	b Halfyard	17
J van Geloven	c Ufton b Halfyard	5
M Tompkin	lbw b Halfyard	68
*CH Palmer	not out	71
VE Jackson	b Wright	60
GA Smithson	b Ridgway	3
+J Firth	lbw b Wright	9
RL Pratt	b Page	4
RC Smith	b Wright	4
TJ Goodwin	lbw b Page	5
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(all out, 114.5 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-34, 3-139, 4-156, 5-248, 6-251, 7-286, 8-295, 9-306, 10-313 (114.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	22	7	67	1	-	-
Halfyard	21	1	97	4	-	-
Wright	36	8	67	3	-	-
Page	33.5	11	61	2	-	-
Dixon	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Wilson	run out	47
AH Phebey	lbw b Palmer	48
J Pettiford	c Pratt b Jackson	5
BE Disbury	c Pratt b Palmer	11
AE Fagg	not out	52
+DG Ufton	run out	19
AL Dixon	not out	7
F Ridgway	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
*DVP Wright	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-96, 3-114, 4-116, 5-176

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	9	1	38	0	-	-
Pratt	6	0	29	0	-	-
Palmer	19	5	45	2	-	-
Jackson	22	9	58	1	-	-
Smith	6	0	19	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Ridgway b Halfyard	3
MR Hallam	c Fagg b Halfyard	3
J van Geloven	lbw b Wright	20
M Tompkin	not out	25
*CH Palmer	not out	4
VE Jackson	did not bat
GA Smithson	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
RC Smith	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 21 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-6, 3-49

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	5	0	15	0	-	-
Halfyard	5	3	9	2	-	-
Wright	5	0	15	1	-	-
Page	6	2	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BE Disbury (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> BE Disbury (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> RC Wilson (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 34
--> DG Ufton (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> TJ Goodwin reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings

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