f21726 cc10836	Kent v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 22nd, 23rd, 24th May 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 4 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, RSM Lay
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), WH Hansford (Kent)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 16/2 (Lester 9*, Firth 4*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 134/5 (Cowdrey 63*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Firth b Munden	27
RC Wilson	hit wkt b Palmer	157
JF Pretlove	b Lester	101
*MC Cowdrey	c and b Palmer	86
SE Leary	st Firth b Palmer	5
+TG Evans	b Spencer	0
DJ Halfyard	not out	6
BE Disbury	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 106.2 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-221, 3-347, 4-375, 5-376, 6-392 (106.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14	0	57	1	-	-
Boshier	13	1	62	0	-	-
van Geloven	9	0	38	0	-	-
Palmer	16.2	3	72	3	-	-
Munden	27	10	83	1	-	-
Savage	21	9	48	0	-	-
Lester	6	1	22	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Leary b Wright	19
MR Hallam	c Leary b Halfyard	0
J van Geloven	b Ridgway	3
+J Firth	c Wilson b Wright	5
*CH Palmer	c Cowdrey b Wright	57
LR Gardner	c and b Halfyard	47
MF Hickman	b Wright	38
VS Munden	b Ridgway	15
JS Savage	not out	6
CT Spencer	c and b Cowdrey	0
BS Boshier	c Wilson b Cowdrey	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-20, 4-31, 5-134, 6-134, 7-182, 8-192, 9-199, 10-199 (79 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	14	7	19	2	-	-
Halfyard	14	5	31	2	-	-
Wright	35	12	105	4	-	-
Page	14	6	33	0	-	-
Cowdrey	2	0	2	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	lbw b Spencer	15
RC Wilson	c Palmer b Boshier	9
BE Disbury	c and b Spencer	19
*MC Cowdrey	not out	63
+TG Evans	c Savage b Boshier	22
DJ Halfyard	b Spencer	3
JF Pretlove	did not bat
SE Leary	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 32.5 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-29, 3-86, 4-129, 5-134 (32.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	16.5	4	66	3	-	-
Boshier	16	2	65	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RC Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 131 in First-Class matches
--> RC Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 131 in County Championship matches
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> JF Pretlove (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in County Championship matches
--> JF Pretlove (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> LR Gardner (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> LR Gardner (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches

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