f21776 cc10875	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 12th, 13th, 14th June 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Batting 2); Kent 0
Umpires	CS Elliott, WE Phillipson
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), WH Hansford (Kent)
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 46/1 (Phebey 23*, Allan 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 94/4 (Lester 27*, Spencer 31*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Ridgway	14
MR Hallam	c Evans b Wright	176
LR Gardner	b Ridgway	0
*CH Palmer	b Page	11
J van Geloven	b Wright	5
RA Diment	c Evans b Pretlove	34
MF Hickman	b Pretlove	12
+J Firth	lbw b Wright	10
RC Smith	c and b Wright	0
CT Spencer	b Wright	3
TJ Goodwin	not out	4
Extras	(17 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 95.3 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-22, 3-81, 4-104, 5-183, 6-235, 7-251, 8-251, 9-266, 10-294 (95.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	9	5	20	2	-	-
Page	27	9	90	1	-	-
Wright	25.3	7	87	5	-	-
Dixon	7	3	27	0	-	-
Pretlove	13	8	22	2	-	-
Allan	14	6	23	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	lbw b Spencer	27
RC Wilson	c Diment b Palmer	23
JM Allan	b Spencer	7
JF Pretlove	c Hallam b Lester	3
*MC Cowdrey	c Firth b Goodwin	73
SE Leary	lbw b Goodwin	32
+TG Evans	c Diment b Palmer	3
AL Dixon	b Spencer	52
F Ridgway	lbw b Palmer	6
DVP Wright	not out	7
JCT Page	b Spencer	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 105.1 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-52, 3-59, 4-77, 5-139, 6-145, 7-216, 8-223, 9-238, 10-242 (105.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	30.1	9	56	4	-	-
Goodwin	17	3	52	2	-	-
Palmer	30	12	64	3	-	-
Lester	9	5	21	1	-	-
Smith	15	5	35	0	-	-
van Geloven	4	2	8	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Wright	45
MR Hallam	b Page	6
J van Geloven	b Ridgway	6
*CH Palmer	run out	1
RA Diment	b Wright	17
CT Spencer	c Wilson b Allan	46
MF Hickman	lbw b Allan	0
RC Smith	b Allan	9
TJ Goodwin	b Page	10
LR Gardner	st Evans b Allan	6
+J Firth	not out	24
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-27, 3-28, 4-60, 5-119, 6-122, 7-138, 8-149, 9-159, 10-184 (69 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	21	9	28	1	-	-
Page	16	8	35	2	-	-
Wright	18	5	64	2	-	-
Allan	14	2	43	4	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	b Palmer	22
RC Wilson	c van Geloven b Palmer	50
+TG Evans	c Spencer b van Geloven	12
*MC Cowdrey	b Palmer	33
SE Leary	st Firth b van Geloven	12
AL Dixon	b van Geloven	1
F Ridgway	not out	0
JF Pretlove	not out	1
JM Allan	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 11 lb, 2 nb)	29
Total	(6 wickets, 59 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-73, 3-134, 4-147, 5-153, 6-153

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14	3	29	0	-	-
Palmer	21	8	54	3	-	-
Lester	4	3	1	0	-	-
Smith	3	3	0	0	-	-
van Geloven	17	5	47	3	-	-

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Notes
--> MF Hickman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MF Hickman made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MR Hallam (1) passed his previous highest score of 146 in First-Class matches
--> MR Hallam (1) passed his previous highest score of 146 in County Championship matches
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 54
--> SE Leary (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> JM Allan reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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