f17321 cc8473	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 24th, 26th, 27th August 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 259 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Kent 0
Umpires	JA Smart, J Tranter
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 191/5 (Jackson 16*, Watson 4*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 163/2 (Lester 60*, Tompkin 39*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Ridgway	96
FT Prentice	c Levett b Davies	11
G Lester	b Dovey	47
M Tompkin	c Levett b Crush	6
WA Smith	c Crush b Ridgway	1
VE Jackson	not out	39
GS Watson	c and b Ridgway	16
A Riddington	b Ridgway	0
JE Walsh	b Ridgway	0
+P Corrall	lbw b Crush	5
J Sperry	b Crush	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 104 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-146, 3-157, 4-165, 5-183, 6-214, 7-214, 8-218, 9-231, 10-231 (104 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	3	0	11	0	-	-
Crush	11	4	19	3	-	-
Davies	30	10	74	1	-	-
Marsham	5	1	20	0	-	-
Dovey	31	15	45	1	-	-
Ridgway	17	4	44	5	-	-
Ames	7	4	8	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	c Smith b Walsh	19
JGW Davies	b Walsh	11
LEG Ames	c and b Walsh	7
*BH Valentine	st Corrall b Walsh	2
HA Pawson	b Walsh	25
E Crush	b Walsh	4
AJB Marsham	c and b Lester	8
+WHV Levett	lbw b Walsh	0
NW Harding	not out	7
RR Dovey	b Walsh	0
F Ridgway	lbw b Lester	10
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 41.3 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-37, 3-38, 4-47, 5-51, 6-78, 7-78, 8-79, 9-81, 10-98 (41.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	4	2	7	0	-	-
Jackson	14	5	21	0	-	-
Riddington	4	0	7	0	-	-
Walsh	15	3	54	8	-	-
Lester	4.3	3	4	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Levett b Crush	8
FT Prentice	c Dovey b Davies	39
G Lester	not out	82
M Tompkin	c Dovey b Ridgway	51
WA Smith	c Levett b Davies	6
GS Watson	c Harding b Ridgway	7
JE Walsh	not out	11
VE Jackson	did not bat
A Riddington	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 5 nb)	21
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-101, 3-177, 4-192, 5-211

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	2	2	0	0	-	-
Marsham	2	0	10	0	-	-
Ridgway	16	3	39	2	-	-
Crush	17	5	43	1	-	-
Davies	18	6	38	2	-	-
Dovey	24	10	43	0	-	-
Ames	4	0	12	0	-	-
Harding	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	b Lester	9
JGW Davies	b Lester	12
LEG Ames	lbw b Walsh	11
*BH Valentine	lbw b Walsh	0
HA Pawson	st Corrall b Lester	19
E Crush	b Walsh	12
AJB Marsham	st Corrall b Walsh	16
+WHV Levett	b Walsh	6
NW Harding	st Corrall b Lester	0
RR Dovey	c Riddington b Walsh	3
F Ridgway	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 46.5 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-28, 3-29, 4-40, 5-66, 6-72, 7-93, 8-95, 9-97, 10-99 (46.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	4	2	5	0	-	-
Sperry	3	1	9	0	-	-
Lester	20	9	22	4	-	-
Walsh	19.5	2	53	6	-	-

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Notes
--> GL Berry (1) passed 22500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 39
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 26
--> AJB Marsham made his debut in County Championship matches
--> G Lester (2) passed his previous highest score of 68 in first-class matches
--> G Lester (2) passed his previous highest score of 68 in County Championship matches
--> GS Watson (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> LJ Todd (2) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> JE Walsh reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JE Walsh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 8-90)
--> JGW Davies reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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