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| Venue | Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover on 16th, 18th, 19th August 1947 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Kent won by 251 runs |
| Points | Kent 12; Leicestershire 0 |
| Umpires | F Chester, PT Mills |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 4/2 (Watson 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (2) 186/5 (Davies 32*, Murray-Wood 16*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| LJ Todd | c Walsh b Lester | 125 | ||||||
| AE Fagg | b Sperry | 10 | ||||||
| LEG Ames | c Corrall b Sperry | 127 | ||||||
| *BH Valentine | b Sperry | 61 | ||||||
| JGW Davies | not out | 84 | ||||||
| GF Anson | lbw b Walsh | 44 | ||||||
| P Hearn | not out | 26 | ||||||
| W Murray-Wood | did not bat | |||||||
| RR Dovey | did not bat | |||||||
| +WHV Levett | did not bat | |||||||
| F Ridgway | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb, 1 w) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 113 overs) | 487 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-32, 2-238, 3-328, 4-340, 5-419 | ||||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Sperry | 25 | 5 | 87 | 3 | - | - |
| Jackson | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - |
| Riddington | 16 | 0 | 77 | 0 | - | - |
| Lester | 29 | 2 | 104 | 1 | - | - |
| Walsh | 27 | 2 | 146 | 1 | - | - |
| Prentice | 10 | 1 | 44 | 0 | - | - |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *GL Berry | b Ridgway | 3 | ||||||
| A Riddington | c Valentine b Ridgway | 0 | ||||||
| GS Watson | b Davies | 15 | ||||||
| M Tompkin | b Ridgway | 54 | ||||||
| VE Jackson | b Ridgway | 146 | 210 | 18 | - | |||
| FT Prentice | c Levett b Davies | 45 | ||||||
| G Lester | c Levett b Murray-Wood | 9 | ||||||
| TA Chapman | b Murray-Wood | 0 | ||||||
| JE Walsh | c Ames b Dovey | 22 | ||||||
| +P Corrall | not out | 2 | ||||||
| J Sperry | c Todd b Dovey | 6 | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 nb) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 101.2 overs) | 307 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-1, 2-4, 3-36, 4-111, 5-209, 6-226, 7-226, 8-296, 9-300, 10-307 (101.2 ov) | ||||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Ridgway | 30 | 6 | 74 | 4 | - | - |
| Todd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Dovey | 21.2 | 5 | 42 | 2 | - | - |
| Davies | 24 | 3 | 75 | 2 | - | - |
| Murray-Wood | 24 | 0 | 111 | 2 | - | - |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| LJ Todd | c Riddington b Prentice | 44 | ||||||
| AE Fagg | b Sperry | 8 | ||||||
| LEG Ames | b Lester | 38 | ||||||
| *BH Valentine | c Sperry b Lester | 42 | ||||||
| JGW Davies | c Walsh b Sperry | 35 | ||||||
| GF Anson | c Walsh b Sperry | 3 | ||||||
| W Murray-Wood | not out | 34 | ||||||
| RR Dovey | b Sperry | 4 | ||||||
| P Hearn | did not bat | |||||||
| +WHV Levett | did not bat | |||||||
| F Ridgway | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb) | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 44.3 overs) | 211 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-23, 2-74, 3-114, 4-149, 5-156, 6-207, 7-211 (44.3 ov) | ||||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Sperry | 15.3 | 1 | 61 | 4 | - | - |
| Riddington | 10 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - |
| Prentice | 7 | 0 | 50 | 1 | - | - |
| Lester | 12 | 0 | 69 | 2 | - | - |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *GL Berry | c Levett b Ridgway | 9 | ||||||
| A Riddington | b Ridgway | 4 | ||||||
| GS Watson | b Ridgway | 29 | ||||||
| M Tompkin | c Valentine b Davies | 51 | ||||||
| VE Jackson | c Dovey b Murray-Wood | 12 | ||||||
| FT Prentice | b Dovey | 1 | ||||||
| G Lester | not out | 14 | ||||||
| TA Chapman | b Ridgway | 1 | ||||||
| JE Walsh | c Anson b Davies | 1 | ||||||
| +P Corrall | b Ridgway | 15 | ||||||
| J Sperry | b Ridgway | 0 | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 43 overs) | 140 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-7, 2-34, 3-51, 4-79, 5-90, 6-113, 7-118, 8-119, 9-140, 10-140 (43 ov) | ||||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Ridgway | 15 | 3 | 48 | 6 | - | - |
| Todd | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - |
| Davies | 11 | 3 | 36 | 2 | - | - |
| Dovey | 6 | 2 | 18 | 1 | - | - |
| Murray-Wood | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - |
Notes
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 28
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> VE Jackson (1) passed his previous highest score of 120 in County Championship matches
--> VE Jackson (1) passed his previous highest score of 120 in first-class matches
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 56
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> G Lester (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> W Murray-Wood (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> F Ridgway reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> F Ridgway reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
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