f17699 cc8676	Kent v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1947
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
Scorers	S Coe (Leicestershire), ERS Hoskin (Kent)
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*)

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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Notes
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 28
--> VE Jackson (1) passed his previous highest score of 120 in first-class matches
--> VE Jackson (1) passed his previous highest score of 120 in County Championship matches
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 56
--> 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 County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> F Ridgway reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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