f17670 cc8651	Kent v Middlesex
	County Championship 1947
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 6th, 7th, 8th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 4; Middlesex 0
Umpires	F Chester, J Tranter
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 423/8 (Wright 25*, Ridgway 17*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 103/1 (Robertson 73*, Edrich 28*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	b Edrich	0
AE Fagg	c Robins b Young	184
LEG Ames	c DCS Compton b Young	55
*BH Valentine	c Mann b Gray	20
JGW Davies	lbw b Young	1
HA Pawson	st LH Compton b Young	67
+TG Evans	c Young b DCS Compton	22
RR Dovey	b Gray	26
DVP Wright	not out	25
F Ridgway	not out	17
NW Harding	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 129 overs)	423
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-157, 3-193, 4-206, 5-299, 6-342, 7-366, 8-386

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	23	4	78	1	-	-
Gray	27	5	85	2	-	-
Young	43	16	87	4	-	-
Sims	16	0	68	0	-	-
DCS Compton	16	1	79	1	-	-
Robins	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	run out	31
JDB Robertson	c Ridgway b Wright	18
WJ Edrich	c Evans b Ridgway	1
DCS Compton	c Evans b Wright	106
FG Mann	c Evans b Wright	4
*RWV Robins	b Wright	4
AW Thompson	c Evans b Wright	11
+LH Compton	c Fagg b Davies	8
JM Sims	c Todd b Wright	27
LH Gray	not out	3
JA Young	c Evans b Ridgway	6
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 74.5 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-43, 3-51, 4-82, 5-96, 6-114, 7-135, 8-215, 9-216, 10-225 (74.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	10	1	37	0	-	-
Ridgway	15.5	4	34	2	-	-
Wright	29	7	87	6	-	-
Davies	11	1	38	1	-	-
Dovey	9	2	23	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	lbw b Harding	2
JDB Robertson	b Harding	140
WJ Edrich	st Evans b Dovey	130
DCS Compton	c Ames b Harding	4
FG Mann	lbw b Wright	11
AW Thompson	run out	49
*RWV Robins	c Ridgway b Harding	68
+LH Compton	c Fagg b Ridgway	13
JM Sims	not out	0
LH Gray	not out	2
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 106.3 overs)	429
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-218, 3-222, 4-258, 5-310, 6-400, 7-427, 8-427

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	15.3	1	61	4	-	-
Ridgway	26	2	84	1	-	-
Wright	28	3	118	1	-	-
Davies	10	2	36	0	-	-
Dovey	27	1	120	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Robins b Young	12
JGW Davies	c Edrich b Young	12
LEG Ames	st LH Compton b Young	1
*BH Valentine	b Gray	56
+TG Evans	c LH Compton b Young	4
HA Pawson	b Gray	44
LJ Todd	not out	30
RR Dovey	not out	16
DVP Wright	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
NW Harding	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 w)	6
Total	(6 wickets, 48 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-25, 3-26, 4-30, 5-125, 6-152

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	8	0	36	2	-	-
Young	11	3	26	4	-	-
Sims	7	0	20	0	-	-
DCS Compton	15	4	52	0	-	-
Robins	7	2	41	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 18
--> FG Mann (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> JM Sims (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> LJ Todd (2) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> JA Young reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> WJ Edrich reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> LH Gray reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> DVP Wright reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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