f16323 cc8001	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Doncaster Close, Oakham School on 17th, 18th, 19th August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 9 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Kent 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 519 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 217/2 (Armstrong 15*, Dawkes 7*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FE Woolley	b Smith	0
AE Fagg	lbw b Lester	50
+LEG Ames	c Dawkes b Smith	10
BH Valentine	c Lester b Dempster	242
*FGH Chalk	b Flamson	31
LJ Todd	c sub b Lester	10
CH Knott	b Flamson	108
PR Sunnucks	c Smith b Armstrong	7
NW Harding	b Flamson	33
DVP Wright	not out	0
AE Watt	lbw b Prentice	5
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	23
Total	(all out, 132.3 overs)	519
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-22, 3-123, 4-258, 5-296, 6-396, 7-432, 8-513, 9-514, 10-519 (132.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	44	9	124	2	-	-
Flamson	28	2	99	3	-	-
Cherrington	7	0	41	0	-	-
Lester	25	1	108	2	-	-
Prentice	16.3	2	65	1	-	-
Thursting	1	0	9	0	-	-
Armstrong	7	0	34	1	-	-
Dempster	4	1	16	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Knott b Woolley	35
*CS Dempster	b Watt	20
NF Armstrong	c Ames b Woolley	6
FT Prentice	c Todd b Woolley	75
GS Watson	b Harding	13
LD Thursting	c Watt b Wright	7
PR Cherrington	c Todd b Woolley	33
+GO Dawkes	b Wright	7
G Lester	c Watt b Wright	0
HA Smith	c Fagg b Woolley	6
WH Flamson	not out	4
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-65, 3-70, 4-97, 5-109, 6-204, 7-211, 8-212, 9-217, 10-223 (75.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	6	2	13	0	-	-
Harding	14	2	42	1	-	-
Watt	10	5	21	1	-	-
Wright	23	4	81	3	-	-
Woolley	22.4	8	49	5	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Wright	62
*CS Dempster	b Watt	116
NF Armstrong	lbw b Watt	24
+GO Dawkes	c Wright b Woolley	38
FT Prentice	c and b Wright	8
GS Watson	lbw b Woolley	11
LD Thursting	c Chalk b Woolley	6
PR Cherrington	c Fagg b Woolley	10
G Lester	not out	13
HA Smith	lbw b Woolley	0
WH Flamson	b Woolley	21
Extras	(16 b, 8 lb, 7 nb)	31
Total	(all out, 91.3 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-180, 2-208, 3-253, 4-261, 5-279, 6-279, 7-292, 8-304, 9-304, 10-340 (91.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	11	1	42	0	-	-
Harding	7	0	34	0	-	-
Watt	25	7	72	2	-	-
Wright	28	5	104	2	-	-
Woolley	20.3	5	57	6	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	not out	31
PR Sunnucks	c Thursting b Dempster	3
LJ Todd	not out	12
FE Woolley	did not bat
+LEG Ames	did not bat
BH Valentine	did not bat
*FGH Chalk	did not bat
CH Knott	did not bat
NW Harding	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
AE Watt	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 13 overs)	46
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Sunnucks)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	2	14	0	-	-
Flamson	4	0	18	0	-	-
Dempster	2	0	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BH Valentine (1) passed his previous highest score of 180 in First-Class matches
--> BH Valentine (1) passed his previous highest score of 180 in County Championship matches
--> BH Valentine (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 81
--> CH Knott (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 84
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> PR Cherrington (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> PR Cherrington (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> CS Dempster (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 73
--> GO Dawkes (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> LJ Todd (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> DVP Wright reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> NW Harding reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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Valentin 242 (a career best), three 6's and twenty-eight 4's. He reached his century in 105 minutes
Knott 108, two 6's and eleven 4's in 135 minutes,
Dempster 116, fifteen 4's in under 120 minutes.
LEG Ames and DVP Wright were both injured and unable to participate in the Fifth Test.

 

 

 

 

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