f20232	Kent v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1953
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 29th, 31st August, 1st September 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 176 runs
Umpires	WFF Price, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 167/9 (Phebey 83*, Wright 0*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 465/8 (Tallon 83*, Hill 5*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	run out	2
AH Phebey	not out	85
AF Woollett	c Benaud b Miller	18
MC Cowdrey	c Benaud b Johnston	25
P Hearn	run out	0
AC Shirreff	c de Courcy b Johnston	0
+TG Evans	lbw b Johnston	4
F Ridgway	lbw b Davidson	5
AWH Mallett	c de Courcy b Benaud	10
RR Dovey	b Johnston	1
*DVP Wright	st Tallon b Johnston	12
Extras	(4 b, 15 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-45, 3-114, 4-114, 5-118, 6-134, 7-143, 8-162, 9-167, 10-181 (81.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	12	1	41	0	-	-
Miller	11	2	17	1	-	-
Benaud	12	1	33	1	-	-
Johnston	27.4	15	35	5	-	-
Hill	9	4	21	0	-	-
Davidson	10	2	15	1	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AL Hassett	lbw b Wright	65
AR Morris	c Dovey b Shirreff	8
GB Hole	c Hearn b Dovey	78
KR Miller	c Hearn b Shirreff	68
JH de Courcy	c Shirreff b Mallett	29
R Benaud	c Shirreff b Wright	45
AK Davidson	b Mallett	8
+D Tallon	not out	83
RR Lindwall	c Dovey b Shirreff	19
JC Hill	not out	51
WA Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	465
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-127, 3-215, 4-234, 5-287, 6-306, 7-310, 8-362

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	17	1	86	0	-	-
Shirreff	24	5	104	3	-	-
Mallett	14	0	75	2	-	-
Wright	24	2	106	2	-	-
Dovey	16	0	64	1	-	-
Cowdrey	2	0	19	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Johnston	28
AF Woollett	c and b Johnston	13
MC Cowdrey	c and b Davidson	3
P Hearn	b Davidson	0
AC Shirreff	c de Courcy b Davidson	4
+TG Evans	b Johnston	0
F Ridgway	c Davidson b Benaud	29
AH Phebey	lbw b Johnston	0
AWH Mallett	b Johnston	23
RR Dovey	not out	4
*DVP Wright	b Johnston	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 30.1 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-41, 3-41, 4-49, 5-50, 6-51, 7-55, 8-101, 9-107, 10-108 (30.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	4	1	16	0	-	-
Benaud	5	0	41	1	-	-
Johnston	14.1	4	38	6	-	-
Davidson	7	3	10	3	-	-

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Notes
--> AL Hassett (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 34
--> AL Hassett (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> GB Hole (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 38
--> KR Miller (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> JC Hill (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> R Benaud reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings

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