f20398 cc10116	Kent v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 15th, 17th, 18th May 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 4 wickets
Points	Kent 12; Worcestershire 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 271/8 (Grove 2*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 144/0 (Kenyon 90*, Outschoorn 49*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Ridgway b Wright	60
LF Outschoorn	b Ridgway	4
G Dews	st Evans b Pettiford	24
*RE Bird	c Page b Wright	29
RG Broadbent	c Phebey b Wright	12
LN Devereux	b Wright	74
MJ Horton	c Fagg b Page	23
+H Yarnold	c Phebey b Ridgway	31
CWC Grove	b Smith	2
RTD Perks	c Smith b Wright	0
JA Flavell	not out	4
Extras	(15 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 104.3 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-64, 3-109, 4-135, 5-137, 6-173, 7-249, 8-271, 9-275, 10-279 (104.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	17	4	46	2	-	-
Smith	29	14	56	1	-	-
Page	15	2	40	1	-	-
Pettiford	26	6	64	1	-	-
Wright	17.3	6	57	5	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Perks	2
AH Phebey	lbw b Perks	14
RC Wilson	c Bird b Perks	67
J Pettiford	st Yarnold b Devereux	26
P Hearn	c Devereux b Grove	37
EG Witherden	c Broadbent b Perks	0
+TG Evans	c Broadbent b Perks	11
G Smith	c Grove b Perks	60
F Ridgway	b Flavell	11
*DVP Wright	b Flavell	0
JCT Page	not out	3
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-19, 3-97, 4-123, 5-123, 6-145, 7-175, 8-208, 9-208, 10-249 (80.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	26.1	6	56	6	-	-
Grove	22	7	58	1	-	-
Flavell	14	1	73	2	-	-
Devereux	18	6	44	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	not out	152
LF Outschoorn	c Witherden b Wright	126
G Dews	c Ridgway b Wright	11
RTD Perks	c Ridgway b Page	6
*RE Bird	did not bat
RG Broadbent	did not bat
LN Devereux	did not bat
MJ Horton	did not bat
+H Yarnold	did not bat
CWC Grove	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 71 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-277, 2-289, 3-300 (71 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	4	1	18	0	-	-
Smith	16	2	49	0	-	-
Page	25	1	126	1	-	-
Pettiford	16	1	48	0	-	-
Wright	7	1	39	2	-	-
Witherden	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Perks b Devereux	36
EG Witherden	lbw b Grove	72
RC Wilson	c Flavell b Perks	60
J Pettiford	b Flavell	35
P Hearn	b Perks	59
+TG Evans	not out	43
G Smith	c Perks b Grove	9
F Ridgway	not out	6
AE Fagg	did not bat
*DVP Wright	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb)	14
Total	(6 wickets, 81.3 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-155, 3-189, 4-250, 5-292, 6-301

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	25.3	5	105	2	-	-
Grove	30	5	87	2	-	-
Flavell	8	0	53	1	-	-
Devereux	15	2	58	1	-	-
Horton	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LN Devereux (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> RC Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> G Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> G Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> F Ridgway reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> RTD Perks reached 2050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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