f20826 cc10347	Kent v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 14th, 16th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Kent 0; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	P Corrall, GS Mobey
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), ERS Hoskin (Kent)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 262/9 (Spencer 4*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Palmer b Boshier	8
AH Phebey	b Walsh	36
AC Shirreff	b Walsh	16
RC Wilson	b Walsh	16
J Pettiford	b Lester	1
AF Brazier	b Walsh	0
P Hearn	not out	11
+TG Evans	c Spencer b Walsh	5
F Ridgway	c Boshier b Lester	14
*DVP Wright	lbw b Walsh	2
JCT Page	lbw b Walsh	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 46.3 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-58, 3-69, 4-78, 5-78, 6-78, 7-83, 8-108, 9-110, 10-110 (46.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	7	1	23	0	-	-
Boshier	9	2	18	1	-	-
Walsh	16.3	5	35	7	-	-
Jackson	4	1	4	0	-	-
Munden	5	2	9	0	-	-
Lester	5	0	20	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Ridgway	1
MR Hallam	b Ridgway	76
M Tompkin	c Shirreff b Page	39
*CH Palmer	lbw b Wright	10
GA Smithson	c Fagg b Page	2
VE Jackson	c Shirreff b Page	99
VS Munden	b Page	25
JE Walsh	c Fagg b Ridgway	1
+J Firth	c and b Page	1
CT Spencer	not out	4
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 63.5 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-70, 3-95, 4-116, 5-156, 6-239, 7-246, 8-247, 9-262 (63.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	18	4	55	3	-	-
Shirreff	6	3	15	0	-	-
Page	24.5	8	99	5	-	-
Pettiford	5	0	34	0	-	-
Wright	10	0	55	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Munden	94
AH Phebey	c Hallam b Jackson	23
AC Shirreff	lbw b Walsh	6
RC Wilson	c Smithson b Jackson	40
J Pettiford	c Hallam b Jackson	0
AF Brazier	c Spencer b Jackson	4
P Hearn	not out	25
+TG Evans	c Spencer b Jackson	9
F Ridgway	b Jackson	26
*DVP Wright	b Walsh	10
JCT Page	c Hallam b Jackson	4
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-90, 3-167, 4-171, 5-175, 6-176, 7-188, 8-222, 9-245, 10-250 (91.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	3	0	23	0	-	-
Boshier	3	0	18	0	-	-
Walsh	28	6	84	2	-	-
Jackson	32.4	15	62	7	-	-
Munden	20	11	35	1	-	-
Lester	5	2	19	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Wright	31
MR Hallam	lbw b Ridgway	18
M Tompkin	c Evans b Ridgway	6
*CH Palmer	c Wilson b Page	33
GA Smithson	not out	1
VE Jackson	not out	12
VS Munden	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, 28.4 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-35, 3-80, 4-88

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	11	1	38	2	-	-
Shirreff	2	0	9	0	-	-
Page	12	4	45	1	-	-
Wright	3.4	2	9	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 68

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