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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 20th, 21st, 22nd May 1959 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Leicestershire 2; Kent 0 |
| Umpires | JG Langridge, WFF Price |
| Scorers | FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), C Lewis (Kent) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 27/2 (Phillips 3*, Watson 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (1) 156/6 (Pretlove 38*, Wilson 15*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | b Brown | 3 | |||||
| J van Geloven | c Evans b Brown | 6 | |||||
| EF Phillips | c Evans b Dixon | 45 | |||||
| AC Revill | not out | 41 | |||||
| *W Watson | b Halfyard | 76 | |||||
| GW Burch | c Brown b Page | 40 | |||||
| +R Julian | not out | 1 | |||||
| RC Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| CT Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Savage | did not bat | ||||||
| BS Boshier | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb, 4 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 73 overs) | 220 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-14, 3-137, 4-154, 5-212 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halfyard | 28 | 8 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 18 | 5 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 14 | 4 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Page | 13 | 4 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AH Phebey | b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| RC Wilson | not out | 21 | |||||
| SE Leary | b van Geloven | 37 | |||||
| JM Prodger | b Spencer | 2 | |||||
| JF Pretlove | b Boshier | 47 | |||||
| J Pettiford | c Julian b Boshier | 0 | |||||
| AL Dixon | b van Geloven | 11 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Burch b Savage | 48 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | not out | 21 | |||||
| JCT Page | did not bat | ||||||
| A Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 52 overs) | 193 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Phebey), 2-19 (Prodger), 3-50 (Leary), 4-51 (Pettiford), 5-79 (Dixon), 6-144 (Evans), 7-166 (Pretlove) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 16 | 3 | 68 | 2 | - | - | |
| Boshier | 18 | 4 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 15 | 4 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Savage | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | st Evans b Pettiford | 69 | |||||
| J van Geloven | not out | 105 | |||||
| AC Revill | not out | 23 | |||||
| EF Phillips | did not bat | ||||||
| *W Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| GW Burch | did not bat | ||||||
| +R Julian | did not bat | ||||||
| RC Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| CT Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Savage | did not bat | ||||||
| BS Boshier | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 2 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, declared, 57.3 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-153 (Hallam) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halfyard | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 10 | 2 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Page | 21 | 4 | 75 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pettiford | 18 | 4 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pretlove | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AH Phebey | lbw b Spencer | 5 | |||||
| RC Wilson | not out | 31 | |||||
| SE Leary | c Julian b Spencer | 7 | |||||
| JM Prodger | st Julian b Savage | 15 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Watson b Savage | 7 | |||||
| JF Pretlove | not out | 0 | |||||
| J Pettiford | did not bat | ||||||
| AL Dixon | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Halfyard | did not bat | ||||||
| JCT Page | did not bat | ||||||
| A Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 29 overs) | 68 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-20, 3-50, 4-62 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | - | - | |
| Boshier | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Savage | 9 | 4 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> EF Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in County Championship matches
--> EF Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> J van Geloven (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in First-Class matches
--> J van Geloven (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> J van Geloven (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in County Championship matches
--> J van Geloven (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AC Revill retired hurt in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 6 (team had lost 2 wickets) - he returned when the score was 154/4
--> RC Wilson retired hurt in the Kent first innings (team had lost 1 wickets) - he returned when the score was 144/6
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