f17977 cc8793	Yorkshire v Kent
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford on 23rd, 24th, 25th June 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Yorkshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Yorkshire 12; Kent 0
Umpires	A Lockett, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 423/9d
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 187/3 (Todd 59*, Valentine 84*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Halliday	b Ridgway	72
JT Lodge	c Fagg b Dovey	30
JV Wilson	b Murray-Wood	59
W Watson	c Fagg b Todd	92
EI Lester	lbw b Murray-Wood	29
*TF Smailes	c Ridgway b Todd	52
R Aspinall	c Todd b Murray-Wood	20
JP Whitehead	c Valentine b Edrich	19
JH Wardle	c Todd b Murray-Wood	28
+DV Brennan	not out	1
EP Robinson	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 142 overs)	423
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-146, 3-190, 4-260, 5-344, 6-369, 7-374, 8-412, 9-423

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	35	6	119	1	-	-
Crush	20	5	56	0	-	-
Todd	6	0	26	2	-	-
Murray-Wood	34	5	118	4	-	-
Dovey	32	12	51	1	-	-
Edrich	15	5	32	1	1	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Whitehead	6
LJ Todd	b Wardle	62
LEG Ames	b Aspinall	9
P Hearn	c Wilson b Robinson	96
*BH Valentine	c Brennan b Smailes	7
BR Edrich	b Whitehead	15
W Murray-Wood	b Whitehead	0
E Crush	b Whitehead	0
+GC Downton	c and b Wardle	16
RR Dovey	not out	9
F Ridgway	c Brennan b Robinson	5
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb, 7 nb)	26
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-33, 3-128, 4-137, 5-188, 6-188, 7-188, 8-230, 9-244, 10-251 (94.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	22	2	57	1	-	-
Whitehead	20	3	59	4	-	6
Lodge	5	0	13	0	-	-
Smailes	17	7	31	1	-	1
Robinson	13.4	5	31	2	-	-
Wardle	17	2	34	2	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Brennan b Aspinall	31
LJ Todd	c Brennan b Whitehead	72
LEG Ames	lbw b Smailes	1
P Hearn	c Robinson b Aspinall	1
*BH Valentine	b Aspinall	97
BR Edrich	b Aspinall	13
RR Dovey	b Whitehead	1
W Murray-Wood	b Aspinall	0
E Crush	not out	9
+GC Downton	b Aspinall	7
F Ridgway	b Whitehead	5
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 75.5 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-47, 3-48, 4-204, 5-219, 6-230, 7-230, 8-237, 9-245, 10-252 (75.5 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	23	3	87	6	1	2
Whitehead	16.5	2	45	3	1	2
Smailes	10	1	27	1	-	-
Wardle	17	3	51	0	-	-
Robinson	9	4	27	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Watson	b Ridgway	20
JT Lodge	lbw b Ridgway	5
JV Wilson	c Fagg b Dovey	5
EI Lester	b Ridgway	6
*TF Smailes	not out	29
R Aspinall	not out	14
H Halliday	did not bat
JP Whitehead	did not bat
JH Wardle	did not bat
+DV Brennan	did not bat
EP Robinson	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 32.3 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-32, 3-34, 4-42

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	14	3	41	3	-	-
Crush	5	0	13	0	-	-
Dovey	9	4	14	1	-	-
Edrich	2.3	1	5	0	-	-
Murray-Wood	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JT Lodge made his debut in first-class matches
--> JT Lodge made his debut in County Championship matches
--> W Watson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 72
--> TF Smailes (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> P Hearn (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> GC Downton made his debut in first-class matches
--> GC Downton made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BH Valentine (2) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 92
--> LJ Todd reached 550 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> W Murray-Wood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Yorkshire first innings (previous best was 3-42)
--> JP Whitehead achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 4-78)
--> TF Smailes reached 800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings

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