f13475 cc6217	Worcestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1931
Venue	War Memorial Ground, Amblecote on 3rd, 4th June 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 15; Kent 0
Umpires	J Stone, HI Young
Close of play day 1	Kent (2) 56/1 (Ashdown 14*, Todd 2*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	b Jackson	32
WH Ashdown	c Quaife b Jackson	11
FE Woolley	c Walters b Root	1
+LEG Ames	b Jackson	0
LJ Todd	not out	13
*BH Valentine	b Jackson	4
TA Pearce	b Jackson	0
C Fairservice	b Brook	1
AE Watt	run out	7
AC Wright	b Jackson	0
AP Freeman	b Root	3
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 42.3 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-46, 3-46, 4-47, 5-53, 6-63, 7-64, 8-71, 9-73, 10-76 (42.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	14.3	8	21	2	-	-
Perks	8	2	12	0	-	-
Jackson	13	3	25	6	-	-
Brook	7	0	14	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BW Quaife	not out	31
J Fox	lbw b Watt	2
M Nichol	c Todd b Freeman	26
HHIH Gibbons	lbw b Freeman	1
*CF Walters	c Valentine b Ashdown	0
L Wright	b Ashdown	5
FD Ahl	c Wright b Freeman	11
CF Root	c Pearce b Freeman	20
GW Brook	c Todd b Freeman	4
RTD Perks	c Valentine b Freeman	1
PF Jackson	st Ames b Freeman	1
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-41, 3-43, 4-44, 5-52, 6-75, 7-102, 8-109, 9-110, 10-112 (56 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watt	12	3	28	1	-	-
Wright	4	0	7	0	-	-
Freeman	24	7	44	7	-	-
Ashdown	16	2	23	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	c Jackson b Brook	36
WH Ashdown	b Perks	15
LJ Todd	b Perks	9
FE Woolley	b Root	12
+LEG Ames	b Perks	6
*BH Valentine	c Nichol b Perks	0
TA Pearce	c Quaife b Perks	0
C Fairservice	c Quaife b Root	6
AE Watt	c Ahl b Root	3
AC Wright	c and b Perks	7
AP Freeman	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-58, 3-77, 4-87, 5-87, 6-87, 7-92, 8-97, 9-102, 10-110 (50 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	19	6	31	3	-	-
Perks	20	6	40	6	-	-
Jackson	5	0	11	0	-	-
Brook	6	2	16	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BW Quaife	lbw b Freeman	0
J Fox	lbw b Ashdown	4
M Nichol	c Ames b Ashdown	11
HHIH Gibbons	c Watt b Freeman	13
*CF Walters	not out	40
L Wright	c Todd b Freeman	1
FD Ahl	not out	7
CF Root	did not bat
GW Brook	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(5 wickets, 25.2 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-6, 3-15, 4-47, 5-63

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Freeman	12.2	3	42	3	-	-
Ashdown	13	3	34	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> BW Quaife (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> CF Root reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> CF Root reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> RTD Perks completed a hat-trick in the Kent second innings (Todd, Valentine, Pearce)
--> WH Ashdown reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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