f16204 cc7898	Kent v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 29th, 30th June 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 387 runs
Points	Kent 0; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	F Chester, A Dolphin
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (2) 74/1 (Armstrong 23*, Watson 13*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Harding	0
*CS Dempster	c Levett b Watt	28
NF Armstrong	c Spencer b Wright	47
GS Watson	c Fagg b Wright	3
M Tompkin	c Fagg b Wright	27
G Geary	c Lewis b Wright	26
PR Cherrington	c Fagg b Wright	18
LD Thursting	not out	26
+GO Dawkes	b Lewis	0
HA Smith	c Watt b Harding	8
WH Flamson	c Wright b Harding	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 76.2 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Berry), 2-42, 3-45, 4-106, 5-111, 6-142, 7-170, 8-170, 9-195, 10-195 (76.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	9.2	1	26	3	-	-
Todd	11	2	28	0	-	-
Wright	29	6	81	5	-	-
Watt	11	2	26	1	-	-
Lewis	16	5	22	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Smith	2
PR Sunnucks	b Flamson	9
*FGH Chalk	hit wkt b Smith	6
LJ Todd	c Armstrong b Geary	6
TW Spencer	c Tompkin b Geary	0
FG Foy	b Geary	13
NW Harding	b Geary	0
DVP Wright	b Smith	2
+WHV Levett	b Smith	0
AE Watt	b Smith	13
C Lewis	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 82 minutes, 26.1 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Fagg), 2-14, 3-24, 4-24, 5-28, 6-29, 7-32, 8-32, 9-58, 10-58 (26.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	13.1	4	29	5	-	-
Flamson	6	4	3	1	-	-
Geary	7	3	19	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Todd b Wright	33
*CS Dempster	c Spencer b Lewis	142		170	19	2
NF Armstrong	c and b Lewis	61
GS Watson	b Todd	19
M Tompkin	run out	48
G Geary	b Lewis	20
PR Cherrington	st Levett b Lewis	0
LD Thursting	not out	0
+GO Dawkes	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
WH Flamson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 91.2 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Berry), 2-95, 3-135, 4-249, 5-324, 6-324, 7-337 (91.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	10	2	31	0	-	-
Todd	24	5	89	1	-	-
Wright	14	3	55	1	-	-
Watt	18	2	65	0	-	-
Lewis	22.2	4	70	4	-	-
Chalk	3	1	13	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Sunnucks	b Smith	17
AE Fagg	lbw b Smith	7
*FGH Chalk	b Geary	12
LJ Todd	b Smith	9
TW Spencer	c Dawkes b Geary	8
FG Foy	c Dawkes b Smith	11
NW Harding	b Geary	6
DVP Wright	lbw b Smith	0
+WHV Levett	c Tompkin b Smith	0
AE Watt	c Tompkin b Smith	10
C Lewis	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 37 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-32, 3-38, 4-54, 5-60, 6-75, 7-75, 8-75, 9-87, 10-87 (37 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	19	5	40	7	-	-
Flamson	5	1	12	0	-	-
Geary	13	5	28	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> PR Sunnucks (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> DVP Wright reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CS Dempster retired hurt in the Leicestershire second innings having scored 2 (team score 5/0) - he returned when the score was 95/2

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