f17917 cc8746	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray on 29th, 31st May, 1st June 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 86 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Kent 12
Umpires	A Lockett, CF Root
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 39/2 (Berry 12*, Tompkin 4*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 68/2 (Fagg 35*, Valentine 2*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	b Jackson	55
AE Fagg	lbw b Jackson	97
LEG Ames	c Cornock b Jackson	0
*BH Valentine	c Cornock b Jackson	0
P Hearn	b Walsh	15
BR Edrich	lbw b Jackson	22
+TG Evans	c Tompkin b Walsh	12
W Murray-Wood	st Corrall b Walsh	30
RR Dovey	lbw b Walsh	0
DVP Wright	c Jackson b Walsh	4
F Ridgway	not out	1
Extras	(23 b, 5 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-142, 2-142, 3-142, 4-191, 5-195, 6-215, 7-254, 8-258, 9-260, 10-264 (100.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	16	6	16	0	-	-
Cornock	7	1	12	0	-	-
Jackson	34	18	49	5	-	-
Walsh	29.3	2	114	5	-	-
Lester	3	0	16	0	-	-
Riddington	11	3	29	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Edrich b Wright	35
G Lester	b Ridgway	5
FT Prentice	lbw b Edrich	13
M Tompkin	b Edrich	55
VE Jackson	lbw b Ridgway	27
GS Watson	c Valentine b Dovey	34
WB Cornock	c and b Wright	14
A Riddington	c Ridgway b Wright	2
JE Walsh	b Wright	1
+P Corrall	not out	0
J Sperry	c Evans b Wright	1
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-35, 3-82, 4-124, 5-152, 6-181, 7-189, 8-193, 9-193, 10-194 (83.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	17	3	45	2	-	-
Todd	5	1	9	0	-	-
Wright	27.1	6	73	5	-	-
Edrich	9	3	19	2	-	-
Dovey	25	9	41	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	b Jackson	13
AE Fagg	not out	102
LEG Ames	st Corrall b Jackson	7
*BH Valentine	b Walsh	4
P Hearn	c and b Jackson	1
BR Edrich	b Sperry	14
+TG Evans	c Riddington b Jackson	17
W Murray-Wood	c Corrall b Sperry	4
RR Dovey	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-62, 3-75, 4-80, 5-129, 6-162, 7-180 (65 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	17	2	40	2	-	-
Cornock	5	1	16	0	-	-
Jackson	27	5	56	4	-	-
Walsh	16	1	50	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b Wright	3
G Lester	st Evans b Wright	6
FT Prentice	c Edrich b Dovey	73
M Tompkin	c Ames b Ridgway	6
VE Jackson	c Fagg b Wright	1
GS Watson	c Evans b Wright	7
WB Cornock	c Fagg b Edrich	8
A Riddington	c Fagg b Wright	4
JE Walsh	b Ridgway	20
+P Corrall	b Edrich	26
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-15, 3-30, 4-31, 5-41, 6-63, 7-67, 8-119, 9-154, 10-164 (54.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	12	3	27	2	-	-
Todd	3	1	2	0	-	-
Wright	18	3	63	5	-	-
Dovey	11.4	3	23	1	-	-
Edrich	6	1	20	2	-	-
Murray-Wood	4	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> DVP Wright reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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