f20661 cc10329	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 28th, 30th, 31st August 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 59 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Kent 4
Umpires	H Elliott, N Oldfield
Scorers	ERS Hoskin (Kent), WH Price (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 76/2 (Fagg 53*, Witherden 5*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 126/6 (Jackson 12*, Walsh 7*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	st Evans b Pettiford	54
GA Smithson	b Ridgway	23
M Tompkin	lbw b Page	11
*CH Palmer	lbw b Wright	49
VE Jackson	c Page b Pettiford	16
MF Hickman	lbw b Pettiford	40
VS Munden	c Evans b Wright	1
JE Walsh	b Shirreff	37
+J Firth	lbw b Wright	42
CT Spencer	b Shirreff	0
FM Turner	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-59, 3-120, 4-154, 5-170, 6-184, 7-214, 8-259, 9-259, 10-287 (103 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	20	4	52	1	-	-
Shirreff	14	5	46	2	-	-
Page	26	7	76	1	-	-
Wright	12	1	42	3	-	-
Pettiford	31	14	61	3	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Spencer b Palmer	130
AH Phebey	b Spencer	0
RC Wilson	c Palmer b Walsh	16
EG Witherden	b Walsh	23
J Pettiford	c Smithson b Jackson	84
P Hearn	not out	43
AC Shirreff	lbw b Jackson	3
+TG Evans	b Munden	0
F Ridgway	b Jackson	0
*DVP Wright	c Firth b Jackson	0
JCT Page	c Hickman b Munden	5
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 130.4 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-40, 3-108, 4-218, 5-296, 6-306, 7-307, 8-312, 9-312, 10-317 (130.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	17	6	52	1	-	-
Palmer	12	3	24	1	-	-
Walsh	29	7	84	2	-	-
Turner	17	3	50	0	-	-
Jackson	28	7	50	4	-	-
Munden	27.4	12	44	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Phebey b Shirreff	36
GA Smithson	b Ridgway	1
M Tompkin	lbw b Shirreff	49
*CH Palmer	b Wright	12
VE Jackson	lbw b Wright	12
MF Hickman	c Pettiford b Wright	0
VS Munden	b Wright	2
JE Walsh	c Fagg b Wright	17
+J Firth	not out	36
CT Spencer	b Wright	43
FM Turner	c Evans b Pettiford	2
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-74, 3-101, 4-101, 5-101, 6-117, 7-126, 8-139, 9-211, 10-224 (71.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	8	1	28	1	-	-
Shirreff	19	7	44	2	-	-
Page	8	2	33	0	-	-
Wright	25	3	81	6	-	-
Pettiford	11.4	3	24	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Spencer	13
AH Phebey	b Spencer	2
RC Wilson	b Jackson	24
J Pettiford	b Jackson	29
P Hearn	lbw b Jackson	3
AC Shirreff	b Jackson	29
EG Witherden	hit wkt b Jackson	17
+TG Evans	c Hallam b Jackson	4
F Ridgway	b Munden	1
JCT Page	not out	6
*DVP Wright	b Munden	0
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-17, 3-66, 4-69, 5-74, 6-120, 7-128, 8-129, 9-129, 10-135 (62.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	4	31	2	-	-
Palmer	11	5	23	0	-	-
Walsh	3	0	11	0	-	-
Jackson	20	11	26	6	-	-
Munden	15.1	6	37	2	-	-

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Notes
--> FM Turner made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FM Turner made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 26
--> MF Hickman (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> MF Hickman (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> JE Walsh (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> P Hearn (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 38
--> CT Spencer (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> CT Spencer (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> J Pettiford (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> JCT Page reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AC Shirreff reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> DVP Wright reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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