f21479 cc10754	Kent v Lancashire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 8th, 9th, 10th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 6 wickets
Points	Kent 12; Lancashire 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 23/1 (Phebey 16*, Fagg 4*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 44/2 (Dyson 9*, Grieves 2*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	b Ridgway	11
J Dyson	c Cowdrey b Smith	48
GA Edrich	c Evans b Dixon	8
*C Washbrook	c Cowdrey b Wright	60
KJ Grieves	b Wright	32
CS Smith	b Ridgway	16
R Collins	c Evans b Smith	37
MJ Hilton	b Ridgway	12
+J Jordan	c and b Ridgway	11
JB Statham	c Allan b Ridgway	2
T Greenhough	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 2 w)	20
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-36, 3-113, 4-176, 5-176, 6-217, 7-238, 8-252, 9-255, 10-258 (96.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	21.1	2	63	5	-	-
Smith	31	11	70	2	-	-
Dixon	22	8	58	1	-	-
Wright	10	2	29	2	-	-
Allan	12	6	18	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Jordan b Greenhough	29
JM Allan	lbw b Hilton	1
AE Fagg	c Washbrook b Hilton	35
MC Cowdrey	not out	121
RC Wilson	c Jordan b Greenhough	1
AL Dixon	lbw b Hilton	25
+TG Evans	b Hilton	32
J Pettiford	c Jordan b Greenhough	26
G Smith	b Statham	6
F Ridgway	b Statham	0
*DVP Wright	b Statham	5
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 108.2 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-60, 3-68, 4-73, 5-127, 6-171, 7-256, 8-286, 9-286, 10-296 (108.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	24.2	3	77	3	-	-
Smith	8	0	34	0	-	-
Hilton	43	18	71	4	-	-
Greenhough	27	11	78	3	-	-
Collins	6	1	21	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	b Wright	24
*C Washbrook	b Ridgway	9
J Dyson	c Fagg b Ridgway	25
KJ Grieves	c Ridgway b Smith	20
GA Edrich	lbw b Allan	21
CS Smith	b Ridgway	4
R Collins	c and b Allan	19
MJ Hilton	b Wright	4
+J Jordan	c Wright b Allan	12
JB Statham	c sub b Allan	3
T Greenhough	not out	4
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 73.5 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-39, 3-75, 4-81, 5-86, 6-111, 7-120, 8-143, 9-151, 10-156 (73.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	21	8	43	3	-	-
Smith	22	8	43	1	-	-
Dixon	7	2	14	0	-	-
Wright	13	5	20	2	-	-
Allan	10.5	5	25	4	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	not out	59
MC Cowdrey	c Smith b Hilton	31
+TG Evans	b Statham	14
AE Fagg	b Statham	1
AL Dixon	b Statham	2
JM Allan	not out	13
RC Wilson	did not bat
J Pettiford	did not bat
G Smith	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
*DVP Wright	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(4 wickets, 41.3 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-82, 3-90, 4-92

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	15	2	39	3	-	-
Smith	10.3	2	33	0	-	-
Hilton	10	2	32	1	-	-
Greenhough	6	2	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> C Washbrook (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 12
--> TG Evans (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> J Dyson (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 16
--> GA Edrich (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> T Greenhough reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JM Allan reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> JB Statham reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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