f23826 cc11891	Kent v Lancashire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone on 5th, 6th, 7th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 4 (Batting 2); Lancashire 0
Umpires	WH Copson, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 172/4 (Wilson 61*, Jones 15*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 171/4 (Barber 92*, Houlton 3*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	c Ufton b Halfyard	3
BJ Booth	b Brown	9
JD Bond	b Brown	3
KJ Grieves	c Prideaux b Sayer	79
PT Marner	b Brown	4
G Houlton	run out	3
+G Clayton	c Phebey b Halfyard	0
P Lever	b Halfyard	1
K Higgs	c Phebey b Halfyard	38
K Howard	lbw b Dixon	10
C Hilton	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-14, 3-19, 4-23, 5-38, 6-38, 7-48, 8-128, 9-150, 10-155 (51 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	17	3	37	4	-	-
Brown	17	2	80	3	-	-
Sayer	13	4	21	1	-	-
Jones	1	0	12	0	-	-
Dixon	3	2	2	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Clayton b Higgs	14
RM Prideaux	lbw b Hilton	2
*AH Phebey	c Marner b Higgs	17
RC Wilson	c Higgs b Howard	104
SE Leary	b Marner	51
PH Jones	c Grieves b Hilton	37
AL Dixon	c Barber b Howard	33
+DG Ufton	c Clayton b Hilton	26
DJ Halfyard	b Hilton	22
A Brown	c Clayton b Hilton	0
DM Sayer	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 14 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 100 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-34, 3-39, 4-139, 5-218, 6-268, 7-273, 8-323, 9-323, 10-324 (100 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	27	3	94	5	-	-
Higgs	28	7	76	2	-	-
Lever	4	0	13	0	-	-
Barber	17	4	52	0	-	-
Marner	12	3	39	1	-	-
Howard	12	2	33	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	c Phebey b Dixon	175
BJ Booth	c Ufton b Sayer	14
JD Bond	lbw b Jones	17
KJ Grieves	c Ufton b Brown	1
PT Marner	c Wilson b Halfyard	34
G Houlton	st Ufton b Leary	86
+G Clayton	not out	19
K Higgs	b Leary	4
P Lever	hit wkt b Wilson	20
K Howard	not out	12
C Hilton	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, 160 overs)	393
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-84, 3-89, 4-159, 5-288, 6-345, 7-349, 8-377

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	28	8	76	1	-	-
Brown	25	6	58	1	-	-
Sayer	25	7	70	1	-	-
Jones	35	19	49	1	-	-
Dixon	24	9	67	1	-	-
Leary	18	8	42	2	-	-
Wilson	4	1	16	1	-	-
Prideaux	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> K Higgs (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> K Higgs (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 93
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> DG Ufton (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> RW Barber (2) passed his previous highest score of 146 in First-Class matches
--> RW Barber (2) passed his previous highest score of 146 in County Championship matches
--> RW Barber (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 144
--> G Houlton (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> G Houlton (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> P Lever (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> P Lever (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> K Howard (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> K Howard (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> DM Sayer reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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