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f18099 cc8896	Kent v Middlesex
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover on 14th, 16th, 17th August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Points	Kent 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	JJ Hills, PT Mills
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 401/9 (Debnam 4, Downton 1)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 389/6 (Sharp 18, Sims 26)

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Brown b Routledge	203		330	10	-
LJ Todd	b Gray	5
LEG Ames	run out	21
JGW Davies	c Thompson b Routledge	58
*BH Valentine	lbw b Sims	13
P Hearn	b Bedford	27
E Crush	c Thompson b Routledge	50
RR Dovey	c Brown b Routledge	11
AFH Debnam	not out	4
F Ridgway	c Gray b Sims	2
+GC Downton	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 142 overs)	401
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-62, 3-171, 4-215, 5-278, 6-305, 7-383, 8-396, 9-400

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	43	9	99	1	-	-
Routledge	20	3	70	4	-	-
Bedford	23	2	64	1	-	-
Sharp	16	3	32	0	-	-
Robins	7	0	21	0	-	-
Sims	19	0	59	2	-	-
Robertson	11	0	38	0	-	-
Thompson	3	0	12	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Dovey	120		300
SM Brown	b Ridgway	64
*FG Mann	b Ridgway	1
RWV Robins	c Debnam b Dovey	101		90	14	1
AW Thompson	c Debnam b Crush	29
+LH Compton	c Downton b Ridgway	14
HPH Sharp	b Ridgway	20
JM Sims	not out	31
R Routledge	not out	2
PI Bedford	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 145 overs)	403
Fall of wickets:
1-154, 2-156, 3-212, 4-298, 5-372, 6-384, 7-396

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	40	11	83	4	-	-
Crush	32	13	58	1	-	-
Davies	30	5	115	0	-	-
Dovey	25	6	59	2	-	-
Todd	3	0	8	0	-	-
Debnam	15	2	59	0	-	-

Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Thompson b Gray	8
LJ Todd	hit wkt b Sharp	43
LEG Ames	c Robins b Gray	104
JGW Davies	c Routledge b Gray	20
E Crush	b Sharp	2
*BH Valentine	c Robertson b Gray	6
P Hearn	not out	1
RR Dovey	not out	8
AFH Debnam	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
+GC Downton	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 51.5 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-107, 3-166, 4-177, 5-194, 6-194

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	18	4	46	4	-	-
Routledge	15	1	55	0	-	-
Bedford	2	0	13	0	-	-
Sharp	8.5	0	45	2	-	-
Sims	8	1	33	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Valentine b Ridgway	67
SM Brown	run out	25
*FG Mann	b Dovey	21
RWV Robins	b Ridgway	74
AW Thompson	not out	11
+LH Compton	not out	3
HPH Sharp	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
R Routledge	did not bat
PI Bedford	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 41.1 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-89, 3-171, 4-192

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	13	2	43	2	-	-
Crush	5.1	0	33	0	-	-
Dovey	15	0	80	1	-	-
Davies	4	0	27	0	-	-
Todd	4	0	18	0	-	-

Notes
--> AE Fagg (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 37
--> AE Fagg (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 40
--> E Crush (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> JM Sims (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 44
--> RWV Robins (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 50
--> R Routledge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-45)
--> R Routledge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-45)
--> F Ridgway reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> F Ridgway reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings