f16204 cc7898	Kent v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 29th, 30th June 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 387 runs
Points	Kent 0; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	F Chester, A Dolphin
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (2) 74/1 (Armstrong 23*, Watson 13*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Harding	0
*CS Dempster	c Levett b Watt	28
NF Armstrong	c Spencer b Wright	47
GS Watson	c Fagg b Wright	3
M Tompkin	c Fagg b Wright	27
G Geary	c Lewis b Wright	26
PR Cherrington	c Fagg b Wright	18
LD Thursting	not out	26
+GO Dawkes	b Lewis	0
HA Smith	c Watt b Harding	8
WH Flamson	c Wright b Harding	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 76.2 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-42, 3-45, 4-106, 5-111, 6-142, 7-170, 8-170, 9-195, 10-195 (76.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	9.2	1	26	3	-	-
Todd	11	2	28	0	-	-
Wright	29	6	81	5	-	-
Watt	11	2	26	1	-	-
Lewis	16	5	22	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Smith	2
PR Sunnucks	b Flamson	9
*FGH Chalk	hit wkt b Smith	6
LJ Todd	c Armstrong b Geary	6
TW Spencer	c Tompkin b Geary	0
FG Foy	b Geary	13
NW Harding	b Geary	0
DVP Wright	b Smith	2
+WHV Levett	b Smith	0
AE Watt	b Smith	13
C Lewis	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 26.1 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-14, 3-24, 4-24, 5-28, 6-29, 7-32, 8-32, 9-58, 10-58 (26.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	13.1	4	29	5	-	-
Flamson	6	4	3	1	-	-
Geary	7	3	19	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Todd b Wright	33
*CS Dempster	c Spencer b Lewis	142
NF Armstrong	c and b Lewis	61
GS Watson	b Todd	19
M Tompkin	run out	48
G Geary	b Lewis	20
PR Cherrington	st Levett b Lewis	0
LD Thursting	not out	0
+GO Dawkes	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
WH Flamson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 91.2 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-95, 3-135, 4-249, 5-324, 6-324, 7-337 (91.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	10	2	31	0	-	-
Todd	24	5	89	1	-	-
Wright	14	3	55	1	-	-
Watt	18	2	65	0	-	-
Lewis	22.2	4	70	4	-	-
Chalk	3	1	13	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Sunnucks	b Smith	17
AE Fagg	lbw b Smith	7
*FGH Chalk	b Geary	12
LJ Todd	b Smith	9
TW Spencer	c Dawkes b Geary	8
FG Foy	c Dawkes b Smith	11
NW Harding	b Geary	6
DVP Wright	lbw b Smith	0
+WHV Levett	c Tompkin b Smith	0
AE Watt	c Tompkin b Smith	10
C Lewis	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 37 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-32, 3-38, 4-54, 5-60, 6-75, 7-75, 8-75, 9-87, 10-87 (37 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	19	5	40	7	-	-
Flamson	5	1	12	0	-	-
Geary	13	5	28	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> PR Sunnucks (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> DVP Wright reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CS Dempster retired hurt in the Leicestershire second innings - he returned when the score was 95/2

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Twenty-one wickets fell on the first day as Kent were bowled out for 58 in 82 minutes in their first innings.
Dempster 142 with two 6's and nineteen 4's in about 170 minutes.

 

 

 

 

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