FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

YORKSHIRE v KENT Played at Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford, May 29, 30, 1946. Yorkshire won by 192 runs. (Points: Yorkshire 12, Kent 0) YORKSHIRE 1 W.Barber c Evans b Martin 0 c sub b Harding 12 2 L.Hutton b Harding 83 c Martin b Lewis 32 3 N.W.D.Yardley b Martin 0 b Lewis 10 4 M.Leyland b Martin 88 c Pearce b Wright 20 5 C.Turner c Wright b Dovey 31 b Wright 29 6 *A.B.Sellers b Martin 0 c Martin b Wright 38 7 T.F.Smailes b Martin 8 c Valentine b Lewis 20 8 †K.Fiddling b Wright 8 b Wright 5 9 E.P.Robinson b Wright 3 c Dovey b Lewis 1 10 W.E.Bowes b Dovey 0 c Valentine b Wright 2 11 A.Booth not out 4 not out 3 Extras b 5, lb 6 11 lb 3 3 —— —— 236 175 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-4, 3-170, 4-175, 5-176, 6-200, 7-222, 8-232, 9-232, 10-236 FoW (2): 1-33, 2-47, 3-60, 4-80, 5-144, 6-149, 7-150, 8-156, 9-164, 10-175 KENT 1 L.J.Todd lbw b Smailes 8 lbw b Bowes 41 2 T.A.Pearce b Bowes 7 c Fiddling b Bowes 15 3 L.E.G.Ames b Robinson 26 absent hurt 0 4 *B.H.Valentine c Robinson b Booth 20 (3) b Booth 13 5 T.W.Spencer c Fiddling b Robinson 4 (4) c Robinson b Booth 0 6 †T.G.Evans c Smailes b Robinson 10 (5) c Fiddling b Robinson 0 7 D.V.P.Wright b Bowes 15 (6) c Booth b Robinson 28 8 N.W.Harding c Fiddling b Bowes 5 (7) b Robinson 0 9 R.R.Dovey not out 5 (8) c Fiddling b Robinson 5 10 C.Lewis b Bowes 0 (9) b Robinson 6 11 J.W.Martin c Yardley b Bowes 0 (10) not out 1 Extras b 5, lb 1 6 lb 4 4 —— —— 106 113 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-15, 3-55, 4-61, 5-70, 6-77, 7-89, 8-106, 9-106, 10-106 FoW (2): 1-23, 2-46, 3-46, 4-49, 5-100, 6-100, 7-100, 8-112, 9-113 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Martin 26 8 59 5 9 0 28 0 Harding 12 0 25 1 8 1 29 1 1nb Todd 2 0 9 0 Dovey 13.2 3 36 2 (5) 3 0 9 0 Wright 17 1 78 2 (4) 16 6 50 5 Lewis 9 3 18 0 (3) 16.3 2 56 4 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Bowes 16 7 17 5 20 4 41 2 Smailes 14 2 46 1 10 3 21 0 1nb Booth 13 5 17 1 13 7 13 2 Robinson 14 6 20 3 13.4 4 29 5 Leyland (5) 1 0 5 0 Umpires: G.Beet and Harry Elliott. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 106-9 (Dovey 5*, Martin 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 139