FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

LEICESTERSHIRE v KENT Played at Grace Road, Leicester, August 24, 26, 27, 1946. Leicestershire won by 259 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 12, Kent 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry lbw b Ridgway 96 c Levett b Crush 8 2 F.T.Prentice c Levett b Davies 11 c Dovey b Davies 39 3 G.Lester b Dovey 47 not out 82 4 M.Tompkin c Levett b Crush 6 c Dovey b Ridgway 51 5 W.A.Smith c Crush b Ridgway 1 c Levett b Davies 6 6 V.E.Jackson not out 39 7 G.S.Watson c and b Ridgway 16 (6) c Harding b Ridgway 7 8 A.Riddington b Ridgway 0 9 J.E.Walsh b Ridgway 0 (7) not out 11 10 †P.Corrall lbw b Crush 5 11 J.Sperry b Crush 0 Extras b 5, lb 4, nb 1 10 b 4, lb 12, nb 5 21 —— —— 231 (5 wickets, declared) 225 FoW (1): 1-39, 2-146, 3-157, 4-165, 5-183, 6-214, 7-214, 8-218, 9-231, 10-231 FoW (2): 1-16, 2-101, 3-177, 4-192, 5-211 KENT 1 L.J.Todd c Smith b Walsh 19 b Lester 9 2 J.G.W.Davies b Walsh 11 b Lester 12 3 L.E.G.Ames c and b Walsh 7 lbw b Walsh 11 4 *B.H.Valentine st Corrall b Walsh 2 lbw b Walsh 0 5 H.A.Pawson b Walsh 25 st Corrall b Lester 19 6 E.Crush b Walsh 4 b Walsh 12 7 A.J.B.Marsham c and b Lester 8 st Corrall b Walsh 16 8 †W.H.V.Levett lbw b Walsh 0 b Walsh 6 9 N.W.Harding not out 7 st Corrall b Lester 0 10 R.R.Dovey b Walsh 0 c Riddington b Walsh 3 11 F.Ridgway lbw b Lester 10 not out 1 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 b 8, lb 1, w 1 10 —— —— 98 99 FoW (1): 1-27, 2-37, 3-38, 4-47, 5-51, 6-78, 7-78, 8-79, 9-81, 10-98 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-28, 3-29, 4-40, 5-66, 6-72, 7-93, 8-95, 9-97, 10-99 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Harding 3 0 11 0 (8) 3 0 19 0 Crush 11 4 19 3 (4) 17 5 43 1 Davies 30 10 74 1 (5) 18 6 38 2 Marsham 5 1 20 0 (2) 2 0 10 0 Dovey 31 15 45 1 (6) 24 10 43 0 Ridgway 17 4 44 5 (3) 16 3 39 2 Ames 7 4 8 0 4 0 12 0 Todd (1) 2 2 0 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 4 2 7 0 (2) 3 1 9 0 Jackson 14 5 21 0 (1) 4 2 5 0 Riddington 4 0 7 0 Walsh 15 3 54 8 19.5 2 53 6 Lester 4.3 3 4 2 (3) 20 9 22 4 Umpires: J.A.Smart and J.Tranter. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 191-5 (Jackson 16*, Watson 4*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 163-2 (Lester 60*, Tompkin 39*). 351