First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

LEICESTERSHIRE v KENT Played at Park Road, Loughborough, June 14, 16, 17, 1947. Kent won by 52 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Kent 12) KENT 1 L.J.Todd c and b Riddington 3 b Walsh 23 2 A.E.Fagg c Corrall b Walsh 48 c Riddington b Jackson 57 3 L.E.G.Ames c Jackson b Walsh 17 lbw b Walsh 6 4 *B.H.Valentine lbw b Walsh 10 b Walsh 7 5 A.J.B.Marsham b Jackson 1 c Lester b Jackson 1 6 †T.G.Evans b Walsh 4 b Walsh 9 7 B.R.Edrich c Lester b Jackson 47 b Jackson 15 8 R.R.Dovey lbw b Jackson 4 lbw b Jackson 0 9 D.V.P.Wright not out 19 b Walsh 6 10 N.W.Harding c Walsh b Lester 5 not out 3 11 F.Ridgway b Lester 1 c Riddington b Jackson 0 Extras b 10, lb 6 16 b 3, lb 3 6 —— —— 175 133 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-42, 3-52, 4-61, 5-72, 6-103, 7-120, 8-154, 9-173, 10-175 FoW (2): 1-46, 2-56, 3-68, 4-75, 5-88, 6-111, 7-111, 8-124, 9-132, 10-133 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry c Harding b Wright 45 c Todd b Dovey 20 2 F.T.Prentice b Wright 20 lbw b Wright 7 3 G.Lester lbw b Wright 5 b Dovey 6 4 M.Tompkin lbw b Wright 0 b Dovey 0 5 V.E.Jackson c Evans b Edrich 0 c Ridgway b Dovey 8 6 G.S.Watson c Ridgway b Wright 64 b Wright 23 7 A.Riddington lbw b Wright 15 c Fagg b Wright 8 8 T.A.Chapman lbw b Dovey 0 c Marsham b Wright 11 9 J.E.Walsh c sub b Dovey 0 b Wright 11 10 †P.Corrall not out 2 c Todd b Dovey 0 11 J.Sperry b Wright 0 not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 2, lb 4 6 —— —— 156 100 FoW (1): 1-42, 2-56, 3-56, 4-59, 5-93, 6-146, 7-151, 8-153, 9-155, 10-156 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-33, 3-33, 4-56, 5-56, 6-70, 7-84, 8-93, 9-100, 10-100 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 5 2 8 0 (2) 5 0 13 0 Riddington 6 2 8 1 (1) 6 0 17 0 Walsh 31 3 88 4 (4) 17 0 61 5 Jackson 31 11 47 3 (5) 11 5 18 5 Lester 8.1 4 8 2 (3) 7 1 18 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Harding 2 0 16 0 2 1 8 0 Ridgway 2 0 9 0 2 0 5 0 Dovey 17 6 33 2 (4) 19.2 8 39 5 Wright 20.5 6 65 7 (3) 20 8 42 5 Edrich 5 0 28 1 Umpires: N.Harris and P.Holmes. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 155-9 (Corrall 2*). 203