First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

KENT v YORKSHIRE Played at The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells, July 2, 3, 1947. Kent won by 57 runs. (Points: Kent 12, Yorkshire 0) KENT 1 L.J.Todd b Coxon 21 c Hutton b Coxon 2 2 A.E.Fagg run out 72 lbw b Coxon 10 3 P.Hearn b Coxon 43 c Yardley b Smailes 5 4 J.G.W.Davies lbw b Smailes 41 c Sellers b Smailes 16 5 *B.H.Valentine c Watson b Booth 54 b Robinson 15 6 G.F.Anson c Hutton b Booth 10 b Robinson 0 7 †T.G.Evans c Coxon b Booth 34 st Brennan b Smailes 7 8 R.R.Dovey hit wkt b Booth 3 b Robinson 0 9 D.V.P.Wright b Coxon 1 st Brennan b Smailes 3 10 N.W.Harding c Yardley b Booth 14 c Sellers b Robinson 3 11 F.Ridgway not out 0 not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 4, nb 2 10 b 5, w 1, nb 1 7 —— —— 303 68 FoW (1): 1-26, 2-119, 3-187, 4-187, 5-212, 6-285, 7-288, 8-289, 9-293, 10-303 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-19, 3-21, 4-49, 5-49, 6-51, 7-52, 8-61, 9-68, 10-68 YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton b Davies 74 c Todd b Wright 32 2 W.Watson c Evans b Ridgway 0 b Harding 1 3 H.Halliday b Ridgway 1 c Evans b Harding 0 4 N.W.D.Yardley lbw b Wright 19 c Ridgway b Harding 4 5 *A.B.Sellers run out 16 c Todd b Harding 1 6 T.F.Smailes c Valentine b Wright 8 c Ridgway b Wright 25 7 A.Coxon lbw b Wright 0 c Fagg b Dovey 63 8 J.H.Wardle b Davies 0 b Dovey 28 9 E.P.Robinson b Wright 5 c Ridgway b Dovey 0 10 †D.V.Brennan b Davies 16 c Evans b Wright 0 11 A.Booth not out 1 not out 0 Extras b 8, lb 3 11 b 4, lb 5 9 —— —— 151 163 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-16, 3-51, 4-80, 5-104, 6-104, 7-115, 8-130, 9-138, 10-151 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-5, 3-11, 4-29, 5-54, 6-88, 7-156, 8-156, 9-157, 10-163 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Coxon 24 5 62 3 6 0 25 2 Smailes 18 4 38 1 2nb 14.2 5 19 4 1w,1nb Yardley 7 0 27 0 Booth 25.4 5 84 5 2 1 1 0 Robinson 16 5 38 0 (3) 11 5 16 4 Wardle 17 4 44 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Harding 6 1 19 0 12 4 25 4 Ridgway 10 2 25 2 4 1 18 0 Wright 15 5 54 4 (4) 14 1 76 3 Dovey 4 0 17 0 (5) 10.4 5 17 3 Davies 10.4 2 25 3 (3) 16 7 18 0 Umpires: E.Cooke and G.M.Lee. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 92-4 (Hutton 45*, Smailes 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 252