First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

DERBYSHIRE v KENT Played at Abbeydale Park, Sheffield, July 5, 7, 8, 1947. Match drawn. (Points: Derbyshire 4, Kent 0) DERBYSHIRE 1 A.F.Townsend lbw b Murray-Wood 63 (2) b Murray-Wood 60 2 C.S.Elliott b Ridgway 70 (1) b Ridgway 25 3 A.E.Alderman c Fagg b Dovey 0 (5) c Dovey b Todd 19 4 †D.Smith retired hurt 31 absent hurt 0 5 *E.J.Gothard c Fagg b Ridgway 0 (7) not out 8 6 A.C.Revill lbw b Murray-Wood 13 (4) b Murray-Wood 6 7 A.E.G.Rhodes c Todd b Dovey 61 (6) c Fagg b Ridgway 15 8 F.E.Marsh not out 21 (3) b Murray-Wood 26 9 R.M.Watson b Dovey 0 (8) b Ridgway 0 10 W.H.Copson lbw b Hearn 17 (9) c Murray-Wood b Todd 6 11 H.L.Jackson b Dovey 0 (10) b Todd 0 Extras b 10, lb 1 11 b 9, lb 2 11 —— —— 287 176 FoW (1): 1-119, 2-124, 3-168, 4-176, 5-231, 6-259, 7-261, 8-280, 9-287 FoW (2): 1-58, 2-106, 3-119, 4-120, 5-160, 6-162, 7-162, 8-175, 9-176 KENT 1 L.J.Todd c sub b Jackson 31 not out 7 2 A.E.Fagg c Alderman b Copson 65 not out 3 3 P.Hearn b Rhodes 17 4 *B.H.Valentine b Copson 34 5 H.J.Pocock b Rhodes 20 6 B.R.Edrich lbw b Rhodes 1 7 R.Mayes c Alderman b Copson 14 8 W.Murray-Wood c Jackson b Rhodes 0 9 R.R.Dovey b Copson 15 10 F.Ridgway b Rhodes 1 11 †W.H.V.Levett not out 8 Extras b 3, lb 4 7 b 4 4 —— —— 213 (no wicket) 14 FoW (1): 1-88, 2-104, 3-130, 4-172, 5-172, 6-176, 7-176, 8-204, 9-205, 10-213 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 36 8 104 2 20 7 49 3 Todd 21 8 39 0 13 6 25 3 Murray-Wood 14 1 59 2 (4) 15 2 42 3 Dovey 29 11 67 4 (3) 18 9 36 0 Hearn 4 1 7 1 Pocock (5) 4 0 13 0 Derbyshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Copson 31.1 11 55 4 2.5 0 4 0 Jackson 11 1 40 1 2 1 6 0 Rhodes 27 5 83 5 Marsh 10 5 23 0 Revill 2 0 5 0 Umpires: N.Harris and A.Mitchison. Toss: Derbyshire Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 35-0 (Todd 18*, Fagg 13*); 2nd day: Derbyshire (2) 149-4 (Alderman 16*, Rhodes 9*). D.Smith retired hurt in the Derbyshire first innings having scored 31 (team score 175-3). A.E.Alderman kept wicket as D.Smith was injured while batting. 255