First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

KENT v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover, August 16, 18, 19, 1947. Kent won by 251 runs. (Points: Kent 12, Leicestershire 0) KENT 1 L.J.Todd c Walsh b Lester 125 c Riddington b Prentice 44 2 A.E.Fagg b Sperry 10 b Sperry 8 3 L.E.G.Ames c Corrall b Sperry 127 b Lester 38 4 *B.H.Valentine b Sperry 61 c Sperry b Lester 42 5 J.G.W.Davies not out 84 c Walsh b Sperry 35 6 G.F.Anson lbw b Walsh 44 c Walsh b Sperry 3 7 P.Hearn not out 26 8 W.Murray-Wood (7) not out 34 9 R.R.Dovey (8) b Sperry 4 10 †W.H.V.Levett 11 F.Ridgway Extras b 6, lb 3, w 1 10 b 1, lb 2 3 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 487 (7 wickets, declared) 211 FoW (1): 1-32, 2-238, 3-328, 4-340, 5-419 FoW (2): 1-23, 2-74, 3-114, 4-149, 5-156, 6-207, 7-211 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry b Ridgway 3 c Levett b Ridgway 9 2 A.Riddington c Valentine b Ridgway 0 b Ridgway 4 3 G.S.Watson b Davies 15 b Ridgway 29 4 M.Tompkin b Ridgway 54 c Valentine b Davies 51 5 V.E.Jackson b Ridgway 146 c Dovey b Murray-Wood 12 6 F.T.Prentice c Levett b Davies 45 b Dovey 1 7 G.Lester c Levett b Murray-Wood 9 not out 14 8 T.A.Chapman b Murray-Wood 0 b Ridgway 1 9 J.E.Walsh c Ames b Dovey 22 c Anson b Davies 1 10 †P.Corrall not out 2 b Ridgway 15 11 J.Sperry c Todd b Dovey 6 b Ridgway 0 Extras b 4, nb 1 5 lb 3 3 —— —— 307 140 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-4, 3-36, 4-111, 5-209, 6-226, 7-226, 8-296, 9-300, 10-307 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-34, 3-51, 4-79, 5-90, 6-113, 7-118, 8-119, 9-140, 10-140 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 25 5 87 3 15.3 1 61 4 Jackson 6 1 19 0 Riddington 16 0 77 0 (2) 10 1 28 0 Lester 29 2 104 1 12 0 69 2 Walsh 27 2 146 1 Prentice 10 1 44 0 (3) 7 0 50 1 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 30 6 74 4 15 3 48 6 Todd 2 2 0 0 4 2 14 0 Dovey 21.2 5 42 2 (4) 6 2 18 1 Davies 24 3 75 2 (3) 11 3 36 2 Murray-Wood 24 0 111 2 7 0 21 1 Umpires: F.Chester and P.T.Mills. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 4-2 (Watson 1*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 186-5 (Davies 32*, Murray-Wood 16*). V.E.Jackson’s 146 took 210 minutes and included 18 fours. 358