First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WARWICKSHIRE v KENT Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, July 3, 5, 6, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Warwickshire 4, Kent 0) WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner b Dovey 126 2 K.A.Taylor c and b Davies 18 3 J.S.Ord c Fagg b Wright 24 4 M.P.Donnelly b Dovey 61 5 H.E.Dollery c Ridgway b Hearn 93 6 *R.H.Maudsley c Evans b Bailey 0 7 A.Townsend b Wright 36 8 †R.T.Spooner not out 52 9 C.W.C.Grove c Fagg b Wright 6 10 T.L.Pritchard c Evans b Davies 36 11 W.E.Hollies st Evans b Davies 1 Extras b 15, lb 7, w 1, nb 2 25 —— 478 FoW (1): 1-52, 2-108, 3-221, 4-282, 5-283, 6-362, 7-407, 8-413, 9-476, 10-478 KENT 1 L.J.Todd b Pritchard 49 not out 127 2 A.E.Fagg b Hollies 99 c and b Hollies 106 3 L.E.G.Ames run out 1 c Spooner b Maudsley 46 4 P.Hearn b Hollies 1 5 J.G.W.Davies b Grove 2 6 †T.G.Evans b Grove 0 7 R.R.Dovey c Spooner b Pritchard 35 8 D.V.P.Wright run out 5 9 F.Ridgway not out 1 10 R.A.Bailey b Pritchard 0 11 *B.H.Valentine absent hurt 0 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 lb 3, w 1, nb 4 8 —— —— 198 (2 wickets) 287 FoW (1): 1-68, 2-69, 3-73, 4-90, 5-94, 6-172, 7-195, 8-195, 9-198 FoW (2): 1-191, 2-287 Kent Bowling O M R W Bailey 36 4 134 1 Ridgway 5 1 23 0 Wright 40 11 114 3 Davies 36 11 87 3 Dovey 38 18 57 2 Todd 9 1 23 0 Hearn 4 0 15 1 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 27 7 63 3 30 7 85 0 Grove 18 3 59 2 23 3 68 0 Hollies 28 6 49 2 48 18 70 1 Townsend 4 0 7 0 20 4 39 0 Donnelly 2 0 15 0 Maudsley (5) 8.5 4 17 1 Umpires: W.H.Ashdown and G.M.Lee. Toss: Warwickshire Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 374-6 (Townsend 29*, Spooner 6*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 38-0 (Todd 24*, Fagg 14*). F.C.Gardner’s 126 took 280 minutes. 265