First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

KENT v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend, May 26, 28, 29, 1951. Kent won by 21 runs. (Points: Kent 12, Leicestershire 0) KENT 1 A.E.Fagg b Munden 107 lbw b Munden 50 2 *D.G.Clark c Smithson b Jackson 58 c Firth b Walsh 7 3 P.Hearn lbw b Jackson 14 (10) run out 0 4 M.C.Cowdrey b Jackson 54 b Munden 0 5 R.Mayes b Jackson 7 (8) run out 2 6 †T.G.Evans c Munden b Jackson 9 (3) b Lester 55 7 B.R.Edrich lbw b Munden 8 (5) c and b Jackson 11 8 S.E.A.Kimmins c and b Munden 13 (6) st Firth b Jackson 1 9 R.R.Dovey c Walsh b Jackson 0 (11) not out 0 10 D.V.P.Wright not out 19 (9) c Lester b Munden 1 11 F.Ridgway b Munden 6 (7) c Palmer b Jackson 2 Extras lb 4, w 1 5 w 1 1 —— —— 300 130 FoW (1): 1-102, 2-151, 3-236, 4-238, 5-248, 6-257, 7-273, 8-275, 9-279, 10-300 FoW (2): 1-16, 2-84, 3-90, 4-115, 5-125, 6-125, 7-129, 8-129, 9-130, 10-130 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c Clark b Dovey 1 (9) b Ridgway 1 2 V.S.Munden b Wright 8 st Evans b Dovey 25 3 M.Tompkin c Clark b Edrich 26 b Wright 13 4 *C.H.Palmer b Edrich 12 (6) b Wright 47 5 V.E.Jackson c Evans b Cowdrey 11 (7) lbw b Wright 13 6 G.A.Smithson run out 74 (4) b Dovey 16 7 F.T.Prentice c Ridgway b Wright 11 (8) c and b Wright 11 8 G.Lester b Edrich 15 (1) b Wright 43 9 †J.Firth not out 16 (10) c Edrich b Wright 0 10 J.E.Walsh lbw b Wright 13 (5) c Hearn b Wright 17 11 J.Sperry b Wright 0 not out 0 Extras b 17, lb 3, nb 3 23 b 9, lb 2, nb 2 13 —— —— 210 199 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-31, 3-39, 4-71, 5-76, 6-115, 7-167, 8-192, 9-210, 10-210 FoW (2): 1-49, 2-79, 3-90, 4-110, 5-135, 6-166, 7-196, 8-199, 9-199, 10-199 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 21 1 83 0 8 2 20 0 Palmer 14 2 29 0 1 0 1 0 Jackson 40 18 80 6 (4) 9 1 27 3 Walsh 8 1 26 0 (3) 3 0 11 1 Lester 5 1 18 0 (6) 5 0 20 1 Munden 21.3 6 59 4 (5) 10.4 0 50 3 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 7 1 20 0 11.2 1 36 1 Dovey 25 11 43 1 19 3 67 2 Wright 23.3 6 73 4 21 2 83 7 Edrich 22 9 26 3 Cowdrey 5 2 13 1 Hearn 4 0 12 0 Umpires: G.S.Mobey and H.L.Parkin. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 209-2 (Fagg 100*, Cowdrey 32*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 16-1 (Fagg 9*). A.E.Fagg’s 107 took 200 minutes. 190