First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

LEICESTERSHIRE v KENT Played at Grace Road, Leicester, August 25, 27, 28, 1951. Leicestershire won by seven wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 12, Kent 0) KENT 1 A.E.Fagg lbw b Wooler 5 b Walsh 56 2 A.H.Phebey c Firth b Wooler 4 c Firth b Wooler 0 3 M.C.Cowdrey c Palmer b Wooler 10 c Palmer b Munden 87 4 B.R.Edrich b Wooler 0 c Firth b Wooler 27 5 R.Mayes b Sperry 8 (6) b Sperry 0 6 A.C.Shirreff b Wooler 0 (7) lbw b Sperry 27 7 †T.G.Evans c Smith b Munden 101 (5) lbw b Wooler 0 8 *W.Murray-Wood b Sperry 13 b Sperry 14 9 R.R.Dovey c Firth b Sperry 2 b Sperry 14 10 D.V.P.Wright run out 6 not out 3 11 F.Ridgway not out 8 b Walsh 6 Extras lb 1 1 b 1, lb 2, w 4, nb 3 10 —— —— 158 244 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-9, 3-9, 4-22, 5-22, 6-30, 7-68, 8-74, 9-95, 10-158 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-104, 3-167, 4-167, 5-170, 6-180, 7-219, 8-224, 9-237, 10-244 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c Evans b Wright 34 b Ridgway 0 2 G.A.Smithson b Shirreff 11 b Dovey 105 3 M.Tompkin lbw b Wright 60 b Ridgway 58 4 *C.H.Palmer c and b Shirreff 56 not out 0 5 V.E.Jackson b Wright 11 not out 4 6 V.S.Munden c Fagg b Shirreff 18 7 M.J.K.Smith c Cowdrey b Wright 1 8 J.E.Walsh lbw b Shirreff 1 9 †J.Firth lbw b Ridgway 23 10 C.R.D.Wooler not out 7 11 J.Sperry c Fagg b Ridgway 0 Extras b 10, lb 2, nb 1 13 lb 1 1 —— —— 235 (3 wickets) 168 FoW (1): 1-44, 2-52, 3-145, 4-177, 5-184, 6-194, 7-195, 8-202, 9-235, 10-235 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-160, 3-164 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Wooler 20 6 47 5 30 6 67 3 Sperry 22 4 51 3 27 8 51 4 Walsh 5 0 32 0 (5) 9.2 0 42 2 Jackson 4 1 18 0 (3) 18 9 38 0 Munden 1.1 0 9 1 (4) 14 4 36 1 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 13.5 0 59 2 13 3 52 2 Shirreff 37 12 70 4 5 0 48 0 Wright 22 4 50 4 (4) 2 0 21 0 Dovey 19 9 25 0 (3) 10 0 46 1 Edrich 5 1 18 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and E.Paynter. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 145-3 (Tompkin 38*, Jackson 0*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 171-5 (Cowdrey 83*, Shirreff 0*). T.G.Evans’s 101 included 14 fours and 2 sixes. G.A.Smithson’s 105 took 90 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 six. 420