First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

LEICESTERSHIRE v KENT Played at Park Road, Loughborough, August 9, 11, 12, 1952. Leicestershire won by nine wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 12, Kent 0) KENT 1 A.H.Phebey b Palmer 12 c Lester b Munden 16 2 A.F.Woollett b Palmer 24 b Spencer 0 3 †T.G.Evans c Firth b Jackson 12 st Firth b Walsh 70 4 P.Hearn b Palmer 26 b Walsh 7 5 R.Mayes c Smithson b Jackson 0 not out 8 6 B.R.Edrich retired hurt 29 absent hurt 0 7 *W.Murray-Wood b Jackson 0 (6) lbw b Walsh 0 8 R.R.Dovey c Goodwin b Jackson 1 (7) c Palmer b Jackson 1 9 L.Hellmuth c Smithson b Jackson 11 (8) b Jackson 0 10 F.Ridgway b Jackson 14 (9) b Jackson 0 11 J.C.T.Page not out 1 (10) b Jackson 0 Extras lb 2 2 —— —— 132 102 FoW (1): 1-35, 2-38, 3-48, 4-52, 5-100, 6-106, 7-106, 8-127, 9-132 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-49, 3-88, 4-97, 5-97, 6-102, 7-102, 8-102, 9-102 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.Lester c Woollett b Dovey 26 (2) not out 9 2 G.A.Smithson b Page 24 (1) c and b Page 11 3 L.A.Spence c and b Hellmuth 10 not out 4 4 *C.H.Palmer lbw b Dovey 3 5 V.E.Jackson c Page b Ridgway 36 6 V.S.Munden b Page 2 7 J.E.Walsh b Hellmuth 18 8 M.A.J.Sargent c Woollett b Dovey 10 9 †J.Firth c Ridgway b Dovey 38 10 C.T.Spencer c Hellmuth b Page 34 11 T.J.Goodwin not out 0 Extras b 6, lb 2 8 b 2 2 —— —— 209 (1 wicket) 26 FoW (1): 1-33, 2-51, 3-58, 4-83, 5-98, 6-114, 7-128, 8-142, 9-209, 10-209 FoW (2): 1-21 (1) Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Goodwin 6 0 16 0 Spencer 4 2 15 0 (1) 8 1 18 1 Palmer 27 17 28 3 (2) 14 4 25 0 Jackson 34.2 15 60 6 (3) 13.1 5 25 4 Munden 9 2 11 0 (4) 5 0 25 1 Walsh (5) 9 5 9 3 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 9 2 14 1 2 0 2 0 Page 17.1 2 55 3 3 1 13 1 Dovey 40 21 67 4 1.5 0 9 0 Hellmuth 29 11 64 2 Murray-Wood 2 1 1 0 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and J.S.Buller. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 77-4 (Hearn 8*, Edrich 19*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 202-8 (Firth 37*, Spencer 30*). 372