First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

KENT v YORKSHIRE Played at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, August 30, September 1, 2, 1952. Yorkshire won by an innings and 51 runs. (Points: Kent 0, Yorkshire 12) KENT 1 A.H.Phebey c Foord b Halliday 38 b Holdsworth 2 2 A.F.Woollett c Halliday b Wardle 25 c Wilson b Close 36 3 †T.G.Evans b Wardle 24 c Wardle b Close 15 4 M.C.Cowdrey not out 85 b Wardle 1 5 P.Hearn lbw b Wardle 3 c Booth b Wardle 6 6 R.Mayes c Booth b Holdsworth 20 c Sutcliffe b Wardle 8 7 *W.Murray-Wood b Foord 6 b Close 33 8 R.R.Dovey c Holdsworth b Halliday 28 c Booth b Wardle 2 9 D.V.P.Wright c Booth b Foord 6 c Lester b Wardle 3 10 F.Ridgway c Lester b Wardle 1 c Lester b Wardle 4 11 J.C.T.Page b Wardle 2 not out 13 Extras lb 9, nb 2 11 lb 5 5 —— —— 249 128 FoW (1): 1-71, 2-71, 3-106, 4-110, 5-147, 6-156, 7-212, 8-229, 9-232, 10-249 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-40, 3-45, 4-51, 5-73, 6-73, 7-83, 8-93, 9-112, 10-128 YORKSHIRE 1 W.H.H.Sutcliffe c Dovey b Page 181 2 J.V.Wilson b Ridgway 1 3 E.I.Lester c Wright b Ridgway 20 4 D.B.Close c Evans b Wright 2 5 *L.Hutton c Murray-Wood b Dovey 120 6 W.Watson b Dovey 26 7 H.Halliday b Page 31 8 J.H.Wardle b Dovey 26 9 †R.Booth not out 0 10 C.W.Foord 11 W.E.N.Holdsworth Extras b 17, lb 4 21 —— (8 wickets, declared) 428 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-40, 3-55, 4-256, 5-292, 6-343, 7-424, 8-428 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Foord 26 6 67 2 5 2 18 0 Holdsworth 19 5 38 1 4 0 6 1 Halliday 25 13 50 2 Wardle 33.1 16 69 5 (3) 27.2 18 29 6 Close 8 3 14 0 (4) 23 7 64 3 Hutton (5) 1 0 6 0 Kent Bowling O M R W Ridgway 24 6 71 2 Page 20.5 1 111 2 Wright 26 5 76 1 Dovey 27 2 116 3 Cowdrey 4 1 8 0 Murray-Wood 2 0 25 0 Umpires: F.S.Lee and A.Skelding. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 18-1 (Lester 12*, Sutcliffe 4*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 57-4 (Woollett 29*, Mayes 0*). W.H.H.Sutcliffe’s 181 included 28 fours. L.Hutton’s 120 took 140 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 six. 422