f15729 cc7605	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 29th, 31st May, 1st June 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 9 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Kent 15
Umpires	WA Buswell, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 29/0 (Berry 14*, Prentice 13*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 152/4 (Armstrong 70*, Geary 13*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	b Geary	7
PR Sunnucks	lbw b Smith	42
FE Woolley	c Prentice b Bowley	37
LEG Ames	c and b Lester	182
LJ Todd	b Smith	17
TW Spencer	b Prentice	35
*RT Bryan	c Berry b Astill	51
FG Foy	c Watson b Astill	25
DVP Wright	c Corrall b Prentice	0
+WHV Levett	not out	3
AE Watt	b Astill	6
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 118.2 overs)	420
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-59, 3-128, 4-224, 5-309, 6-335, 7-405, 8-411, 9-413, 10-420 (118.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	30	6	81	2	-	-
Geary	27	3	84	1	-	-
Bowley	19	2	78	1	-	-
Astill	23.2	4	66	3	-	-
Lester	10	1	58	1	-	-
Prentice	9	1	38	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Wright	132
FT Prentice	lbw b Woolley	33
NF Armstrong	st Levett b Woolley	3
GS Watson	c Bryan b Woolley	2
H Riley	lbw b Wright	31
G Geary	b Wright	0
*WE Astill	b Wright	0
FJ Bowley	c Levett b Watt	9
+P Corrall	b Watt	7
G Lester	not out	3
HA Smith	st Levett b Wright	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-112, 3-116, 4-191, 5-191, 6-191, 7-213, 8-223, 9-225, 10-229 (94.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	11	0	33	0	-	-
Watt	26	4	60	2	-	-
Wright	34.4	10	90	5	-	-
Woolley	23	11	38	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Watt	14
FT Prentice	c Levett b Watt	4
NF Armstrong	b Wright	72
GS Watson	c Woolley b Wright	17
H Riley	st Levett b Woolley	18
G Geary	b Wright	15
*WE Astill	c Woolley b Wright	14
FJ Bowley	c Levett b Watt	7
+P Corrall	c Levett b Wright	4
G Lester	not out	17
HA Smith	c Todd b Watt	33
Extras	(14 b, 7 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-25, 3-70, 4-129, 5-155, 6-164, 7-175, 8-185, 9-185, 10-236 (84 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	9	5	14	0	-	-
Watt	29	7	79	4	-	-
Wright	33	10	93	5	-	-
Woolley	13	5	29	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	not out	25
PR Sunnucks	c and b Lester	14
LJ Todd	not out	6
FE Woolley	did not bat
LEG Ames	did not bat
TW Spencer	did not bat
*RT Bryan	did not bat
FG Foy	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
+WHV Levett	did not bat
AE Watt	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 24.4 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Sunnucks)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	3	14	0	-	-
Geary	6	3	4	0	-	-
Bowley	5.4	1	15	0	-	-
Lester	6	1	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FG Foy made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FG Foy made his debut in County Championship matches
--> G Lester made his debut in First-Class matches
--> G Lester made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 135
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 182

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