f18242	Combined Services v Kent
	Other First-Class matches in England 1949
Venue	Garrison Ground 2, Gillingham on 7th, 9th May 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by an innings and 3 runs
Umpires	JJ Hills, E Humphreys
Close of play day 1	Combined Services (1) 41/5 (Ainsworth 0*, Oakman 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	lbw b Coomb	23
AE Fagg	c May b Deighton	68
LEG Ames	c Deighton b Shirreff	100
P Hearn	b Shirreff	22
+TG Evans	b Shirreff	11
E Crush	c Parnaby b Shirreff	8
DG Clark	lbw b Shirreff	10
BR Edrich	not out	40
RR Dovey	b Bedford	3
DVP Wright	c Shirreff b Bedford	0
F Ridgway	c Deighton b Bedford	41
Extras	(19 b, 6 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 105.4 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-143, 3-207, 4-230, 5-234, 6-254, 7-259, 8-277, 9-277, 10-351 (105.4 ov)

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deighton	27	6	76	1	-	-
Shirreff	27	6	53	5	-	-
Bedford	21.4	0	98	3	-	-
Coomb	23	1	72	1	-	-
Oakman	7	0	27	0	-	-

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Combined Services first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Parnaby	b Wright	11
AC Shirreff	c Todd b Wright	22
JE Manners	b Wright	0
PI Bedford	lbw b Wright	6
PBH May	c Crush b Wright	0
MLY Ainsworth	b Dovey	8
ASM Oakman	c Fagg b Crush	8
WT Greensmith	c Ames b Wright	10
JHG Deighton	b Wright	18
+BRM Hayles	b Wright	4
AG Coomb	not out	5
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 33.2 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-33, 3-36, 4-39, 5-39, 6-52, 7-65, 8-75, 9-84, 10-93 (33.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crush	14	5	34	1	-	-
Ridgway	6	1	17	0	-	-
Wright	11.2	3	35	8	-	-
Dovey	2	0	6	1	-	-

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Combined Services second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Parnaby	c Crush b Ridgway	87
AC Shirreff	c Fagg b Crush	0
JE Manners	b Ridgway	1
PI Bedford	lbw b Wright	12
PBH May	b Wright	52
MLY Ainsworth	b Wright	14
ASM Oakman	st Evans b Dovey	4
WT Greensmith	c Crush b Wright	2
JHG Deighton	b Wright	65
+BRM Hayles	b Crush	6
AG Coomb	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-33, 4-142, 5-163, 6-166, 7-173, 8-180, 9-250, 10-255 (86.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	21	5	53	2	-	-
Crush	19	7	49	2	-	-
Wright	22.1	5	100	5	-	-
Dovey	17	6	26	1	-	-
Edrich	7	1	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> BRM Hayles made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BR Edrich (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> F Ridgway (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> JHG Deighton (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> PI Bedford reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> E Crush reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Combined Services second innings

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