f19970 cc9883	Kent v Lancashire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 16th, 18th, 19th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by an innings and 83 runs
Points	Kent 0; Lancashire 12
Umpires	JJ Hills, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 400 all out
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 10/1 (Fagg 6*, Hearn 1*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Murray-Wood b Page	64
W Place	run out	38
GA Edrich	c Fagg b Page	9
KJ Grieves	c Ufton b Ridgway	144
*ND Howard	lbw b Ridgway	3
PT Marner	lbw b Wright	62
CS Smith	c Fagg b Page	12
J Hilton	b Wright	0
+FD Parr	c Ridgway b Wright	26
MJ Hilton	not out	25
JB Statham	c Page b Wright	7
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 110.3 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-101, 2-111, 3-111, 4-130, 5-278, 6-305, 7-306, 8-363, 9-373, 10-400 (110.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	23	3	80	2	-	-
Wright	31.3	5	95	4	-	-
Dovey	19	4	60	0	-	-
Page	33	6	129	3	-	-
Hearn	1	0	6	0	-	-
Edrich	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Parr b Statham	0
AH Phebey	b Smith	22
P Hearn	c Grieves b Smith	25
R Mayes	c Edrich b Smith	27
+DG Ufton	c Parr b Smith	39
BR Edrich	c J Hilton b MJ Hilton	35
*W Murray-Wood	b Smith	0
RR Dovey	b MJ Hilton	20
DVP Wright	b MJ Hilton	31
F Ridgway	c Place b MJ Hilton	17
JCT Page	not out	3
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-39, 3-54, 4-120, 5-125, 6-125, 7-152, 8-206, 9-232, 10-236 (85.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	24	6	59	1	-	-
Smith	21	5	69	5	-	-
MJ Hilton	28.1	13	49	4	-	-
Marner	12	2	42	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c J Hilton b MJ Hilton	17
AH Phebey	c Parr b Statham	2
P Hearn	retired hurt	2
R Mayes	c Parr b Smith	16
+DG Ufton	c Parr b Smith	10
BR Edrich	retired hurt	1
*W Murray-Wood	c Parr b Smith	1
RR Dovey	c Place b MJ Hilton	17
DVP Wright	c Grieves b MJ Hilton	1
F Ridgway	c Parr b Statham	0
JCT Page	not out	12
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 38.4 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-23, 3-48, 4-49, 5-51, 6-63, 7-65, 8-81 (38.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	12	4	14	2	-	-
Smith	13	7	18	3	-	-
MJ Hilton	13.4	3	47	3	-	-

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Notes
--> KJ Grieves (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 106
--> DVP Wright reached 1250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> MJ Hilton reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> CS Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-51)
--> CS Smith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings
--> CS Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-51)
--> CS Smith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings
--> P Hearn retired hurt in the Kent second innings having scored 2 (team score 23/1)
--> BR Edrich retired hurt in the Kent second innings having scored 1 (team score 52/5)

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