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| Venue | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 4th, 5th, 6th August 1954 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Kent 4; Middlesex 0 |
| Umpires | AJB Fowler, JJ Hills |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 7/1 (Allan 0*, Wilson 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (1) 325/7 (Hearn 37*, Ridgway 5*) |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JDB Robertson | c Wright b Ridgway | 18 | |||||
| JG Dewes | c Phebey b Wright | 93 | |||||
| *WJ Edrich | b Ridgway | 13 | |||||
| AW Thompson | b Wright | 91 | |||||
| GPS Delisle | not out | 42 | |||||
| D Bennett | b Smith | 21 | |||||
| FJ Titmus | c Phebey b Allan | 12 | |||||
| +LH Compton | c Smith b Allan | 3 | |||||
| JJ Warr | not out | 12 | |||||
| JA Young | did not bat | ||||||
| AE Moss | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 96 overs) | 318 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-54, 3-216, 4-235, 5-273, 6-293, 7-297 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 21 | 3 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 21 | 3 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wright | 14 | 2 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dovey | 21 | 3 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allan | 9 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pettiford | 10 | 0 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Phebey | c Compton b Moss | 0 | |||||
| JM Allan | c Dewes b Young | 27 | |||||
| RC Wilson | lbw b Edrich | 131 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | c Moss b Young | 95 | |||||
| J Pettiford | run out | 1 | |||||
| P Hearn | not out | 37 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Titmus b Edrich | 8 | |||||
| G Smith | c Thompson b Young | 6 | |||||
| F Ridgway | not out | 5 | |||||
| RR Dovey | did not bat | ||||||
| *DVP Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 10 lb, 1 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 145 overs) | 325 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-66, 3-262, 4-265, 5-267, 6-281, 7-315 | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Moss | 14 | 4 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Warr | 12 | 5 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Young | 53 | 17 | 102 | 3 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 22 | 9 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edrich | 29 | 12 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Robertson | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 24000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> JG Dewes (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> GPS Delisle (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> RC Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in County Championship matches
--> RC Wilson (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> RC Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 101 in First-Class matches
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 24
--> MC Cowdrey (1) equalled his previous highest score of 95 in County Championship matches
--> P Hearn (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> JM Allan reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
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