f21032 cc10510	Kent v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 4; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	H Elliott, WT Jones
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 134/2 (Allan 34*, Wilson 10*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 125/1 (Young 71*, Graveney 33*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Smith	0
CA Milton	c Cowdrey b Wright	50
TW Graveney	c and b Smith	18
JF Crapp	c Smith b Wright	3
*GM Emmett	lbw b Smith	1
GEE Lambert	c Ufton b Phillips	7
JB Mortimore	c Smith b Phillips	24
+P Rochford	not out	3
BD Wells	c Ufton b Wright	26
C Cook	lbw b Wright	0
FP McHugh	c Allan b Wright	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-22, 3-29, 4-30, 5-51, 6-110, 7-113, 8-140, 9-140, 10-144 (67.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	26	13	26	3	-	-
Phillips	27	7	69	2	-	-
Wright	14.4	3	37	5	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Graveney b Lambert	78
MC Cowdrey	b McHugh	5
JM Allan	lbw b McHugh	105
RC Wilson	c Lambert b Cook	32
J Pettiford	c McHugh b Wells	71
JF Pretlove	c Rochford b McHugh	0
AF Brazier	b Cook	9
+DG Ufton	b Lambert	27
G Smith	c Mortimore b McHugh	14
*DVP Wright	not out	0
JB Phillips	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 130.3 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-116, 3-177, 4-281, 5-289, 6-319, 7-319, 8-360, 9-360 (130.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	32.3	4	96	2	-	-
McHugh	36	9	91	4	-	-
Cook	27	8	63	2	-	-
Wells	27	7	69	1	-	-
Milton	5	0	14	0	-	-
Mortimore	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Allan	137
CA Milton	c Pettiford b Smith	14
TW Graveney	b Wright	34
JF Crapp	not out	69
*GM Emmett	c Pettiford b Allan	22
GEE Lambert	not out	8
JB Mortimore	did not bat
+P Rochford	did not bat
BD Wells	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
FP McHugh	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	24
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 114 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-126, 3-255, 4-291

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	40	13	56	1	-	-
Phillips	20	2	70	0	-	-
Wright	20	4	60	1	-	-
Pettiford	9	2	35	0	-	-
Allan	18	8	33	2	-	-
Pretlove	5	1	26	0	-	-
Cowdrey	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Allan (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in County Championship matches
--> JM Allan (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> J Pettiford (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 71
--> J Pettiford (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 71
--> J Pettiford (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 59
--> AF Brazier (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> JF Crapp (2) passed 19000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 46

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