f21302 cc10615	Warwickshire v Kent
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Courtaulds Ground, Coventry on 26th, 28th, 29th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire 0; Kent 4
Umpires	CS Elliott, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 37/2 (Gardner 13*, Dollery 12*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 128/1 (Fagg 60*, Evans 3*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AE Fagg	c Spooner b Hollies	38
AH Phebey	b Dollery	7
RC Wilson	c Townsend b Carter	17
+TG Evans	b Carter	58
J Pettiford	c Spooner b Thompson	41
DG Ufton	c Thompson b Carter	0
AL Dixon	c Thompson b Carter	71
AF Brazier	c Townsend b Dollery	17
F Ridgway	b Dollery	33
TL Pritchard	c Townsend b Dollery	0
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-57, 3-80, 4-135, 5-135, 6-233, 7-243, 8-268, 9-286, 10-286 (96.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	27	7	61	1	-	-
Carter	26	5	107	4	-	-
Dollery	13.2	2	59	4	-	-
Hollies	22	5	49	1	-	-
Leach	8	6	6	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	lbw b Page	62
NF Horner	c Wilson b Ridgway	8
AVG Wolton	b Ridgway	4
KR Dollery	c Phebey b Ridgway	17
CW Leach	lbw b Pritchard	12
RE Hitchcock	c Brazier b Page	113
A Townsend	c Evans b Brazier	30
+RT Spooner	lbw b Ridgway	0
RG Carter	b Ridgway	0
RG Thompson	b Ridgway	1
*WE Hollies	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-19, 3-57, 4-84, 5-135, 6-234, 7-235, 8-235, 9-251, 10-263 (92 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	27	5	64	6	-	-
Pritchard	17	6	39	1	-	-
Page	25	5	79	2	-	-
Dixon	15	6	26	0	-	-
Pettiford	4	1	17	0	-	-
Brazier	4	0	22	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AE Fagg	not out	61
AH Phebey	lbw b Hollies	33
RC Wilson	b Hitchcock	32
+TG Evans	not out	14
J Pettiford	did not bat
DG Ufton	did not bat
AL Dixon	did not bat
AF Brazier	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
TL Pritchard	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-120

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	8	4	17	0	-	-
Carter	3	0	26	0	-	-
Dollery	3	0	20	0	-	-
Hollies	17	7	32	1	-	-
Leach	3	0	22	0	-	-
Hitchcock	12	5	23	1	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NF Horner	not out	48
+RT Spooner	c Dixon b Pritchard	19
FC Gardner	did not bat
AVG Wolton	did not bat
KR Dollery	did not bat
CW Leach	did not bat
RE Hitchcock	did not bat
A Townsend	did not bat
RG Carter	did not bat
RG Thompson	did not bat
*WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 7.3 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-73 (Spooner, 7.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	4	1	29	0	-	-
Pritchard	3.3	0	38	1	-	-

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Notes
--> TL Pritchard made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TL Pritchard made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TG Evans (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> J Pettiford (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 24000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> RG Carter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 2-34)
--> KR Dollery completed a hat-trick in the Kent first innings (Brazier, Pritchard, Ridgway)

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