f23688 cc11791	Worcestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 13th, 15th, 16th May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 35 runs
Points	Worcestershire 0; Kent 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	PA Gibb, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 42/0 (Kenyon 25*, Horton 15*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 43/3 (Prideaux 11*, Cowdrey 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Booth b Standen	33
RM Prideaux	b Flavell	5
RC Wilson	c Richardson b Gifford	40
*MC Cowdrey	c Booth b Flavell	25
SE Leary	b Flavell	107
PH Jones	lbw b Flavell	13
AL Dixon	b Standen	12
+DG Ufton	b Coldwell	35
DJ Halfyard	b Horton	21
A Brown	not out	25
DM Sayer	b Flavell	3
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 123 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-49, 3-95, 4-111, 5-137, 6-153, 7-231, 8-285, 9-303, 10-325 (123 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	36	5	104	5	-	-
Coldwell	25	7	57	1	-	-
Standen	24	6	66	2	-	-
Gifford	28	13	56	1	-	-
Horton	10	1	36	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	lbw b Brown	33
MJ Horton	b Sayer	27
RGA Headley	b Brown	0
DW Richardson	b Dixon	59
G Dews	c Cowdrey b Brown	12
TE Davies	b Brown	5
+R Booth	b Halfyard	33
JA Standen	c and b Sayer	39
N Gifford	not out	2
LJ Coldwell	c Dixon b Halfyard	6
JA Flavell	b Sayer	3
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	23
Total	(all out, 122.5 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-55, 3-69, 4-104, 5-110, 6-156, 7-231, 8-231, 9-239, 10-242 (122.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	28	11	55	2	-	-
Sayer	24.5	7	54	3	-	-
Brown	22	10	39	4	-	-
Jones	23	11	37	0	-	-
Dixon	18	10	21	1	-	-
Leary	7	2	13	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Richardson b Flavell	1
RM Prideaux	lbw b Gifford	22
RC Wilson	b Gifford	26
+DG Ufton	c Richardson b Horton	2
*MC Cowdrey	c Booth b Horton	6
SE Leary	c Richardson b Horton	4
PH Jones	lbw b Horton	25
AL Dixon	c Standen b Gifford	25
DJ Halfyard	b Gifford	5
A Brown	not out	2
DM Sayer	b Horton	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 55.5 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-40, 3-43, 4-49, 5-59, 6-77, 7-101, 8-112, 9-125, 10-126 (55.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	9	2	33	1	-	-
Coldwell	7	1	7	0	-	-
Gifford	19	8	34	4	-	-
Horton	20.5	5	44	5	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	c Cowdrey b Dixon	50
MJ Horton	c Prideaux b Brown	9
RGA Headley	b Halfyard	59
DW Richardson	lbw b Halfyard	20
G Dews	b Jones	9
TE Davies	c Leary b Halfyard	0
+R Booth	b Jones	7
JA Standen	b Halfyard	0
N Gifford	c Halfyard b Sayer	2
LJ Coldwell	c Leary b Halfyard	5
JA Flavell	not out	7
Extras	(4 b, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-79, 3-132, 4-151, 5-152, 6-152, 7-159, 8-159, 9-166, 10-174 (68.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	20	9	39	5	-	-
Sayer	9.2	2	17	1	-	-
Brown	7	1	34	1	-	-
Jones	19	8	39	2	-	-
Dixon	13	3	39	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DW Richardson (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> JA Standen (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> JA Standen (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in County Championship matches
--> D Kenyon (2) passed 28000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> RGA Headley (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> N Gifford reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings

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