minc5056	Kent Second XI v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1956 (Challenge Match)
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 11th, 12th September 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent Second XI won by an innings and 26 runs
Umpires	WE Brown, LAC D'Arcy
Close of play day 1	Kent Second XI (1) 81/3 (Hearn 15*, Pretlove 6*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Davidson	b Smith	2
G Walton	c Hearn b Page	45
KD Smith	c Smith b Page	9
RW Smithson	c Catt b Smith	4
CRM Atkinson	c Knight b Cook	53
LE Liddell	b Page	6
HB Henderson	b Cook	14
KJ Earl	b Cook	0
L McGibbon	b Cook	13
K Norton	not out	7
F Clayforth	b Smith	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-32, 3-38, 4-90, 5-98, 6-116, 7-116, 8-141, 9-157, 10-162 (67 ov)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	27	8	47	3	-	-
Page	21	6	38	3	-	-
Knight	5	0	22	0	-	-
Jones	7	1	23	0	-	-
Cook	7	2	23	4	-	-

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Kent Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AF Brazier	c Atkinson b Clayforth	29
JM Prodger	b McGibbon	15
PH Jones	lbw b Norton	6
P Hearn	c and b Smith	60
JF Pretlove	c Smithson b Smith	65
ARB Neame	hit wkt b Smith	5
GW Cook	c Smithson b McGibbon	9
+AW Catt	b Smith	0
G Smith	c Clayforth b Norton	42
SD Knight	lbw b McGibbon	0
JCT Page	not out	4
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 99.3 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-48, 3-72, 4-183, 5-192, 6-203, 7-205, 8-212, 9-234, 10-254 (99.3 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGibbon	22	9	44	3	-	-
Earl	26	6	57	0	-	-
Clayforth	20	8	36	1	-	-
Atkinson	8	1	30	0	-	-
Norton	12.3	1	43	2	-	-
Smith	11	3	25	4	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Davidson	c Jones b Smith	5
G Walton	c and b Page	9
KD Smith	lbw b Smith	6
RW Smithson	c Prodger b Page	6
CRM Atkinson	c Cook b Page	11
LE Liddell	b Smith	8
HB Henderson	b Page	12
KJ Earl	b Smith	4
L McGibbon	c Cook b Page	0
K Norton	st Catt b Smith	0
F Clayforth	not out	4
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 28.1 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-20, 3-20, 4-35, 5-38, 6-58, 7-58, 8-62, 9-62, 10-66 (28.1 ov)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	14	5	27	5	-	-
Page	14.1	4	38	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> P Hearn made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CRM Atkinson (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 21
--> GW Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 1-7)
--> KD Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Kent Second XI first innings (previous best was 3-14)

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