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County Championship, 1931Northamptonshire v Kent
 County Ground, Northampton
 20,21 May 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Kent won by 10 wickets 
Toss: NorthamptonshireUmpires: A Dolphin and A Morton
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Northamptonshire 188, Kent 146/6 (C Fairservice 9*, TA Pearce 8*) 
Northamptonshire 1st innings
CN Woolley                               b Wright               1
AH Bakewell           c Pearce           b Freeman             88
JE Timms                                 b Fairservice         27
*VWC Jupp             st Ames            b Freeman              0
AL Cox                               c & b Ashdown             15
WW Coverdale          st Ames            b Freeman             10
WC Brown              c Ashdown          b Freeman              0
+BW Bellamy                              b Freeman             10
ADG Matthews          c Valentine        b Woolley              5
AE Thomas             not out                                  22
RJ Partridge                             b Wright               4
Extras                (b 3, lb 1, w 1, nb 1)                    6
Total                 (all out, 71.4 overs)                   188
FoW: 1-2, 2-56, 3-57, 4-107, 5-124,
     6-124, 7-144, 8-160, 9-167, 10-188.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wright                       8.4    1     20      2
Ashdown                     18      7     27      1
Freeman                     30      5     85      5
Fairservice                  5      2     16      1
Hardinge                     6      2     16      0
Woolley                      4      0     18      1
Kent 1st innings
HTW Hardinge          c Matthews         b Partridge            4
WH Ashdown            c Brown            b Jupp                23
FE Woolley                               b Jupp                39
+LEG Ames                                b Thomas              11
LJ Todd               lbw                b Jupp                 9
BH Valentine          c Cox              b Jupp                40
C Fairservice                            b Jupp                12
TA Pearce             st Bellamy         b Jupp                31
*APF Chapman          c Bellamy          b Partridge           25
AC Wright             not out                                  21
AP Freeman            c Cox              b Partridge            2
Extras                (b 1, lb 4, w 1)                          6
Total                 (all out, 81.2 overs)                   223
FoW: 1-11, 2-63, 3-78, 4-80, 5-116,
     6-135, 7-156, 8-197, 9-213, 10-223.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomas                      25      6     45      1
Partridge                    9.2    1     38      3
Matthews                    12      3     26      0
Jupp                        31      7     99      6
Cox                          4      1      9      0
Northamptonshire 2nd innings
CN Woolley                               b Freeman             26
AH Bakewell                              b Hardinge            24
JE Timms              c Ames             b Ashdown             23
*VWC Jupp             c Ames             b Hardinge            39
AL Cox                run out                                  10
WW Coverdale                             b Hardinge             0
WC Brown              c Hardinge         b Freeman              0
+BW Bellamy                              b Hardinge             3
ADG Matthews          st Ames            b Freeman              5
AE Thomas             st Ames            b Hardinge             0
RJ Partridge          not out                                   0
Extras                (b 3, lb 3)                               6
Total                 (all out, 53 overs)                     136
FoW: 1-45, 2-73, 3-81, 4-128, 5-128,
     6-128, 7-128, 8-136, 9-136, 10-136.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wright                      11      2     27      0
Ashdown                      9      1     25      1
Freeman                     24      5     66      3
Hardinge                     9      5     12      5
Kent 2nd innings (target: 102 runs)
HTW Hardinge          not out                                  64
WH Ashdown            not out                                  34
Extras                (b 5)                                     5
Total                 (0 wickets, 39.1 overs)                 103
DNB: FE Woolley, +LEG Ames, LJ Todd, BH Valentine, C Fairservice,
     TA Pearce, *APF Chapman, AC Wright, AP Freeman.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomas                       6      1     14      0
Partridge                    8      1     12      0
Matthews                     7      1     14      0
Jupp                         5      0     22      0
Cox                         10      2     15      0
Coverdale                    3.1    0     21      0
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