County Championship, 1937
Leicestershire v Kent
Aylestone Road, Leicester
29,31 May 1 June 1937 (3-day match)
Result: Kent won by 9 wickets
Toss: Kent
Umpires: JA Smart and WA Buswell
Close of play:
Day 1: Kent 420, Leicestershire 29/0 (GL Berry 14*, FT Prentice 13*)
Day 2: Leicestershire 229 and 152/4 (NF Armstrong 70*, G Geary 13*)
Kent 1st innings
WH Ashdown b Geary 7
PR Sunnucks lbw b Smith 42
FE Woolley c Prentice b Bowley 37
LEG Ames c & b Lester 182
LJ Todd b Smith 17
TW Spencer b Prentice 35
*RT Bryan c Berry b Astill 51
FG Foy c Watson b Astill 25
DVP Wright c Corrall b Prentice 0
+WHV Levett not out 3
AE Watt b Astill 6
Extras (b 9, lb 5, w 1) 15
Total (all out, 118.2 overs) 420
FoW: 1-8, 2-59, 3-128, 4-224, 5-309,
6-335, 7-405, 8-411, 9-413, 10-420.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 30 6 81 2
Geary 27 3 84 1
Bowley 19 2 78 1
Astill 23.2 4 66 3
Lester 10 1 58 1
Prentice 9 1 38 2
Leicestershire 1st innings
GL Berry lbw b Wright 132
FT Prentice lbw b Woolley 33
NF Armstrong st Levett b Woolley 3
GS Watson c Bryan b Woolley 2
H Riley lbw b Wright 31
G Geary b Wright 0
*WE Astill b Wright 0
HB Bowley c Levett b Watt 9
+P Corrall b Watt 7
G Lester not out 3
HA Smith st Levett b Wright 1
Extras (b 4, lb 3, nb 1) 8
Total (all out, 94.4 overs) 229
FoW: 1-94, 2-112, 3-116, 4-191, 5-191,
6-191, 7-213, 8-223, 9-225, 10-229.
Bowling O M R W
Todd 11 0 33 0
Watt 26 4 60 2
Wright 34.4 10 90 5
Woolley 23 11 38 3
Leicestershire 2nd innings (following on)
GL Berry lbw b Watt 14
FT Prentice c Levett b Watt 4
NF Armstrong b Wright 72
GS Watson c Woolley b Wright 17
H Riley st Levett b Woolley 18
G Geary b Wright 15
*WE Astill c Woolley b Wright 14
HB Bowley c Levett b Watt 7
+P Corrall c Levett b Wright 4
G Lester not out 17
HA Smith c Todd b Watt 33
Extras (b 14, lb 7) 21
Total (all out, 84 overs) 236
FoW: 1-20, 2-25, 3-70, 4-129, 5-155,
6-164, 7-175, 8-185, 9-185, 10-236.
Bowling O M R W
Todd 9 5 14 0
Watt 29 7 79 4
Wright 33 10 93 5
Woolley 13 5 29 1
Kent 2nd innings (target: 46 runs)
WH Ashdown not out 25
PR Sunnucks c & b Lester 14
LJ Todd not out 6
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (1 wicket, 24.4 overs) 47
DNB: FE Woolley, LEG Ames, TW Spencer, *RT Bryan, FG Foy,
DVP Wright, +WHV Levett, AE Watt.
FoW: 1-38.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 7 3 14 0
Geary 6 3 4 0
Bowley 5.4 1 15 0
Lester 6 1 12 1
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