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County Championship, 1955Kent v Hampshire
 St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
 30 July, 1,2 August 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Hampshire won by 30 runsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: Harry Elliott and WT Jones
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Hampshire 1st innings
JR Gray               c Smith            b Allan               61
RE Marshall           c Leary            b Shirreff            37
H Horton              c Brazier          b Smith               29
*EDR Eagar            c Ufton            b Allan                4
NH Rogers             not out                                 103
HM Barnard            c Cowdrey          b Wright               0
+L Harrison           c Ufton            b Smith               19
PJ Sainsbury          st Ufton           b Shirreff            19
D Shackleton          lbw                b Smith               13
VHD Cannings          not out                                   9
Extras                (b 8, lb 5, w 1, nb 1)                   15
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 116 overs)         309
DNB: MD Burden.
FoW: 1-78, 2-131, 3-139, 4-156, 5-157, 6-196, 7-267, 8-267.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shirreff                    27      5     75      2
Smith                       35      8     67      3
Wright                      21      4     64      1
Leary                        3      0     10      0
Pettiford                   12      5     30      0
Allan                       18      4     48      2
Kent 1st innings
AE Fagg               c Barnard          b Shackleton           3
MC Cowdrey            c Gray             b Cannings            45
AC Shirreff           c Eagar            b Gray                72
JM Allan              lbw                b Shackleton           0
RC Wilson             c Harrison         b Cannings            72
J Pettiford           lbw                b Shackleton           8
SE Leary              st Harrison        b Shackleton           1
AF Brazier                               b Cannings             4
+DG Ufton             c Sainsbury        b Shackleton           2
G Smith               not out                                   0
*DVP Wright           lbw                b Cannings             1
Extras                (b 8, lb 1)                               9
Total                 (all out, 104 overs)                    217
FoW: 1-12, 2-77, 3-79, 4-180, 5-209,
     6-209, 7-210, 8-214, 9-216, 10-217.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shackleton                  27      8     42      5
Cannings                    26      9     51      4
Gray                        22      8     31      1
Sainsbury                   16      4     36      0
Barnard                      1      0      3      0
Burden                      12      4     45      0
Hampshire 2nd innings
JR Gray               lbw                b Shirreff            38
RE Marshall                              b Smith               31
H Horton              run out                                   8
*EDR Eagar            run out                                  15
NH Rogers             lbw                b Shirreff             2
HM Barnard            c Fagg             b Smith               34
+L Harrison           c Wilson           b Shirreff             4
PJ Sainsbury          c Leary            b Wright              16
D Shackleton          c Leary            b Wright               1
VHD Cannings          not out                                   2
Extras                (b 8, lb 1)                               9
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 43.5 overs)        160
DNB: MD Burden.
FoW: 1-67, 2-84, 3-100, 4-102, 5-105, 6-112, 7-149, 8-156, 9-160.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shirreff                    18      2     60      3
Smith                       15      4     39      2
Wright                       2.5    0     16      2
Allan                        8      1     36      0
Kent 2nd innings (target: 253 runs)
AE Fagg               lbw                b Cannings            10
MC Cowdrey            c Sainsbury        b Gray                67
JM Allan              lbw                b Shackleton           5
AC Shirreff           c Rogers           b Sainsbury           15
RC Wilson                                b Sainsbury           20
J Pettiford           c Burden           b Sainsbury           26
SE Leary              not out                                  48
G Smith               c Eagar            b Sainsbury            0
+DG Ufton                                b Shackleton          14
AF Brazier            c Rogers           b Shackleton           2
*DVP Wright           lbw                b Cannings             5
Extras                (b 8, w 2)                               10
Total                 (all out, 84 overs)                     222
FoW: 1-13, 2-27, 3-49, 4-101, 5-133,
     6-178, 7-178, 8-213, 9-215, 10-222.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shackleton                  12      2     27      3
Cannings                    19      8     41      2
Gray                        11      2     32      1
Sainsbury                   32      9     81      4
Burden                       9      1     27      0
Eagar                        1      0      4      0
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