County Championship, 1938
Leicestershire v Kent
Oakham
17,18,19 August 1938
Result: Kent won by nine wickets
Toss: Kent
Umpires: GM Lee and HG Baldwin
Close of Play:
Day 1: Kent 519.
Day 2: Leicestershire 223 & 217/2 (Armstrong 15*, Dawkes 7*).
Kent 1st innings
FE Woolley b Smith 0
AE Fagg lbw b Lester 50
+LEG Ames c Dawkes b Smith 10
BH Valentine c Lester b Dempster 242
*FGH Chalk b Flamson 31
LJ Todd c sub b Lester 10
CH Knott b Flamson 108
PR Sunnucks c Smith b Armstrong 7
NW Harding b Flamson 33
DVP Wright not out 0
AE Watt lbw b Prentice 5
Extras (b 11, lb 8, w 3, nb 1) 23
Total (all out) 519
FoW: 1-0, 2-22, 3-123, 4-258, 5-296, 6-396, 7-432, 8-513, 9-514,
10-519.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 44 9 124 2
Flamson 28 2 99 3
Cherrington 7 0 41 0
Lester 25 1 108 2
Prentice 16.3 2 65 1
Thursting 1 0 9 0
Armstrong 7 0 34 1
Dempster 4 1 16 1
Leicestershire 1st innings
GL Berry c Knott b Woolley 35
*CS Dempster b Watt 20
NF Armstrong c Ames b Woolley 6
FT Prentice c Todd b Woolley 75
GS Watson b Harding 13
LD Thursting c Watt b Wright 7
PR Cherrington c Todd b Woolley 33
+GO Dawkes b Wright 7
G Lester c Watt b Wright 0
HA Smith c Fagg b Woolley 6
WH Flamson not out 4
Extras (b 7, lb 8, nb 2) 17
Total (all out) 223
FoW: 1-49, 2-65, 3-70, 4-97, 5-109, 6-204, 7-211, 8-212, 9-217,
10-223.
Bowling O M R W
Todd 6 2 13 0
Harding 14 2 42 1
Watt 10 5 21 1
Wright 23 4 81 3
Woolley 22.4 8 49 5
Leicestershire 2nd innings (following on)
GL Berry lbw b Wright 62
*CS Dempster b Watt 116
NF Armstrong lbw b Watt 24
+GO Dawkes c Wright b Woolley 38
FT Prentice c & b Wright 8
GS Watson lbw b Woolley 11
LD Thursting c Chalk b Woolley 6
PR Cherrington c Fagg b Woolley 10
G Lester not out 13
HA Smith lbw b Woolley 0
WH Flamson b Woolley 21
Extras (b 16, lb 8, nb 7) 31
Total (all out) 340
FoW: 1-180, 2-208, 3-253, 4-261, 5-279, 6-279, 7-292, 8-304, 9-304, 10-340.
Bowling O M R W
Todd 11 1 42 0
Harding 7 0 34 0
Watt 25 7 72 2
Wright 28 5 104 2
Woolley 25.3 5 57 6
Kent 2nd innings
AE Fagg not out 31
PR Sunnucks c Thursting b Dempster 3
LJ Todd not out 12
Extras () 0
Total (1 wicket) 46
FoW: 1-29.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 7 2 14 0
Flamson 4 0 18 0
Dempster 2 0 14 1
- Valentin 242 (a career best), three 6's and twenty-eight 4's.
He reached his century in 105 minutes
- Knott 108, two 6's and eleven 4's in 135 minutes,
- Dempster 116, fifteen 4's in under 120 minutes.
- LEG Ames and DVP Wright were both injured and unable to participate in
the Fifth Test.
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