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County Championship, 1955Kent v Leicestershire
 Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend
 14,16 May 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Leicestershire won by 6 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: P Corrall and GS Mobey
 
Close of play:
Day 1: 
Kent 1st innings
AE Fagg               c Palmer           b Boshier              8
AH Phebey                                b Walsh               36
AC Shirreff                              b Walsh               16
RC Wilson                                b Walsh               16
J Pettiford                              b Lester               1
AF Brazier                               b Walsh                0
P Hearn               not out                                  11
+TG Evans             c Spencer          b Walsh                5
F Ridgway             c Boshier          b Lester              14
*DVP Wright           lbw                b Walsh                2
JCT Page              lbw                b Walsh                0
Extras                (nb 1)                                    1
Total                 (all out, 46.3 overs)                   110
FoW: 1-43, 2-58, 3-69, 4-78, 5-78,
     6-78, 7-83, 8-108, 9-110, 10-110.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                      7      1     23      0
Boshier                      9      2     18      1
Walsh                       16.3    5     35      7
Jackson                      4      1      4      0
Munden                       5      2      9      0
Lester                       5      0     20      2
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester                                 b Ridgway              1
MR Hallam                                b Ridgway             76
M Tompkin             c Shirreff         b Page                39
*CH Palmer            lbw                b Wright              10
GA Smithson           c Fagg             b Page                 2
VE Jackson            c Shirreff         b Page                99
VS Munden                                b Page                25
JE Walsh              c Fagg             b Ridgway              1
+J Firth                             c & b Page                 1
CT Spencer            not out                                   4
Extras                (b 1, lb 2, w 1)                          4
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 63.5 overs)        262
DNB: BS Boshier.
FoW: 1-2, 2-70, 3-95, 4-116, 5-156, 6-239, 7-246, 8-247, 9-262.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ridgway                     18      4     55      3
Shirreff                     6      3     15      0
Page                        24.5    8     99      5
Pettiford                    5      0     34      0
Wright                      10      0     55      1
Kent 2nd innings
AE Fagg                                  b Munden              94
AH Phebey             c Hallam           b Jackson             23
AC Shirreff           lbw                b Walsh                6
RC Wilson             c Smithson         b Jackson             40
J Pettiford           c Hallam           b Jackson              0
AF Brazier            c Spencer          b Jackson              4
P Hearn               not out                                  25
+TG Evans             c Spencer          b Jackson              9
F Ridgway                                b Jackson             26
*DVP Wright                              b Walsh               10
JCT Page              c Hallam           b Jackson              4
Extras                (b 4, lb 5)                               9
Total                 (all out, 91.4 overs)                   250
FoW: 1-69, 2-90, 3-167, 4-171, 5-175,
     6-176, 7-188, 8-222, 9-245, 10-250.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                      3      0     23      0
Boshier                      3      0     18      0
Walsh                       28      6     84      2
Jackson                     32.4   15     62      7
Munden                      20     11     35      1
Lester                       5      2     19      0
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 99 runs)
G Lester                                 b Wright              31
MR Hallam             lbw                b Ridgway             18
M Tompkin             c Evans            b Ridgway              6
*CH Palmer            c Wilson           b Page                33
GA Smithson           not out                                   1
VE Jackson            not out                                  12
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (4 wickets, 28.4 overs)                 101
DNB: VS Munden, JE Walsh, +J Firth, CT Spencer, BS Boshier.
FoW: 1-29, 2-35, 3-80, 4-88.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ridgway                     11      1     38      2
Shirreff                     2      0      9      0
Page                        12      4     45      1
Wright                       3.4    2      9      1
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