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County Championship, 1955Leicestershire v Kent
 Grace Road, Leicester
 7,9,10 May 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawnPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: Harold Elliott and K McCanlis
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Kent 1st innings
AE Fagg               c Smithson         b Boshier              0
AC Shirreff           c Hallam           b Jackson             23
RC Wilson             c Firth            b Jackson             16
J Pettiford           run out                                   1
AF Brazier            not out                                  51
P Hearn               c Hallam           b Munden               1
AL Dixon                                 b Jackson             24
+AW Catt              lbw                b Munden               0
F Ridgway             c Boshier          b Jackson              8
*DVP Wright                              b Munden               4
JCT Page              run out                                   3
Extras                (b 5, nb 1)                               6
Total                 (all out, 68.1 overs)                   137
FoW: 1-1, 2-40, 3-41, 4-44, 5-63,
     6-94, 7-97, 8-116, 9-129, 10-137.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                      8      3     15      0
Boshier                      5      0     16      1
Jackson                     29      9     51      4
Munden                      26.1   11     49      3
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester              c Catt             b Page                63
MR Hallam                                b Shirreff             0
M Tompkin                                b Ridgway             19
*CH Palmer                               b Page                58
GA Smithson           lbw                b Pettiford           13
VE Jackson            lbw                b Page                20
VS Munden                                b Page                13
JE Walsh              lbw                b Pettiford            4
+J Firth              lbw                b Pettiford           11
CT Spencer            not out                                  10
BS Boshier                               b Pettiford            0
Extras                (b 4, lb 2, nb 1)                         7
Total                 (all out, 97.5 overs)                   218
FoW: 1-0, 2-41, 3-122, 4-142, 5-171,
     6-180, 7-191, 8-201, 9-218, 10-218.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ridgway                     19      5     49      1
Shirreff                    13      4     31      1
Wright                       7      0     23      0
Page                        30      7     60      4
Pettiford                   28.5   12     48      4
Kent 2nd innings
AE Fagg               c Spencer          b Walsh               26
AC Shirreff                              b Lester              77
RC Wilson                                b Jackson              0
J Pettiford           lbw                b Walsh                3
AF Brazier            c Firth            b Spencer             12
P Hearn                              c & b Jackson             55
AL Dixon                                 b Jackson             40
+AW Catt                                 b Spencer              1
F Ridgway             c Palmer           b Jackson              0
*DVP Wright           st Firth           b Jackson              0
JCT Page              not out                                   2
Extras                (b 5, lb 6, w 1, nb 3)                   15
Total                 (all out, 121.1 overs)                  231
FoW: 1-40, 2-41, 3-56, 4-93, 5-165,
     6-227, 7-229, 8-229, 9-229, 10-231.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                     27      5     47      2
Boshier                      3      0     12      0
Jackson                     32.1   16     47      5
Munden                      20      9     22      0
Lester                      13      4     31      1
Walsh                       24      8     57      2
Palmer                       2      2      0      0
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 151 runs)
G Lester              not out                                  19
MR Hallam                                b Page                24
M Tompkin             not out                                   4
Extras                (b 1)                                     1
Total                 (1 wicket, 19.3 overs)                   48
DNB: *CH Palmer, GA Smithson, VE Jackson, VS Munden, JE Walsh,
     +J Firth, CT Spencer, BS Boshier.
FoW: 1-44.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ridgway                      8      2     21      0
Shirreff                     3      0     16      0
Page                         6.3    3      6      1
Pettiford                    2      0      4      0
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