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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Leicestershire won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Leicestershire 14 (Batting 2); Kent 0 |
| Umpires | JS Buller, TW Spencer |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 171 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (2) 0/0 (Hallam 0*, Kirby 0*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c van Geloven b Spencer | 6 | |||||
| JM Prodger | c Pratt b Spencer | 4 | |||||
| RC Wilson | c Hallam b Spencer | 14 | |||||
| *MC Cowdrey | c van Geloven b Spencer | 4 | |||||
| RM Prideaux | c Spencer b Pratt | 4 | |||||
| PH Jones | c Hallam b Pratt | 3 | |||||
| AL Dixon | b Boshier | 6 | |||||
| +DG Ufton | b Spencer | 5 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | c Kirby b Boshier | 14 | |||||
| A Brown | c Hallam b Boshier | 0 | |||||
| IC Potter | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 39.2 overs) | 67 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-12, 3-28, 4-29, 5-36, 6-37, 7-44, 8-61, 9-67, 10-67 (39.2 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 14 | 6 | 16 | 5 | - | - | |
| Boshier | 14.2 | 3 | 24 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pratt | 11 | 5 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | c Ufton b Brown | 46 | |||||
| D Kirby | c Ufton b Dixon | 12 | |||||
| A Wharton | c Wilson b Dixon | 26 | |||||
| *W Watson | c Ufton b Halfyard | 12 | |||||
| J van Geloven | b Potter | 23 | |||||
| J Birkenshaw | c and b Potter | 9 | |||||
| RL Pratt | c Cowdrey b Potter | 4 | |||||
| +R Julian | c Ufton b Potter | 3 | |||||
| CT Spencer | c Wilson b Halfyard | 18 | |||||
| JS Savage | c Prideaux b Halfyard | 0 | |||||
| BS Boshier | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 58.5 overs) | 171 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-80, 3-100, 4-113, 5-141, 6-146, 7-149, 8-153, 9-170, 10-171 (58.5 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halfyard | 18.5 | 3 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Brown | 13 | 2 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Potter | 13 | 2 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 14 | 6 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | b Boshier | 20 | |||||
| JM Prodger | c Julian b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| RC Wilson | b Spencer | 115 | |||||
| *MC Cowdrey | c Julian b Boshier | 10 | |||||
| RM Prideaux | c Julian b Spencer | 17 | |||||
| PH Jones | b Pratt | 3 | |||||
| AL Dixon | c Julian b Pratt | 29 | |||||
| +DG Ufton | c Wharton b Boshier | 46 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | c Julian b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| A Brown | b Boshier | 1 | |||||
| IC Potter | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 9 lb, 1 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 99.5 overs) | 260 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-38, 3-63, 4-105, 5-116, 6-154, 7-246, 8-246, 9-253, 10-260 (99.5 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 27 | 4 | 79 | 4 | - | - | |
| Boshier | 26.5 | 6 | 63 | 4 | - | - | |
| Pratt | 28 | 7 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 14 | 2 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kirby | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | b Brown | 23 | |||||
| D Kirby | b Halfyard | 8 | |||||
| A Wharton | not out | 90 | |||||
| *W Watson | c Wilson b Dixon | 29 | |||||
| J van Geloven | not out | 3 | |||||
| J Birkenshaw | did not bat | ||||||
| RL Pratt | did not bat | ||||||
| +R Julian | did not bat | ||||||
| CT Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Savage | did not bat | ||||||
| BS Boshier | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 59.2 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-31, 3-118 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halfyard | 19 | 4 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 16 | 3 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Potter | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 11 | 5 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jones | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowdrey | 1.2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> IC Potter made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RC Wilson (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> A Brown reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> IC Potter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 1-6)
--> CT Spencer reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings
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