f29795 cc14628	Kent v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone on 29th, 30th, 31st August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 10 (Batting 7, Bowling 3); Leicestershire 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	C Cook, JF Crapp
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 8/0 (Dudleston 4*, Steele 4*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 62/0 (Luckhurst 29*, Johnson 33*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	not out	145
GW Johnson	b Matthews	22
D Nicholls	c Higgs b Matthews	5
*MH Denness	lbw b Matthews	98
Asif Iqbal	b Higgs	1
AGE Ealham	c and b McKenzie	15
+APE Knott	did not bat
JN Shepherd	did not bat
RA Woolmer	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 84.3 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-58, 3-266, 4-268, 5-304 (84.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	14.3	2	42	1	-	-
Higgs	20	2	78	1	-	-
Matthews	21	4	48	3	-	-
Davison	13	1	47	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	2	0	13	0	-	-
Illingworth	8	0	24	0	-	-
Balderstone	6	1	34	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Shepherd	25
JF Steele	c Knott b Shepherd	4
JC Balderstone	b Shepherd	8
BF Davison	c Knott b Woolmer	9
*R Illingworth	not out	79
+RW Tolchard	c Nicholls b Underwood	21
JG Tolchard	lbw b Shepherd	14
J Birkenshaw	c Knott b Shepherd	9
GD McKenzie	c Knott b Graham	32
K Higgs	lbw b Woolmer	0
RB Matthews	b Graham	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 94.2 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-23, 3-43, 4-51, 5-90, 6-126, 7-153, 8-209, 9-210, 10-213 (94.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	23.2	8	66	2	-	-
Shepherd	35	15	80	5	-	-
Woolmer	18	7	27	2	-	-
Underwood	18	9	28	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	c Davison b Higgs	57
GW Johnson	c Steele b Matthews	39
D Nicholls	not out	67
*MH Denness	not out	31
Asif Iqbal	did not bat
AGE Ealham	did not bat
+APE Knott	did not bat
JN Shepherd	did not bat
RA Woolmer	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-116

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	15	0	62	0	-	-
Higgs	15	2	37	1	-	-
Matthews	13	0	66	1	-	-
Steele	4	1	29	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Shepherd	12
JF Steele	c Ealham b Shepherd	37
JC Balderstone	b Shepherd	92
BF Davison	c and b Underwood	73
*R Illingworth	b Shepherd	0
+RW Tolchard	b Shepherd	23
J Birkenshaw	b Underwood	3
JG Tolchard	not out	12
GD McKenzie	not out	4
K Higgs	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 72 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-58, 3-203, 4-204, 5-240, 6-245, 7-255

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	12	1	50	0	-	-
Shepherd	26	6	81	5	-	-
Woolmer	10	1	40	0	-	-
Underwood	24	3	85	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RB Matthews made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RB Matthews made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BW Luckhurst (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 77
--> GW Johnson (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> MH Denness (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> JF Steele (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 12
--> RA Woolmer reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JN Graham reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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