f13453 cc6199	Lancashire v Kent
	County Championship 1931
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 27th, 28th, 29th May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 3; Kent 5
Umpires	WA Buswell, A Morton
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 143/2 (Woolley 51, Ames 4)
Close of play day 2	No play

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Hallows	b Freeman	9
FB Watson	c Woolley b Freeman	19
GE Tyldesley	lbw b Freeman	70
J Iddon	st Ames b Freeman	4
JL Hopwood	b Freeman	2
E Paynter	c and b Freeman	39
*PT Eckersley	b Freeman	1
FM Sibbles	c Crawley b Freeman	8
+G Duckworth	not out	7
RK Tyldesley	c Valentine b Freeman	1
EA McDonald	b Freeman	20
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-46, 3-62, 4-66, 5-146, 6-147, 7-148, 8-157, 9-159, 10-184 (88.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watt	11	3	19	0	-	-
Ashdown	18	7	37	0	-	-
Freeman	36.1	9	79	10	-	-
Hardinge	23	6	45	0	-	-

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	b Hopwood	30
AM Crawley	b Hopwood	50
FE Woolley	c RK Tyldesley b McDonald	108
+LEG Ames	c RK Tyldesley b Hopwood	42
*APF Chapman	c Duckworth b McDonald	9
BH Valentine	b Hopwood	4
LJ Todd	b Hopwood	18
AE Watt	b McDonald	1
WH Ashdown	c Duckworth b Hopwood	8
TA Pearce	not out	2
AP Freeman	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-112, 3-214, 4-241, 5-248, 6-258, 7-268, 8-270, 9-285 (88 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	26	3	82	3	-	-
Sibbles	18	2	56	0	-	-
RK Tyldesley	23	3	79	0	-	-
Hopwood	21	4	55	6	-	-

Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FB Watson	not out	41
GE Tyldesley	not out	42
C Hallows	did not bat
J Iddon	did not bat
JL Hopwood	did not bat
E Paynter	did not bat
*PT Eckersley	did not bat
FM Sibbles	did not bat
+G Duckworth	did not bat
RK Tyldesley	did not bat
EA McDonald	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 33 overs)	84

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watt	2	0	4	0	-	-
Ashdown	4	0	12	0	-	-
Freeman	15	2	30	0	-	-
Hardinge	4	1	16	0	-	-
Woolley	5	0	16	0	-	-
Todd	3	1	5	0	-	-

Notes
--> GE Tyldesley (1) passed 30500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 68
--> FB Watson (2) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> AP Freeman reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 8th wicket in the Lancashire first innings