f15912 cc7754	Lancashire v Kent
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 11th, 12th August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 102 runs
Points	Lancashire 15; Kent 0
Umpires	WA Buswell, HW Lee
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (2) 11/1 (Paynter 7*, Birtwell 2*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Ames b Cole	83
E Paynter	b Todd	7
W Place	c Ashdown b Davies	28
J Iddon	b Davies	23
JL Hopwood	c Woolley b Todd	15
WE Phillipson	c Woolley b Todd	0
*WHL Lister	c Lewis b Wright	19
R Pollard	b Wright	1
+G Duckworth	c Chalk b Wright	0
LL Wilkinson	st Ames b Wright	0
AJ Birtwell	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 67.1 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-113, 3-134, 4-161, 5-162, 6-185, 7-187, 8-187, 9-187, 10-188 (67.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	20	5	55	3	-	-
Cole	13	2	52	1	-	-
Wright	15.1	3	35	4	-	-
Davies	11	1	24	2	-	-
Lewis	8	5	10	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	c Paynter b Phillipson	9
FE Woolley	c Duckworth b Phillipson	9
FGH Chalk	hit wkt b Wilkinson	20
+LEG Ames	c and b Phillipson	0
LJ Todd	b Phillipson	0
JGW Davies	c Pollard b Phillipson	22
*BH Valentine	c Lister b Phillipson	24
TW Spencer	not out	25
DVP Wright	st Duckworth b Wilkinson	11
CG Cole	lbw b Wilkinson	0
C Lewis	lbw b Wilkinson	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 38.2 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-35, 3-35, 4-35, 5-45, 6-73, 7-88, 8-119, 9-119, 10-121 (38.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	16	3	53	6	-	-
Pollard	7	1	17	0	-	-
Wilkinson	5.2	1	25	4	-	-
Iddon	10	3	25	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Woolley b Cole	2
E Paynter	c Wright b Lewis	58
AJ Birtwell	c Woolley b Davies	31
W Place	c Ames b Wright	20
J Iddon	lbw b Wright	5
JL Hopwood	c Woolley b Davies	19
WE Phillipson	lbw b Davies	3
*WHL Lister	lbw b Davies	11
R Pollard	lbw b Wright	19
+G Duckworth	lbw b Wright	12
LL Wilkinson	not out	15
Extras	(18 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-82, 3-108, 4-120, 5-151, 6-158, 7-159, 8-192, 9-194, 10-220 (85.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	11	2	23	0	-	-
Cole	10	2	23	1	-	-
Wright	28.1	5	80	4	-	-
Davies	28	12	52	4	-	-
Lewis	8	2	17	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	b Pollard	5
FE Woolley	b Phillipson	17
FGH Chalk	lbw b Pollard	10
+LEG Ames	c Duckworth b Iddon	54
*BH Valentine	b Phillipson	37
JGW Davies	b Phillipson	1
LJ Todd	b Pollard	3
TW Spencer	c and b Pollard	5
DVP Wright	not out	28
CG Cole	lbw b Phillipson	1
C Lewis	b Wilkinson	21
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-33, 3-34, 4-121, 5-125, 6-126, 7-134, 8-136, 9-141, 10-185 (60.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	19	5	40	4	-	-
Pollard	23	4	77	4	-	-
Wilkinson	7.4	0	35	1	-	-
Iddon	4	2	2	1	-	-
Birtwell	7	0	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> C Washbrook (1) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 22
--> AJ Birtwell (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in first-class matches
--> AJ Birtwell (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> DVP Wright reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> JGW Davies reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> R Pollard reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent second innings
--> WE Phillipson reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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