f17865 cc8709	Kent v Lancashire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Garrison Ground 2, Gillingham on 8th, 10th, 11th May 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 23 runs
Points	Kent 12; Lancashire 0
Umpires	JJ Hills, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 24/1 (Washbrook 18*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 22/1 (Wharton 18*, Pollard 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	c Pollard b Greenwood	53
AE Fagg	c Barlow b Cranston	60
LEG Ames	c Roberts b Ikin	32
*BH Valentine	b Greenwood	1
P Hearn	c and b Ikin	16
R Mayes	st Barlow b Ikin	8
+TG Evans	c Roberts b Ikin	18
RR Dovey	b Ikin	6
DVP Wright	not out	20
JW Martin	c Place b Ikin	12
F Ridgway	b Greenwood	15
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 128.1 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-119, 2-120, 3-122, 4-164, 5-185, 6-191, 7-208, 8-210, 9-224, 10-258 (128.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	26	6	54	0	-	-
Cranston	11	5	22	1	-	-
Greenwood	30.1	11	40	3	-	-
Roberts	38	13	58	0	-	-
Ikin	23	5	67	6	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	b Dovey	88
W Place	b Wright	5
JT Ikin	c Todd b Wright	3
GA Edrich	c Fagg b Wright	1
ND Howard	lbw b Wright	0
A Wharton	c Valentine b Wright	56
*K Cranston	not out	33
P Greenwood	c Fagg b Wright	3
R Pollard	c and b Martin	16
+A Barlow	c Ames b Martin	0
WB Roberts	b Martin	3
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-38, 3-44, 4-52, 5-144, 6-162, 7-167, 8-199, 9-201, 10-212 (81 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	20	4	52	3	-	-
Ridgway	13	3	26	0	-	-
Wright	26	8	71	6	-	-
Dovey	20	6	50	1	-	-
Hearn	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	c Place b Greenwood	12
AE Fagg	lbw b Roberts	9
LEG Ames	b Greenwood	10
*BH Valentine	c Washbrook b Roberts	14
+TG Evans	c Washbrook b Roberts	2
P Hearn	c Barlow b Greenwood	11
R Mayes	b Greenwood	2
RR Dovey	not out	7
DVP Wright	c Cranston b Roberts	8
F Ridgway	b Greenwood	2
JW Martin	c Barlow b Roberts	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-21, 3-37, 4-40, 5-49, 6-63, 7-64, 8-77, 9-79, 10-80 (43.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	5	2	14	0	-	-
Cranston	4	2	5	0	-	-
Roberts	17.4	4	25	5	-	-
Greenwood	15	5	24	5	-	-
Ikin	2	1	9	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Ikin	b Wright	3
A Wharton	c Evans b Wright	38
R Pollard	lbw b Dovey	1
C Washbrook	b Dovey	11
W Place	b Dovey	0
GA Edrich	b Dovey	9
ND Howard	st Evans b Wright	4
*K Cranston	c Ridgway b Martin	16
P Greenwood	c Martin b Dovey	15
+A Barlow	b Martin	1
WB Roberts	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-34, 3-54, 4-54, 5-62, 6-66, 7-72, 8-102, 9-102, 10-103 (53.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	6.3	3	10	2	-	-
Ridgway	2	0	5	0	-	-
Wright	23	6	49	3	-	-
Dovey	22	7	34	5	-	-

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Notes
--> P Greenwood made his debut in County Championship matches
--> P Greenwood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 1-80)
--> DVP Wright reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> P Greenwood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 3-40)
--> P Greenwood achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings
--> WB Roberts reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> P Greenwood achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Kent second innings
--> RR Dovey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 5-39)
--> RR Dovey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 5-39)

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