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KEN flag KENWon toss. Elected to bat
181 & 108
Series badge AUS
465-8d
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Overs: 30.1 RR: 3.58 vs spin: 8.20
vs seam: 2.36
Overs: 97.0 RR: 4.79 vs spin: 4.61
vs seam: 4.82
Sat 29/08/53 Kent v Australians at Canterbury, Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 176 runs
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Kent - 1st Inns 181 (81.4; RR: 2.22)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AE Fagg run out 2 0 0 0
AH Phebey not out 85 0 0 0
AF Woollett c Benaud b Miller 18 0 0 0
MC Cowdrey c Benaud b Johnston 25 0 0 0
P Hearn run out 0 0 0 0
AC Shirreff c de Courcy b Johnston 0 0 0 0
TG Evans lbw b Johnston 4 0 0 0
F Ridgway lbw b Davidson 5 0 0 0
AWH Mallett c de Courcy b Benaud 10 0 0 0
RR Dovey b Johnston 1 0 0 0
DVP Wright st Tallon b Johnston 12 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 15lb, 0w, 0nb) 19  
TOTAL 181 all out (81.4 overs; RR: 2.22)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (0.0 ov), 45-2 (0.0 ov), 114-3 (0.0 ov), 114-4 (0.0 ov), 118-5 (0.0 ov), 134-6 (0.0 ov), 143-7 (0.0 ov), 162-8 (0.0 ov), 167-9 (0.0 ov), 181-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 12.0 1 41 0 3.42 0 0
KR Miller 11.0 2 17 1 1.55 0 0
R Benaud 12.0 1 33 1 2.75 0 0
WA Johnston 27.4 15 35 5 1.30 0 0
JC Hill 9.0 4 21 0 2.33 0 0
AK Davidson 10.0 2 15 1 1.50 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 465-8 (97.0; RR: 4.79)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AL Hassett lbw b Wright 65 0 0 0
AR Morris c Dovey b Shirreff 8 0 0 0
GB Hole c Hearn b Dovey 78 0 0 0
KR Miller c Hearn b Shirreff 68 0 0 0
JH de Courcy c Shirreff b Mallett 29 0 0 0
R Benaud c Shirreff b Wright 45 0 0 0
AK Davidson b Mallett 8 0 0 0
D Tallon not out 83 0 0 0
RR Lindwall c Dovey b Shirreff 19 0 0 0
JC Hill not out 51 0 0 0
WA Johnston  
Extras (4b, 7lb, 0w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 465-8 (97.0 overs; RR: 4.79)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (0.0 ov), 127-2 (0.0 ov), 215-3 (0.0 ov), 234-4 (0.0 ov), 287-5 (0.0 ov), 306-6 (0.0 ov), 310-7 (0.0 ov), 362-8 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
F Ridgway 17.0 1 86 0 5.06 0 0
AC Shirreff 24.0 5 104 3 4.33 0 0
AWH Mallett 14.0 0 75 2 5.36 0 0
DVP Wright 24.0 2 106 2 4.42 0 0
RR Dovey 16.0 0 64 1 4.00 0 0
MC Cowdrey 2.0 0 19 0 9.50 0 0

Kent - 2nd Inns 108 (30.1; RR: 3.58)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AE Fagg b Johnston 28 0 0 0
AF Woollett c & b Johnston 13 0 0 0
MC Cowdrey c & b Davidson 3 0 0 0
P Hearn b Davidson 0 0 0 0
AC Shirreff c de Courcy b Davidson 4 0 0 0
TG Evans b Johnston 0 0 0 0
F Ridgway c Davidson b Benaud 29 0 0 0
AH Phebey lbw b Johnston 0 0 0 0
AWH Mallett b Johnston 23 0 0 0
RR Dovey not out 4 0 0 0
DVP Wright b Johnston 1 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 108 all out (30.1 overs; RR: 3.58)

Fall of wickets

26-1 (0.0 ov), 41-2 (0.0 ov), 41-3 (0.0 ov), 49-4 (0.0 ov), 50-5 (0.0 ov), 51-6 (0.0 ov), 55-7 (0.0 ov), 101-8 (0.0 ov), 107-9 (0.0 ov), 108-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 4.0 1 16 0 4.00 0 0
R Benaud 5.0 0 41 1 8.20 0 0
WA Johnston 14.1 4 38 6 2.71 0 0
AK Davidson 7.0 3 10 3 1.43 0 0

Match Info

Match

Kent v Australians at Canterbury

Date

Saturday August 29, 1953

Toss

Kent won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury

Umpires

AED Smith, WFF Price

Kent Team

Playing XI

AE Fagg, DVP Wright, TG Evans, F Ridgway, MC Cowdrey, AC Shirreff, RR Dovey, P Hearn, AWH Mallett, AH Phebey, AF Woollett

Australia Team

Playing XI

AL Hassett, RR Lindwall, KR Miller, D Tallon, AR Morris, WA Johnston, GB Hole, R Benaud, AK Davidson, JC Hill, JH de Courcy