f928	Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England
	Other First-Class matches in England 1853
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 18th, 19th August 1853 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen of Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen of England won by 7 wickets
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of England (1) 209 all out

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Gentlemen of Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EG Hartnell	b Fellows	7
CV Oxenden	b Drake	1
WS Norton	st Nicholson b Drake	3
A Mynn	c Keate b Drake	33
EV Bligh	c Gordon b Fellows	6
PH Knight	c Fellows b Stacey	12
*GC Dickins	c Fellows b Stacey	19
PH Mundy	st Nicholson b Drake	11
W Deedes	c Nicholson b Drake	3
+H Bligh	st Nicholson b Drake	1
JB Alexander	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 4 w)	9
Total	(all out)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-15, 3-18, 4-24, 5-70, 6-?, 7-96, 8-104, 9-104, 10-107

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fellows	?	?	?	2	-	-
Drake	?	?	?	6	-	-
Stacey	?	?	?	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+W Nicholson	b Hartnell	9
C Gordon	c H Bligh b Norton	16
SCB Ponsonby	c Norton b EV Bligh	10
E Balfour	c Norton b EV Bligh	44
ET Drake	b EV Bligh	19
HW Fellows	not out	61
E Tredcroft	b Norton	32
R Grimston	b Norton	1
FE Stacey	c Norton b Hartnell	5
RW Keate	c Norton b EV Bligh	0
ESE Hartopp	run out	0
Extras	(7 lb, 5 w)	12
Total	(all out)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-25, 3-74, 4-85, 5-107, 6-175, 7-?, 8-201, 9-?, 10-209

Gentlemen of Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hartnell	?	?	?	2	-	-
Norton	?	?	?	3	-	-
EV Bligh	?	?	?	4	-	-

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Gentlemen of Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GC Dickins	b Drake	7
JB Alexander	b Drake	1
EV Bligh	st Nicholson b Drake	25
PH Knight	run out	0
WS Norton	b Drake	24
EG Hartnell	c Ponsonby b Drake	7
A Mynn	b Fellows	33
PH Mundy	c Drake b Fellows	5
W Deedes	c Nicholson b Drake	3
CV Oxenden	b Fellows	0
+H Bligh	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 4 w)	8
Total	(all out)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-9, 3-9, 4-46, 5-62, 6-83, 7-99, 8-102, 9-102, 10-119

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fellows	?	?	?	3	-	-
Drake	?	?	?	6	-	-

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Gentlemen of England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+W Nicholson	not out	6
C Gordon	run out	1
ET Drake	st H Bligh b Mundy	1
R Grimston	c and b Mundy	0
E Tredcroft	not out	11
SCB Ponsonby	did not bat
E Balfour	did not bat
HW Fellows	did not bat
FE Stacey	did not bat
RW Keate	did not bat
ESE Hartopp	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(3 wickets)	20
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Gentlemen of Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mundy	?	?	?	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> PH Knight made his debut in first-class matches
--> W Deedes made his debut in first-class matches
--> JB Alexander made his debut in first-class matches
--> PH Mundy made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> W Deedes made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> JB Alexander made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> RW Keate made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> A Mynn (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 21
--> W Nicholson (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
--> HW Fellows (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in first-class matches
--> E Tredcroft (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in first-class matches
--> ET Drake achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Gentlemen of Kent first innings (previous best was 5-?)
--> WS Norton equalled his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Gentlemen of England first innings
--> ET Drake equalled his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Gentlemen of Kent second innings

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