f956	Kent v England
	Other First-Class matches in England 1854
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 14th, 15th August 1854 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 7 wickets
Umpires	J Bayley, WR Hillyer
Close of play day 1	England (1) 43/1 (Nicholson 21*, Hunt 18*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Adams	c Lockyer b Dean	4
FS Clifford	c Royston b Dean	43
E Willsher	b Grundy	28
G Parr	b Drake	16
J Wisden	b Dean	6
W Goodhew	b Dean	16
F Pilch	run out	10
+EG Wenman	not out	26
A Mynn	c Lockyer b Dean	6
J Bickley	b Grundy	3
W Clarke	b Grundy	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	8
Total	(all out, 122 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-75, 3-85, 4-98, 5-112, 6-118, 7-149, 8-159, 9-166, 10-166 (122 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grundy	46	27	40	3	-	-
Dean	55	30	60	5	-	-
Drake	15	2	41	1	-	-
Royston	3	0	9	0	-	-
Berry	3	0	8	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Nicholson	b Clarke	41
J Dean	b Wisden	3
T Hunt	st Wenman b Clarke	41
GH Wright	b Willsher	4
E Balfour	b Willsher	6
J Lillywhite	run out	22
J Berry	c Wenman b Bickley	7
ET Drake	run out	15
+T Lockyer	c Bickley b Willsher	44
H Royston	b Bickley	8
J Grundy	not out	30
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 152.2 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-70, 3-74, 4-93, 5-?, 6-129, 7-141, 8-146, 9-170, 10-231 (152.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wisden	22	5	51	1	-	-
Clarke	52	17	81	2	-	-
Bickley	47	9	49	2	-	-
Willsher	31.2	14	40	3	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Adams	c Wright b Drake	42
+EG Wenman	c Royston b Drake	33
FS Clifford	c Royston b Drake	0
G Parr	c Lockyer b Grundy	27
J Wisden	c Hunt b Drake	4
W Goodhew	b Dean	19
E Willsher	c Lockyer b Grundy	2
F Pilch	st Lockyer b Grundy	0
A Mynn	c Nicholson b Grundy	4
J Bickley	c Nicholson b Grundy	8
W Clarke	not out	3
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-70, 3-83, 4-90, 5-?, 6-126, 7-126, 8-128, 9-?, 10-143 (107 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grundy	31	12	27	5	-	-
Dean	41.2	20	46	1	-	-
Drake	15.2	4	46	4	-	-
Royston	9	6	8	0	-	-
Berry	4	1	8	0	-	-
Lillywhite	6	1	7	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Dean	b Wisden	0
W Nicholson	b Wisden	15
T Hunt	not out	22
E Balfour	c Parr b Wisden	7
GH Wright	not out	32
J Lillywhite	did not bat
J Berry	did not bat
ET Drake	did not bat
+T Lockyer	did not bat
H Royston	did not bat
J Grundy	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 53 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-36

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wisden	22	11	36	3	-	-
Clarke	5	0	13	0	-	-
Bickley	6	4	5	0	-	-
Willsher	20	10	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> F Pilch made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EG Wenman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FS Clifford (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> W Goodhew (2) equalled his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> G Parr made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> J Berry made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> J Bickley made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> W Clarke made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> ET Drake made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> J Wisden made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> J Dean reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> W Clarke reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the England first innings

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