f1585	Sussex v Kent
	County Match 1870
Venue	Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove on 30th June, 1st, 2nd July 1870 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 35 runs
Umpires	G Lee, WH Luck
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 69/4 (Yardley 39*, Troughton 2*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 50/4 (Lillywhite 15*, Reed 4*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Smith	c and b Norley	0
C Payne	b Willsher	25
H Killick	c Henty b Willsher	19
HRJ Charlwood	c Henty b Croxford	42
J Lillywhite	hit wkt b Bennett	38
AA Reed	c White b Yardley	31
GT Humphreys	b Yardley	1
E Hammond	b Bennett	1
R Fillery	b Thornton	31
+H Phillips	not out	19
J Southerton	b Thornton	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-25, 3-82, 4-96, 5-149, 6-156, 7-159, 8-159, 9-210, 10-210 (100.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willsher	27	12	46	2	-	-
Bennett	22	9	40	2	-	-
Yardley	13	5	32	2	-	-
Norley	14	3	31	1	-	-
Croxford	14	3	46	1	-	-
Thornton	10.3	4	12	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CI Thornton	c Phillips b Southerton	7
W Yardley	b Fillery	96
J Norley	b Lillywhite	3
WT Palmer	b Southerton	1
GH Remnant	b Southerton	12
MA Troughton	lbw b Southerton	4
G Bennett	b Southerton	4
EA White	c Phillips b Fillery	8
H Croxford	c and b Southerton	7
E Willsher	b Fillery	23
+E Henty	not out	6
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 115.2 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-28, 3-29, 4-62, 5-100, 6-123, 7-136, 8-148, 9-155, 10-181 (115.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Southerton	58	19	83	6	-	-
Lillywhite	40	19	57	1	-	-
Fillery	17.2	6	31	3	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Payne	run out	20
GT Humphreys	b Bennett	9
H Killick	c Norley b Bennett	0
HRJ Charlwood	run out	2
J Lillywhite	c Willsher b Croxford	49
AA Reed	b Willsher	11
R Fillery	b Willsher	43
+H Phillips	b Willsher	5
E Hammond	not out	0
J Southerton	b Willsher	8
CH Smith	absent hurt
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-29, 3-30, 4-37, 5-65, 6-108, 7-119, 8-140, 9-148 (88.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willsher	29.2	20	33	4	-	-
Bennett	31	10	66	2	-	-
Yardley	5	2	12	0	-	-
Croxford	8	3	19	1	-	-
Thornton	15	8	17	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CI Thornton	b Lillywhite	15
MA Troughton	c and b Southerton	20
E Willsher	c Hammond b Southerton	13
WT Palmer	b Southerton	4
W Yardley	b Southerton	38
G Bennett	b Southerton	5
J Norley	b Lillywhite	0
EA White	c Phillips b Fillery	18
+E Henty	not out	4
GH Remnant	c Reed b Southerton	20
H Croxford	c Killick b Southerton	2
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-67, 3-78, 4-82, 5-83, 6-83, 7-98, 8-136, 9-139, 10-142 (86.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Southerton	42.3	20	61	7	-	-
Lillywhite	23	8	41	2	-	-
Fillery	21	8	37	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Norley made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> R Fillery (2) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> J Southerton reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings

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