f1971	Sussex v Kent
	County Match 1876
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 10th, 11th, 12th July 1876 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 57 runs
Umpires	H Killick, W Martingell
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 128/7 (Byass 4*, Hearne 1*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 300/7 (Charlwood 119*, Humphreys 17*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FFJ Greenfield	b Foord-Kelcey	6
+H Phillips	b Absolom	23
J Phillips	c Croxford b Foord-Kelcey	41
W Mechen	c and b Absolom	1
HRJ Charlwood	c Hearne b Harris	40
J Lillywhite	c Henty b Hearne	28
R Fillery	b Absolom	8
C Howard	st Henty b Absolom	0
WA Humphreys	c and b Absolom	0
CM Kennedy	not out	12
CA Brown	run out	6
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 115.2 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-38, 3-44, 4-123, 5-128, 6-160, 7-162, 8-162, 9-168, 10-180 (115.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Absolom	49	15	91	5	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	46	22	55	2	-	-
Hearne	14.2	7	14	1	-	-
Croxford	2	1	3	0	-	-
Harris	4	2	2	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W McCanlis	b Lillywhite	7
CA Absolom	c Mechen b Brown	43
F Penn	c Brown b Fillery	9
*Lord Harris	b Brown	47
WB Pattisson	b Brown	0
FA MacKinnon	c Brown b Lillywhite	11
JE Byass	lbw b Greenfield	17
W Foord-Kelcey	b Brown	1
GG Hearne	c H Phillips b Lillywhite	32
H Croxford	not out	24
+E Henty	c J Phillips b Fillery	2
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 104.2 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-57, 3-65, 4-72, 5-123, 6-125, 7-126, 8-167, 9-198, 10-203 (104.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fillery	36.2	15	52	2	-	-
Lillywhite	34	13	67	3	-	-
Brown	25	8	57	4	-	-
Greenfield	9	3	17	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FFJ Greenfield	c Foord-Kelcey b Harris	40
+H Phillips	b Absolom	14
J Phillips	b Foord-Kelcey	12
HRJ Charlwood	b Absolom	123
J Lillywhite	c Byass b Foord-Kelcey	31
C Howard	b Foord-Kelcey	1
CM Kennedy	b Hearne	3
R Fillery	b Hearne	40
WA Humphreys	not out	33
W Mechen	lbw b Foord-Kelcey	7
CA Brown	b Foord-Kelcey	1
Extras	(14 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	25
Total	(all out, 156.3 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-55, 3-95, 4-152, 5-157, 6-174, 7-240, 8-310, 9-326, 10-330 (156.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Absolom	45	13	104	2	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	66.3	26	101	5	-	-
Hearne	19	8	30	2	-	-
Croxford	10	3	19	0	-	-
Harris	9	3	26	1	-	-
Penn	7	0	25	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Absolom	c and b Brown	10
WB Pattisson	b Greenfield	36
*Lord Harris	c H Phillips b Lillywhite	28
F Penn	c Greenfield b Brown	48
W McCanlis	c Greenfield b Lillywhite	32
FA MacKinnon	b Greenfield	10
JE Byass	run out	8
W Foord-Kelcey	c Mechen b Greenfield	11
GG Hearne	c H Phillips b Lillywhite	3
H Croxford	not out	32
+E Henty	c Greenfield b Fillery	16
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	16
Total	(all out, 152.1 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-62, 3-84, 4-151, 5-174, 6-188, 7-188, 8-202, 9-202, 10-250 (152.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fillery	37.1	14	64	1	-	-
Lillywhite	56	35	51	3	-	-
Brown	32	12	72	2	-	-
Greenfield	24	9	43	3	-	-
H Phillips	3	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CA Brown made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WB Pattisson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JE Byass made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GG Hearne (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> H Phillips (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3

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