f2146	Kent v Hampshire
	County Match 1878
Venue	Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 18th, 19th July 1878 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by an innings and 181 runs
Umpires	W Goodhew, WH Luck
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 15/0 (Tuck 1*, Holmes 14*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Absolom	b Wheeler	35
IFW Bligh	c sub b Wheeler	39
F Penn	c Bencraft b Wheeler	26
*Lord Harris	b Young	7
GG Hearne	b Wheeler	37
W Foord-Kelcey	b Holmes	105
RS Jones	c Jeffreys b Young	66
+I Ingram	b Powys	6
AW Fulcher	not out	44
CWM Kemp	c Jeffreys b Wheeler	17
A Penn	b Wheeler	0
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	23
Total	(all out, 168 overs)	405
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-91, 3-106, 4-118, 5-231, 6-287, 7-300, 8-350, 9-404, 10-405 (168 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Young	51	13	116	2	-	-
Powys	8	1	38	1	-	2
Holmes	35	18	48	1	-	-
Wheeler	56	16	133	6	-	1
Raynbird	3	0	15	0	-	-
Booth	11	6	20	0	4	-
Bencraft	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Tuck	c and b A Penn	14
H Holmes	c Kemp b A Penn	14
CR Young	b Hearne	9
*C Booth	c Ingram b A Penn	20
+AF Jeffreys	st Ingram b A Penn	14
HW Tate	b Foord-Kelcey	0
HWR Bencraft	not out	30
WJ Kendle	b Hearne	0
R Raynbird	b Hearne	0
WN Powys	c Harris b Hearne	3
WC Wheeler	c Foord-Kelcey b A Penn	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-27, 3-55, 4-60, 5-61, 6-96, 7-101, 8-101, 9-105, 10-108 (85.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Penn	42.1	17	58	5	-	-
Hearne	26	14	24	4	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	17	7	23	1	-	-

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Hampshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HWR Bencraft	b Foord-Kelcey	26
+AF Jeffreys	c Kemp b Hearne	4
CR Young	c Bligh b Absolom	19
*C Booth	c Hearne b A Penn	13
WJ Kendle	c Bligh b Hearne	7
WN Powys	c Harris b A Penn	0
HW Tate	c Bligh b Hearne	5
R Raynbird	c Kemp b A Penn	0
JJ Tuck	b A Penn	1
H Holmes	not out	12
WC Wheeler	c Hearne b Foord-Kelcey	15
Extras	(13 b, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-54, 3-60, 4-74, 5-74, 6-77, 7-77, 8-85, 9-87, 10-116 (69.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Penn	28	7	52	4	-	-
Hearne	24	13	19	3	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	10.2	4	18	2	1	-
Absolom	7	2	13	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> R Raynbird made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CWM Kemp made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WJ Kendle made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> R Raynbird made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> IFW Bligh (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> W Foord-Kelcey (1) passed his previous highest score of 88 in First-Class matches
--> W Foord-Kelcey (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RS Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> AW Fulcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> CWM Kemp (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> HWR Bencraft (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> WC Wheeler (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> CWM Kemp made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> WC Wheeler made his debut for Hampshire in First-Class matches
--> WC Wheeler achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 2-7)
--> WC Wheeler achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings
--> GG Hearne reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire second innings

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