f2160	Kent v England
	Other First-Class matches in England 1878
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1878 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Kent: 13; England: 11
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 8 wickets
Umpires	FH Farrands, E Willsher
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 55/2 (MacKinnon 28*, Hearne 19*)
Close of play day 2	England (2) 97/4 (Ridley 34*, Midwinter 19*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c and b Hearne	21
AJ Webbe	c Hearne b A Penn	9
A Shrewsbury	c Hearne b A Penn	43
J Selby	lbw b Hearne	32
AW Ridley	c and b Foord-Kelcey	41
WE Midwinter	b Hearne	7
GF Grace	c Hearne b Cunliffe	25
W Flowers	b Cunliffe	5
+F Wyld	c Hearne b Cunliffe	2
A Shaw	not out	0
F Morley	b Foord-Kelcey	0
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 123.2 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-39, 3-107, 4-121, 5-142, 6-179, 7-189, 8-190, 9-191, 10-192 (123.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Penn	47	23	65	2	-	-
Hearne	43	17	72	3	-	-
Cunliffe	18	9	22	3	-	-
Tufnell	8	4	11	0	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	7.2	2	15	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Absolom	b Morley	1
FA MacKinnon	c WG Grace b Morley	35
F Penn	c Wyld b Morley	4
GG Hearne	run out	83
*Lord Harris	c and b Shaw	93
W Yardley	c Wyld b Morley	6
IFW Bligh	c Ridley b WG Grace	16
W Foord-Kelcey	c Wyld b WG Grace	8
CM Cunliffe	c Ridley b WG Grace	10
RS Jones	c Ridley b WG Grace	13
CF Tufnell	c Wyld b Shaw	1
+I Ingram	c Morley b WG Grace	1
A Penn	not out	3
Extras	(13 b, 7 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 216 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-13, 3-76, 4-199, 5-205, 6-251, 7-263, 8-263, 9-276, 10-281, 11-282, 12-294 (216 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	91	59	72	2	-	-
Morley	62	27	98	4	-	-
WG Grace	41	17	72	5	-	-
Midwinter	13	9	10	0	-	-
Ridley	5	2	11	0	-	-
GF Grace	4	1	11	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c F Penn b A Penn	14
AJ Webbe	c Jones b Hearne	6
A Shrewsbury	b Cunliffe	20
J Selby	c F Penn b A Penn	4
AW Ridley	c Foord-Kelcey b A Penn	44
WE Midwinter	b Hearne	44
GF Grace	c F Penn b A Penn	25
W Flowers	c Yardley b A Penn	2
+F Wyld	b Hearne	1
A Shaw	c Absolom b A Penn	10
F Morley	not out	1
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 133 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-22, 3-36, 4-62, 5-133, 6-133, 7-143, 8-144, 9-173, 10-174 (133 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Penn	61	37	50	6	1	-
Hearne	40	17	68	3	-	-
Cunliffe	20	7	39	1	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	12	3	14	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Absolom	c Wyld b Morley	29
FA MacKinnon	c Ridley b Morley	17
W Yardley	c Shrewsbury b Morley	7
CM Cunliffe	st Wyld b WG Grace	5
F Penn	not out	6
IFW Bligh	not out	1
GG Hearne	did not bat
*Lord Harris	did not bat
W Foord-Kelcey	did not bat
RS Jones	did not bat
CF Tufnell	did not bat
+I Ingram	did not bat
A Penn	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 51.2 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-51, 3-54, 4-72

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	19	12	12	0	-	-
Morley	18	10	23	3	-	-
WG Grace	7.2	0	21	1	-	-
Midwinter	7	3	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AJ Webbe (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> GG Hearne (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> W Flowers made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> GG Hearne reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the England first innings
--> WG Grace reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> A Penn reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the England second innings

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