f2162	Kent v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Other First-Class matches in England 1878
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 7th, 8th, 9th August 1878 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	12 per side
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 9 wickets
Umpires	FH Farrands, E Willsher
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 107/5 (Hearne 21*, Bligh 2*)
Close of play day 2	Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 33/4 (Anstruther 18*, Mitchell 9*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA MacKinnon	c Kingscote b Grace	0
F Penn	c Shaw b Cottrell	51
CA Absolom	b Grace	21
GG Hearne	not out	60
*Lord Harris	c Clarke b Cottrell	0
W Yardley	c Barnes b Grace	3
IFW Bligh	b Morley	19
W Foord-Kelcey	run out	33
RS Jones	run out	1
CF Tufnell	c Mitchell b Shaw	12
+I Ingram	b Shaw	0
A Penn	c Shaw b Grace	0
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 176.1 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-44, 3-92, 4-93, 5-95, 6-136, 7-193, 8-194, 9-211, 10-213, 11-216 (176.1 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grace	67.1	38	82	4	-	-
Morley	31	15	51	1	-	-
Shaw	43	33	27	2	-	-
Powys	15	8	11	0	-	-
Cottrell	18	9	26	2	-	-
Ridley	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Anstruther	c Bligh b A Penn	0
*WG Grace	b Hearne	0
RAH Mitchell	c Absolom b Foord-Kelcey	31
AW Ridley	c Hearne b A Penn	1
CE Cottrell	c Yardley b A Penn	8
CFC Clarke	c Ingram b A Penn	33
AS Barnes	b Foord-Kelcey	5
+HB Kingscote	hit wkt b A Penn	5
GA Webbe	b Foord-Kelcey	9
WN Powys	b Foord-Kelcey	4
A Shaw	b Foord-Kelcey	5
F Morley	not out	4
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-4, 4-34, 5-47, 6-61, 7-79, 8-84, 9-89, 10-104, 11-109 (57.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Penn	29	15	43	5	-	-
Hearne	13	2	30	1	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	15.3	5	32	5	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Anstruther	b Foord-Kelcey	43
*WG Grace	b A Penn	1
AW Ridley	c Jones b Foord-Kelcey	3
+HB Kingscote	c Hearne b Foord-Kelcey	0
CE Cottrell	c A Penn b Foord-Kelcey	1
RAH Mitchell	c Bligh b A Penn	42
CFC Clarke	c Absolom b A Penn	4
AS Barnes	b Foord-Kelcey	1
GA Webbe	not out	19
WN Powys	b Foord-Kelcey	2
A Shaw	c MacKinnon b A Penn	8
F Morley	c sub b A Penn	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-12, 3-12, 4-14, 5-64, 6-75, 7-86, 8-102, 9-109, 10-124, 11-126 (83.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Penn	41.1	18	48	5	-	-
Hearne	14	4	24	0	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	28	8	52	6	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Absolom	not out	15
A Penn	c Mitchell b Morley	0
+I Ingram	c and b Shaw	0
RS Jones	not out	5
FA MacKinnon	did not bat
F Penn	did not bat
GG Hearne	did not bat
*Lord Harris	did not bat
W Yardley	did not bat
IFW Bligh	did not bat
W Foord-Kelcey	did not bat
CF Tufnell	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 10.1 overs)	20
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-3

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	5.1	1	8	1	-	-
Morley	5	0	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HB Kingscote made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GA Webbe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> F Penn (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> CA Absolom (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> CFC Clarke (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> AW Anstruther (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> WG Grace reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings

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