f2245	Kent v England
	Other First-Class matches in England 1879
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 4th, 5th, 6th August 1879 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Kent: 13; England: 11
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 4 wickets
Umpires	FH Farrands, E Willsher
Close of play day 1	England (1) 72 all out
Close of play day 2	England (2) 105/3 (Thornton 18*, Grace 7*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IFW Bligh	c and b Steel	27
FA MacKinnon	b Shaw	1
GG Hearne	c Pilling b Shaw	0
F Penn	b Grace	31
RS Jones	run out	30
W Foord-Kelcey	c Wheeler b Grace	0
A Blackman	c Flowers b Grace	6
CA Absolom	c Grace b Barnes	22
CM Cunliffe	c and b Barnes	4
A Penn	c Pilling b Grace	7
E O'Shaughnessy	c Oscroft b Barnes	2
+E Henty	not out	1
J Bray	b Grace	4
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 113.3 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-10, 3-40, 4-81, 5-83, 6-92, 7-122, 8-122, 9-131, 10-137, 11-137, 12-142 (113.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	27	19	11	2	-	-
Morley	14	6	13	0	-	-
Steel	32	8	60	1	-	-
Grace	28.3	12	38	5	-	-
Barnes	12	8	13	3	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Bray b A Penn	3
CI Thornton	b Bray	7
AG Steel	st Henty b A Penn	6
W Oscroft	c Foord-Kelcey b Bray	15
J Selby	lbw b Bray	2
W Barnes	b A Penn	13
W Flowers	run out	2
J Wheeler	not out	9
A Shaw	c Absolom b A Penn	4
+R Pilling	c O'Shaughnessy b Bray	2
F Morley	run out	2
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-13, 3-25, 4-30, 5-45, 6-48, 7-58, 8-62, 9-69, 10-72 (54.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Penn	27.3	14	38	4	-	-
Bray	27	18	27	4	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IFW Bligh	c Grace b Morley	0
FA MacKinnon	c and b Barnes	12
GG Hearne	b Grace	9
F Penn	run out	31
RS Jones	b Morley	40
W Foord-Kelcey	c Flowers b Shaw	13
A Blackman	c Barnes b Shaw	22
CA Absolom	b Shaw	8
CM Cunliffe	c Grace b Barnes	21
A Penn	c Flowers b Morley	0
E O'Shaughnessy	b Morley	0
+E Henty	not out	5
J Bray	c and b Barnes	2
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 144 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-21, 3-47, 4-57, 5-87, 6-124, 7-140, 8-150, 9-158, 10-160, 11-172, 12-174 (144 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	55	36	34	3	-	-
Morley	40	24	44	4	-	-
Steel	10	5	16	0	-	-
Grace	22	3	45	1	-	-
Barnes	17	9	24	3	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Oscroft	st Henty b O'Shaughnessy	40
J Selby	b Foord-Kelcey	27
J Wheeler	c Henty b Foord-Kelcey	10
CI Thornton	c Absolom b O'Shaughnessy	25
*WG Grace	not out	63
AG Steel	b Bray	0
W Barnes	c Absolom b Bray	0
W Flowers	not out	72
A Shaw	did not bat
+R Pilling	did not bat
F Morley	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, 121.1 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-79, 3-79, 4-126, 5-127, 6-127

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Penn	22	10	31	0	-	-
Bray	41	12	89	2	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	23	9	38	2	-	-
O'Shaughnessy	29.1	11	58	2	-	-
Cunliffe	2	0	6	0	-	-
Hearne	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WG Grace (2) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> W Flowers (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> J Wheeler made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> AG Steel made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> R Pilling made his debut for England in First-Class matches

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