f2247	Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England
	Other First-Class matches in England 1879
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 7th, 8th, 9th August 1879 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	12 per side
Toss	Gentlemen of England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen of England won by 131 runs
Umpires	FH Farrands, E Willsher
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of Kent (1) 37/4 (Jones 10*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen of Kent (1) 174/7 (Jones 78*)

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Gentlemen of England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Tufnell	54
JS Russel	c Hoare b Foord-Kelcey	2
AG Steel	c MacKinnon b Tufnell	93
GB Studd	c Blackman b Tufnell	0
RAH Mitchell	c Tufnell b A Penn	5
H Whitfeld	b Cunliffe	38
AC Lucas	b Foord-Kelcey	12
CE Cottrell	b Cunliffe	23
E Hume	c Tufnell b Cunliffe	0
CFC Clarke	c Bligh b Cunliffe	0
+CWH Evans	not out	8
WFP Moore	c Jones b Cunliffe	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 175 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-128, 3-132, 4-143, 5-163, 6-177, 7-218, 8-220, 9-232, 10-241, 11-241 (175 ov)

Gentlemen of Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Penn	60	34	56	1	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	36	13	68	2	-	-
Tufnell	52	22	77	3	-	-
Absolom	12	3	18	0	-	-
Cunliffe	10	4	10	5	-	-
Blackman	5	2	6	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CA Absolom	c Mitchell b Steel	5
W Foord-Kelcey	c Mitchell b Grace	7
F Penn	c Mitchell b Steel	0
RS Jones	c Moore b Cottrell	82
A Blackman	c Evans b Steel	14
IFW Bligh	c Moore b Cottrell	34
A Haskett-Smith	b Cottrell	0
FA MacKinnon	run out	30
CM Cunliffe	c Grace b Steel	0
CF Tufnell	b Steel	0
A Penn	not out	0
W Hoare	absent
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 132.3 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-15, 4-37, 5-77, 6-103, 7-174, 8-177, 9-177, 10-181 (132.3 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	63	26	66	5	-	-
Grace	33	13	51	1	-	-
Cottrell	32.3	16	45	3	-	-
Clarke	4	1	10	0	1	-

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Gentlemen of England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Cunliffe b A Penn	1
H Whitfeld	b A Penn	29
AG Steel	c F Penn b Foord-Kelcey	1
GB Studd	c Foord-Kelcey b A Penn	18
JS Russel	c Jones b A Penn	0
+CWH Evans	c Hoare b Foord-Kelcey	8
AC Lucas	c and b Cunliffe	20
RAH Mitchell	c Hoare b A Penn	2
CE Cottrell	c Absolom b Blackman	19
E Hume	not out	26
CFC Clarke	c MacKinnon b Blackman	30
WFP Moore	b A Penn	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 115 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-35, 4-35, 5-48, 6-62, 7-70, 8-85, 9-117, 10-158, 11-158 (115 ov)

Gentlemen of Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Penn	58	28	71	6	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	24	12	32	2	-	-
Cunliffe	22	7	31	1	-	-
Blackman	11	4	20	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Blackman	c Evans b Grace	15
A Haskett-Smith	c and b Steel	1
F Penn	run out	12
RS Jones	c Hume b Grace	0
IFW Bligh	c Grace b Steel	21
W Foord-Kelcey	c Hume b Grace	12
FA MacKinnon	run out	4
*CA Absolom	c Grace b Steel	0
W Hoare	b Grace	9
CM Cunliffe	c Whitfeld b Grace	0
CF Tufnell	c Grace b Steel	7
A Penn	not out	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-21, 3-29, 4-34, 5-52, 6-61, 7-61, 8-80, 9-80, 10-87, 11-87 (76.1 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	38.1	25	23	4	-	-
Grace	38	16	58	5	-	-

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Notes
--> W Hoare made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AC Lucas made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> E Hume made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CWH Evans made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WFP Moore made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Haskett-Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CF Tufnell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> W Hoare made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AG Steel (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in First-Class matches
--> AG Steel (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> CE Cottrell (1) equalled his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> RS Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in First-Class matches
--> H Whitfeld (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> E Hume (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> CE Cottrell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gentlemen of Kent first innings (previous best was 2-26)

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