f3311	Kent v Lancashire
	County Match 1888
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 9th, 10th August 1888 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 9 wickets
Points	Kent 1; Lancashire 0
Umpires	H Jupp, T Nichols
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 22/4 (Eccles 8*, Briggs 2*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Rashleigh	c Crosfield b Barlow	27
F Hearne	lbw b Steel	7
WH Patterson	b Barlow	8
*Lord Harris	c and b Watson	15
CJM Fox	not out	61
GG Hearne	b Briggs	12
F Marchant	c Pilling b Watson	0
W Wright	b Barlow	27
A Hearne	run out	3
+MC Kemp	c Pilling b Watson	36
F Martin	b Watson	8
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 165.3 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-43, 3-44, 4-67, 5-88, 6-89, 7-123, 8-153, 9-202, 10-210 (165.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	74	30	98	1	-	-
Barlow	45	21	57	3	-	-
Steel	9	1	24	1	-	-
Watson	37.3	24	25	4	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Crosfield	lbw b Martin	0
RG Barlow	b Wright	2
FH Sugg	b Wright	8
J Eccles	b Wright	16
F Taylor	b Martin	1
J Briggs	c Harris b Martin	6
*AN Hornby	b Wright	8
EE Steel	c Kemp b A Hearne	27
GR Baker	lbw b Wright	0
A Watson	c Harris b Martin	1
+R Pilling	not out	20
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9, 3-10, 4-11, 5-29, 6-41, 7-46, 8-48, 9-49, 10-96 (89 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	34	19	39	4	-	-
Wright	34	17	31	5	-	-
A Hearne	11	7	12	1	-	-
GG Hearne	9	4	7	0	-	-
Fox	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AN Hornby	c Harris b Martin	16
RG Barlow	c Wright b Martin	0
FH Sugg	b Martin	2
J Eccles	c GG Hearne b Martin	21
SM Crosfield	lbw b Wright	4
J Briggs	c Harris b A Hearne	56
EE Steel	c Harris b A Hearne	18
F Taylor	b A Hearne	0
GR Baker	run out	11
A Watson	not out	4
+R Pilling	absent hurt
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 98 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-9, 3-20, 4-25, 5-57, 6-117, 7-117, 8-120, 9-135 (98 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	35	16	38	4	-	-
Wright	28	17	24	1	-	-
A Hearne	14	6	20	3	-	-
GG Hearne	12	4	29	0	-	-
Fox	9	2	21	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Rashleigh	not out	10
W Wright	b Watson	4
*Lord Harris	not out	4
F Hearne	did not bat
WH Patterson	did not bat
CJM Fox	did not bat
GG Hearne	did not bat
F Marchant	did not bat
A Hearne	did not bat
+MC Kemp	did not bat
F Martin	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, 16.3 overs)	23
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Wright)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	8	6	4	0	-	-
Watson	8.3	4	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> A Hearne reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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