f4870	Marylebone Cricket Club v Kent
	Other First-Class matches in England 1898
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 24th May 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to field
Result	Kent won by 180 runs
Umpires	W Barnes, VA Titchmarsh
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 83 all out

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hearne	b Hearne	55
*JR Mason	b Roche	39
LJ le Fleming	c and b Hearne	11
JW Easby	c Peacock b Roche	15
JSR Tufton	b Roche	1
GJV Weigall	b Roche	5
F Marchant	b Roche	43
F Martin	c Carlin b Roche	7
W Wright	c Poore b Roche	0
F Hunt	not out	0
+FH Huish	b Roche	0
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 87.1 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-111, 3-118, 4-132, 5-133, 6-152, 7-191, 8-191, 9-192, 10-192 (87.1 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	41	13	77	2	-	-
Roche	29.1	9	72	8	-	-
Thompson	5	4	3	0	-	-
Rawlin	12	3	24	0	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CP Foley	c Huish b Martin	27
HB Hayman	b Martin	5
RM Poore	st Huish b Martin	2
GJ Thompson	c Huish b Mason	23
JT Rawlin	b Wright	12
FD Solbé	b Mason	0
FB May	b Wright	0
HO Peacock	b Mason	0
+J Carlin	c le Fleming b Mason	5
JT Hearne	c Hearne b Mason	1
W Roche	not out	5
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-52, 4-67, 5-67, 6-68, 7-69, 8-77, 9-77, 10-83 (45.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	11	3	22	0	-	-
Martin	17	7	25	3	-	-
Wright	12	2	25	2	-	-
Mason	5.2	1	8	5	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hearne	b Rawlin	18
*JR Mason	c Peacock b Rawlin	80
LJ le Fleming	b Rawlin	1
JW Easby	c May b Roche	15
JSR Tufton	c Peacock b Roche	1
GJV Weigall	b Roche	5
F Marchant	b Hearne	12
F Martin	b Roche	0
W Wright	b Rawlin	0
F Hunt	not out	5
+FH Huish	b Rawlin	5
Extras	(15 b, 5 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-37, 3-91, 4-144, 5-151, 6-152, 7-152, 8-152, 9-152, 10-162 (65.3 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	18	8	34	1	-	-
Roche	25	10	73	4	-	-
Thompson	8	4	15	0	-	-
Rawlin	14.3	7	20	5	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CP Foley	c Hearne b Martin	9
HB Hayman	b Hearne	23
RM Poore	b Martin	10
GJ Thompson	c Wright b Martin	6
JT Rawlin	c Weigall b Martin	2
FD Solbé	b Hearne	0
FB May	b Hearne	0
HO Peacock	b Hearne	15
+J Carlin	b Hearne	2
JT Hearne	not out	16
W Roche	b Hearne	1
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 36.1 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-40, 3-44, 4-50, 5-53, 6-53, 7-55, 8-56, 9-83, 10-91 (36.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	10.1	3	24	6	-	-
Martin	16	5	34	4	-	-
Wright	8	3	19	0	-	-
Mason	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> FB May made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FD Solbé made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> W Roche achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 6-63)
--> JT Hearne reached 1400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JR Mason reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings
--> JT Hearne reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> F Martin reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Marylebone Cricket Club second innings

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