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| Venue | Private Banks Sports Ground, Catford on 9th, 10th, 11th June 1898 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | W Hearn, J Wheeler |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 103/0 (Mason 61*, Hearne 41*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (1) 252/4 (Hearne 96*, Easby 0*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FW Marlow | c Huish b Mason | 28 | |||||
| G Brann | c Druce b Hearne | 36 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | c Druce b Mason | 54 | |||||
| CB Fry | c Druce b Hearne | 2 | |||||
| W Newham | b Martin | 3 | |||||
| LDM de Montezuma | c Hearne b Wright | 11 | |||||
| EH Killick | b Martin | 3 | |||||
| F Parris | not out | 6 | |||||
| +HR Butt | b Martin | 6 | |||||
| FW Tate | b Martin | 0 | |||||
| CHG Bland | b Mason | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 64.4 overs) | 151 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-54, 2-68, 3-71, 4-97, 5-124, 6-137, 7-141, 8-148, 9-148, 10-151 (64.4 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hearne | 20 | 8 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wright | 14 | 1 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mason | 18.4 | 8 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Martin | 12 | 2 | 24 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JR Mason | c Marlow b Tate | 81 | |||||
| A Hearne | c de Montezuma b Fry | 117 | |||||
| WH Patterson | c Brann b Parris | 0 | |||||
| BD Bannon | c Parris b Killick | 50 | |||||
| LJ le Fleming | c and b Fry | 24 | |||||
| JW Easby | not out | 59 | |||||
| GJV Weigall | not out | 8 | |||||
| EAC Druce | did not bat | ||||||
| F Martin | did not bat | ||||||
| W Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| +FH Huish | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 1 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 137 overs) | 351 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-137, 2-138, 3-209, 4-251, 5-310 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bland | 27 | 7 | 75 | 0 | - | - | |
| Parris | 33 | 9 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tate | 38 | 11 | 82 | 1 | - | - | |
| Killick | 17 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fry | 17 | 3 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brann | 5 | 2 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FW Marlow | c Huish b Hearne | 25 | |||||
| G Brann | lbw b Martin | 85 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | c Hearne b Mason | 5 | |||||
| CB Fry | b Mason | 12 | |||||
| W Newham | b Hearne | 22 | |||||
| LDM de Montezuma | b Martin | 29 | |||||
| EH Killick | c Mason b Martin | 0 | |||||
| F Parris | b Mason | 7 | |||||
| +HR Butt | c Easby b Martin | 6 | |||||
| FW Tate | b Martin | 8 | |||||
| CHG Bland | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 7 lb, 2 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 135.4 overs) | 220 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-62, 3-84, 4-132, 5-192, 6-192, 7-195, 8-201, 9-220, 10-220 (135.4 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hearne | 30 | 17 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wright | 15 | 7 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mason | 35 | 17 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Martin | 30.4 | 16 | 43 | 5 | - | - | |
| Druce | 14 | 4 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Easby | 11 | 4 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |