f5009 cc857	Middlesex v Kent
	County Championship 1898
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 25th, 26th, 27th August 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 96 runs
Points	Middlesex 1; Kent -1
Umpires	A Shaw, W Shrewsbury
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 140/1 (J Douglas 30*, Ford 93*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 60/1 (Mason 40*, Day 12*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JR Mason	c MacGregor b Hearne	0
A Hearne	c MacGregor b Hearne	14
SH Day	c Wells b Hearne	47
W Rashleigh	c Foley b Hearne	33
BD Bannon	c J Douglas b Hearne	24
RNR Blaker	lbw b Trott	4
GJV Weigall	not out	27
F Martin	b Hearne	4
W Wright	b Trott	0
+FH Huish	c MacGregor b Hearne	12
WM Bradley	b Trott	1
Extras	(13 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 104.3 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-19, 3-87, 4-123, 5-130, 6-138, 7-146, 8-155, 9-186, 10-187 (104.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	45	27	65	7	-	-
Trott	48.3	20	75	3	-	-
Cunliffe	7	3	24	0	-	-
Wells	4	2	2	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Douglas	c Rashleigh b Mason	153
RN Douglas	c Weigall b Mason	13
FGJ Ford	c Huish b Mason	135
CP Foley	c Hearne b Mason	0
JT Rawlin	c Huish b Wright	31
CM Wells	c Huish b Bradley	11
HH Cobb	not out	32
AE Trott	c Bradley b Hearne	29
*+G MacGregor	c Bradley b Mason	7
FHE Cunliffe	c Huish b Mason	5
JT Hearne	b Bradley	24
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 134.4 overs)	448
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-196, 3-196, 4-282, 5-315, 6-367, 7-400, 8-409, 9-417, 10-448 (134.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	17	5	47	1	-	-
Mason	44	10	142	6	-	-
Bradley	30.4	4	111	2	-	-
Martin	17	3	61	0	-	-
Hearne	26	7	79	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JR Mason	c MacGregor b Cunliffe	70
A Hearne	c RN Douglas b Trott	8
SH Day	c Ford b Hearne	16
W Rashleigh	c MacGregor b Hearne	13
BD Bannon	st MacGregor b Trott	19
RNR Blaker	not out	17
GJV Weigall	b Trott	6
F Martin	c Rawlin b Trott	0
W Wright	c Cunliffe b Hearne	1
+FH Huish	c MacGregor b Hearne	5
WM Bradley	b Hearne	2
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-74, 3-104, 4-122, 5-138, 6-148, 7-152, 8-153, 9-163, 10-165 (77 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	30	9	62	5	-	-
Trott	31	11	75	4	-	-
Cunliffe	15	9	20	1	-	-
Wells	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RNR Blaker made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RNR Blaker made his debut in First-Class matches
--> W Rashleigh (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> J Douglas (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in County Championship matches
--> J Douglas (1) passed his previous highest score of 119 in First-Class matches
--> FGJ Ford (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 72
--> FGJ Ford (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 100
--> FGJ Ford (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 62
--> FGJ Ford (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 100
--> CM Wells (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> JR Mason (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31

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