f6127	Kent v Gentlemen of Philadelphia
	Gentlemen of Philadelphia in British Isles 1903
Venue	Foxgrove Road, Beckenham on 25th, 26th, 27th June 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Gentlemen of Philadelphia won by 62 runs
Umpires	T Mycroft, J Phillips
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of Philadelphia (1) 310/9 (Sharpless 38*, Jordan 8*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 10/1 (Blythe 2*)

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB King	b Hearne	47
CC Morris	b Blythe	2
*JA Lester	c Huish b Fielder	70
FH Bohlen	b Fairservice	34
AM Wood	lbw b Fairservice	27
NZ Graves	c Fairservice b Fielder	31
FC Sharpless	not out	39
PH Clark	c Huish b Fielder	0
RD Brown	b Burnup	34
EM Cregar	b Burnup	0
+TC Jordan	c Huish b Fielder	8
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 6 w)	19
Total	(all out, 135.4 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-109, 3-139, 4-172, 5-209, 6-225, 7-225, 8-273, 9-273, 10-311 (135.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fielder	27.4	9	51	4	1	-
Blythe	30	8	82	1	1	-
Fairservice	17	6	35	2	-	-
Humphreys	9	1	36	0	-	-
Hearne	30	16	31	1	-	-
Dillon	3	0	10	0	-	-
Burnup	19	6	47	2	4	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FD Browne	b Clark	3
E Humphreys	b Sharpless	31
J Seymour	b King	60
*CJ Burnup	c Cregar b Clark	12
A Hearne	b King	23
EW Dillon	c King b Clark	28
+FH Huish	b King	0
CHB Marsham	c Sharpless b Clark	1
WJ Fairservice	b King	1
C Blythe	not out	0
A Fielder	b King	3
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-60, 3-107, 4-109, 5-151, 6-151, 7-154, 8-163, 9-169, 10-176 (68.1 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	25.1	6	58	5	-	-
Clark	22	8	57	4	-	-
Lester	2	1	4	0	-	-
Sharpless	12	2	22	1	1	-
Cregar	7	1	21	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Wood	lbw b Fielder	0
CC Morris	b Burnup	4
FH Bohlen	b Blythe	16
*JA Lester	c Huish b Fielder	11
JB King	c and b Blythe	7
NZ Graves	c Hearne b Fielder	0
FC Sharpless	b Fairservice	8
PH Clark	b Fairservice	25
RD Brown	c Blythe b Hearne	9
EM Cregar	c Humphreys b Fairservice	30
+TC Jordan	not out	2
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 46.2 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-29, 4-37, 5-42, 6-42, 7-72, 8-77, 9-111, 10-116 (46.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fielder	13	5	21	3	-	-
Blythe	13	6	31	2	-	-
Fairservice	8	2	29	3	-	-
Hearne	10.2	5	19	1	-	-
Burnup	2	0	12	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Fairservice	b Clark	7
C Blythe	c Jordan b King	20
E Humphreys	c King b Cregar	17
FD Browne	c Graves b Cregar	30
J Seymour	c Lester b Cregar	5
*CJ Burnup	c Graves b Lester	24
EW Dillon	c Graves b Clark	25
A Hearne	b King	14
CHB Marsham	c Graves b King	21
+FH Huish	c Brown b King	16
A Fielder	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 74.5 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-44, 3-54, 4-66, 5-106, 6-117, 7-151, 8-151, 9-?, 10-189 (74.5 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	26.5	3	73	4	-	1
Clark	16	2	42	2	1	-
Lester	13	6	19	1	-	-
Sharpless	8	1	15	0	-	-
Cregar	11	0	31	3	-	-

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Notes
--> FD Browne made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FC Sharpless (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> EM Cregar (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> J Seymour (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4

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