f8598 cc3117	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1912
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 4th, 5th July 1912 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 9 wickets
Points	Surrey 0; Kent 5
Umpires	AE Trott, WCH Vining
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 190/4 (Hardinge 93*, Hubble 20*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Hayward	c Hardinge b Blythe	6
JB Hobbs	c Seymour b Blythe	16
EG Hayes	c Seymour b Blythe	9
*MC Bird	c Hubble b Woolley	25
A Ducat	st Huish b Woolley	12
WA Spring	run out	2
EB Myers	c Dillon b Woolley	0
+H Strudwick	c Dillon b Woolley	1
JW Hitch	b Woolley	13
WC Smith	lbw b Blythe	4
T Rushby	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 39.1 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-22, 3-53, 4-57, 5-65, 6-68, 7-70, 8-84, 9-89, 10-89 (39.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blythe	20	6	38	4	-	-
Woolley	19.1	5	50	5	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Humphreys	c Hobbs b Smith	58
HTW Hardinge	c and b Smith	102		160	13	-
J Seymour	b Rushby	0
FE Woolley	c Hitch b Rushby	6
AP Day	b Smith	0
JC Hubble	b Rushby	39
*EW Dillon	lbw b Rushby	0
GC Collins	st Strudwick b Smith	8
+FH Huish	b Rushby	3
C Blythe	b Rushby	4
HJ Preston	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-122, 2-123, 3-137, 4-137, 5-204, 6-208, 7-214, 8-229, 9-229, 10-234 (85.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	33	9	69	4	-	-
Rushby	26.1	9	40	6	-	1
Myers	9	2	51	0	1	-
Spring	4	1	18	0	-	-
Hayes	7	2	21	0	-	-
Hitch	6	1	21	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Hayward	b Blythe	6
JB Hobbs	b Woolley	21
EG Hayes	c Seymour b Woolley	13
*MC Bird	b Blythe	7
A Ducat	lbw b Blythe	3
WA Spring	b Preston	25
EB Myers	c and b Humphreys	28
+H Strudwick	lbw b Humphreys	32
JW Hitch	c Collins b Humphreys	9
WC Smith	b Humphreys	0
T Rushby	not out	1
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(all out, 47.5 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-30, 3-39, 4-55, 5-92, 6-92, 7-124, 8-142, 9-154, 10-155 (47.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blythe	16	6	43	3	-	-
Woolley	18	2	51	2	-	-
Preston	8	1	23	1	-	-
Humphreys	5.5	0	28	4	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Day	not out	6
*EW Dillon	lbw b Smith	0
E Humphreys	not out	1
HTW Hardinge	did not bat
J Seymour	did not bat
FE Woolley	did not bat
JC Hubble	did not bat
GC Collins	did not bat
+FH Huish	did not bat
C Blythe	did not bat
HJ Preston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 5.2 overs)	11
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Dillon)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	3	2	1	1	-	-
Bird	2.2	1	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> A Ducat (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> WC Smith (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> JC Hubble (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> EB Myers (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> WC Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings

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