f2427	Kent v Gentlemen of England
	Other First-Class matches in England 1881
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 3rd, 4th August 1881 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	12 per side
Toss	Gentlemen of England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 9 wickets
Umpires	FH Farrands, W Goodhew
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 122/7 (Kemp 13*, Collins 6*)

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Gentlemen of England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+A Lyttelton	c Bligh b GG Hearne	5
CI Thornton	c Collins b GG Hearne	10
RAH Mitchell	b Foord-Kelcey	25
AG Steel	lbw b GG Hearne	0
AJ Webbe	run out	0
*ID Walker	b Foord-Kelcey	6
GF Vernon	b Foord-Kelcey	0
CFC Clarke	c Patterson b GG Hearne	11
AN Hornby	c Patterson b Foord-Kelcey	18
J Robertson	b Foord-Kelcey	3
CE Cottrell	not out	0
E Lyttelton	absent
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-23, 3-26, 4-26, 5-38, 6-46, 7-65, 8-65, 9-89, 10-92 (60.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foord-Kelcey	30.1	14	47	5	-	-
GG Hearne	30	14	31	4	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*IFW Bligh	c Cottrell b Steel	34
FA MacKinnon	c Thornton b Robertson	10
+EFS Tylecote	c A Lyttelton b Cottrell	0
HW Renny-Tailyour	b Cottrell	3
GG Hearne	c A Lyttelton b Robertson	13
E O'Shaughnessy	c A Lyttelton b Steel	4
W Foord-Kelcey	b Steel	30
MC Kemp	c A Lyttelton b Robertson	18
G Collins	lbw b Steel	16
F Hearne	b Robertson	0
JI Patterson	not out	3
J Wootton	st A Lyttelton b Steel	0
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 124.3 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-34, 3-52, 4-58, 5-69, 6-88, 7-116, 8-133, 9-133, 10-143, 11-143 (124.3 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	46.3	21	52	5	-	-
Robertson	43	19	55	4	-	-
Cottrell	35	22	24	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ID Walker	c Foord-Kelcey b GG Hearne	5
AJ Webbe	b Foord-Kelcey	20
+A Lyttelton	c GG Hearne b Wootton	23
AG Steel	b Foord-Kelcey	1
RAH Mitchell	b GG Hearne	9
E Lyttelton	b GG Hearne	27
GF Vernon	c Patterson b Foord-Kelcey	10
AN Hornby	c Bligh b Foord-Kelcey	3
CI Thornton	st Tylecote b GG Hearne	17
CE Cottrell	not out	0
CFC Clarke	c Tylecote b Foord-Kelcey	1
J Robertson	b Foord-Kelcey	0
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 71 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-52, 3-57, 4-58, 5-84, 6-99, 7-103, 8-128, 9-129, 10-130, 11-130 (71 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foord-Kelcey	30	11	65	6	-	-
GG Hearne	35	18	46	4	-	-
Wootton	6	3	5	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*IFW Bligh	c Vernon b Robertson	4
FA MacKinnon	not out	39
+EFS Tylecote	c Robertson b Steel	30
HW Renny-Tailyour	not out	6
GG Hearne	did not bat
E O'Shaughnessy	did not bat
W Foord-Kelcey	did not bat
MC Kemp	did not bat
G Collins	did not bat
F Hearne	did not bat
JI Patterson	did not bat
J Wootton	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 41.3 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-67

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	21	10	28	1	-	-
Robertson	13.3	5	39	1	-	-
Cottrell	7	2	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GG Hearne reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gentlemen of England second innings

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CT Studd was down to play for the Gentlemen but could not appear and E Lytelton filled the vacancy but did not arrive in time to bat