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| Venue | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 9th, 10th August 1871 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | 12 per side |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 45 runs |
| Umpires | WH Fryer, H Royston |
| Close of play day 1 | Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 184/2 (Grace 97*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Penn | st Turner b Rose | 27 | |||||
| A Lubbock | b Dale | 29 | |||||
| CI Thornton | b Grace | 14 | |||||
| GM Kelson | b Grace | 7 | |||||
| E Lubbock | c Rose b Grace | 11 | |||||
| P Hilton | c Walker b Grace | 6 | |||||
| N Morris | c Rose b Grace | 16 | |||||
| HB Sutherland | c Akroyd b Rose | 4 | |||||
| Lord Clifton | b Rose | 1 | |||||
| E Willsher | c Ponsonby b Grace | 2 | |||||
| +E Henty | not out | 1 | |||||
| R Lipscomb | b Grace | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.3 overs) | 120 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-61, 3-71, 4-83, 5-89, 6-110, 7-114, 8-115, 9-118, 10-118, 11-120 (71.3 ov) | |||||||
| Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Grace | 35.3 | 16 | 67 | 7 | - | - | |
| Rose | 32 | 15 | 47 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dale | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WG Grace | c Kelson b Willsher | 117 | |||||
| JW Dale | c Henty b Sutherland | 36 | |||||
| WH Hadow | st Henty b Willsher | 29 | |||||
| SH Akroyd | b Lipscomb | 6 | |||||
| ID Walker | b Willsher | 65 | |||||
| RAH Mitchell | c Kelson b Willsher | 0 | |||||
| HN Tennent | c A Lubbock b Willsher | 14 | |||||
| FC Cobden | b Lipscomb | 4 | |||||
| +M Turner | b Sutherland | 18 | |||||
| EW Tritton | b A Lubbock | 0 | |||||
| JH Ponsonby | c Morris b Willsher | 4 | |||||
| WM Rose | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 6 lb, 5 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 167 overs) | 317 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-107, 2-184, 3-199, 4-219, 5-219, 6-257, 7-302, 8-307, 9-307, 10-312, 11-317 (167 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willsher | 66 | 35 | 93 | 6 | - | - | |
| Lipscomb | 57 | 16 | 123 | 2 | - | - | |
| E Lubbock | 17 | 8 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sutherland | 13 | 3 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| A Lubbock | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thornton | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Penn | b Grace | 4 | |||||
| A Lubbock | b Rose | 10 | |||||
| E Lubbock | c and b Grace | 54 | |||||
| GM Kelson | b Rose | 23 | |||||
| CI Thornton | b Grace | 19 | |||||
| P Hilton | st Turner b Grace | 6 | |||||
| N Morris | st Turner b Rose | 19 | |||||
| HB Sutherland | c Ponsonby b Grace | 3 | |||||
| Lord Clifton | not out | 7 | |||||
| +E Henty | c and b Rose | 0 | |||||
| E Willsher | c and b Rose | 0 | |||||
| R Lipscomb | c Ponsonby b Rose | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 55.2 overs) | 152 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-15, 3-53, 4-84, 5-106, 6-131, 7-145, 8-146, 9-146, 10-152, 11-152 (55.2 ov) | |||||||
| Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Grace | 28 | 6 | 77 | 5 | - | - | |
| Rose | 21.2 | 4 | 52 | 6 | - | - | |
| Cobden | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> HB Sutherland made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WM Rose made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> E Lubbock made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> E Lubbock (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> E Lubbock (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> E Lubbock made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> WG Grace reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Kent first innings
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