f4754	Kent v Gentlemen of Philadelphia
	Gentlemen of Philadelphia in England 1897
Venue	Mote Park, Maidstone on 26th, 27th, 28th July 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by an innings and 9 runs
Umpires	J Phillips, RA Thoms
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 314/5 (Weigall 65*, Easby 49*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen of Philadelphia (1) 157/6 (HL Clark 5*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JN Tonge	retired hurt	0
JR Mason	b Lester	92
JSR Tufton	c PH Clark b King	25
*F Marchant	c Wood b Lester	49
GJV Weigall	not out	138
F Martin	run out	2
HC Stewart	c King b Cregar	28
JW Easby	run out	73
+FM Atkins	c Biddle b Lester	3
HA Milles	c Scattergood b King	11
W Wright	c sub b King	21
EB Shine	c Cregar b Lester	0
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 123 overs)	454
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-156, 3-171, 4-176, 5-228, 6-354, 7-358, 8-397, 9-448, 10-454 (123 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	33	7	123	3	-	-
PH Clark	15	0	72	0	-	-
Cregar	11	2	55	1	-	-
Baily	24	4	82	0	-	-
Bates	4	0	16	0	-	-
Lester	36	12	94	4	-	-

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Wood	b Wright	8
JB King	b Wright	6
JA Lester	c Milles b Wright	66
FH Bohlen	b Easby	49
EM Cregar	c Atkins b Shine	12
L Biddle	b Shine	3
HL Clark	b Wright	5
FH Bates	c Atkins b Shine	0
PH Clark	not out	6
*HP Baily	b Shine	5
+JH Scattergood	c Mason b Shine	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 80.4 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-16, 3-132, 4-136, 5-152, 6-157, 7-157, 8-159, 9-168, 10-168 (80.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	16	8	14	0	-	-
Wright	29	9	58	4	-	-
Shine	17.4	4	43	5	-	-
Mason	9	2	21	0	-	-
Easby	9	3	24	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Bohlen	c Atkins b Wright	2
PH Clark	b Shine	19
AM Wood	c Martin b Milles	22
JA Lester	c Tufton b Easby	69
*HP Baily	c Shine b Mason	40
JB King	c Easby b Mason	24
EM Cregar	c Marchant b Wright	24
L Biddle	not out	30
HL Clark	b Shine	12
FH Bates	c Easby b Shine	8
+JH Scattergood	c Weigall b Mason	0
Extras	(21 b, 6 lb)	27
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-39, 3-98, 4-130, 5-154, 6-192, 7-206, 8-224, 9-277, 10-277 (92.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	15	5	45	0	-	-
Wright	24	6	78	2	-	-
Shine	28	9	59	3	-	-
Mason	12.4	3	43	3	-	-
Easby	3	1	9	1	-	-
Milles	10	5	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Kent full substitute: HA Milles for JN Tonge (during the Kent first innings) (Milles allowed to replace Tonge who was hit by a ball before a run had been scored)
--> FM Atkins made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HA Milles made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> L Biddle made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JSR Tufton (1) equalled his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> GJV Weigall (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in First-Class matches
--> GJV Weigall (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GJV Weigall (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> JW Easby (1) equalled his previous highest score of 73 in First-Class matches
--> HP Baily (2) passed his previous highest score of 32 in First-Class matches
--> EB Shine reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings
--> JN Tonge retired hurt in the Kent first innings having scored 0 (team score 0/0)

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