f2952	Kent v Middlesex
	County Match 1885
Venue	Mote Park, Maidstone on 27th, 28th, 29th August 1885 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 4 wickets
Umpires	J Lillywhite, J Street
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 76/2 (Tonge 40*, Patterson 22*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 55/1 (Rashleigh 26*, GG Hearne 1*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	b Wootton	21
EH Buckland	b Wootton	51
TC O'Brien	c Jones b Christopherson	13
EM Hadow	c Pentecost b Christopherson	3
*AJ Webbe	b Christopherson	28
WJ Ford	b Christopherson	44
JE West	c Jones b Wootton	18
PJ de Paravicini	b Wootton	0
J Robertson	c Christopherson b Wootton	0
+W Williams	c F Hearne b Christopherson	5
G Burton	not out	4
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-62, 3-72, 4-96, 5-141, 6-178, 7-178, 8-178, 9-179, 10-187 (83.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wootton	42	17	99	5	-	-
A Hearne	12	8	14	0	-	-
Christopherson	29.3	11	74	5	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Hearne	b Robertson	5
JN Tonge	run out	54
GG Hearne	b Robertson	8
WH Patterson	c Buckland b Burton	84
W Rashleigh	b West	8
RS Jones	st Williams b Burton	7
AM Streatfeild-Moore	c Buckland b Burton	3
S Christopherson	c de Paravicini b Burton	0
J Wootton	not out	5
A Hearne	c O'Brien b Burton	0
+JH Pentecost	run out	11
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 169.1 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-23, 3-114, 4-130, 5-161, 6-173, 7-173, 8-173, 9-175, 10-193 (169.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
West	37	17	49	1	-	-
Robertson	53	34	54	2	-	-
Burton	37.1	20	38	5	-	-
Buckland	40	25	36	0	-	-
Hadow	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	c Pentecost b Christopherson	8
EH Buckland	b Christopherson	5
TC O'Brien	c Streatfeild-Moore b Christopherson	0
EM Hadow	b Christopherson	0
*AJ Webbe	c F Hearne b Christopherson	0
WJ Ford	c Streatfeild-Moore b Christopherson	75
JE West	c Streatfeild-Moore b Wootton	10
PJ de Paravicini	c F Hearne b Christopherson	0
J Robertson	c Rashleigh b Wootton	23
+W Williams	b GG Hearne	0
G Burton	not out	21
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-11, 4-11, 5-36, 6-53, 7-73, 8-101, 9-101, 10-143 (61.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wootton	20.3	4	47	2	-	-
A Hearne	5	2	12	0	-	-
Christopherson	28	14	73	7	-	-
GG Hearne	8	3	10	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Rashleigh	c sub b Buckland	59
JN Tonge	c and b Buckland	28
GG Hearne	c Burton b Buckland	1
WH Patterson	c sub b Buckland	16
RS Jones	c Buckland b Burton	3
F Hearne	not out	29
AM Streatfeild-Moore	c Williams b Webbe	1
S Christopherson	not out	0
J Wootton	did not bat
A Hearne	did not bat
+JH Pentecost	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 108.2 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-55, 3-73, 4-82, 5-134, 6-135

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
West	6	3	20	0	-	-
Robertson	15	7	29	0	-	-
Burton	41	26	32	1	-	-
Buckland	32.2	18	38	4	-	-
de Paravicini	7	1	16	0	-	-
Webbe	7	6	2	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JN Tonge (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in first-class matches
--> AM Streatfeild-Moore made his debut in first-class matches
--> WJ Ford (2) passed his previous highest score of 74 in first-class matches
--> WJ Ford (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 63
--> W Rashleigh (2) passed his previous highest score of 54 in first-class matches
--> S Christopherson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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