Middlesex Cricket Archive

f3248	Middlesex v Kent
	County Match 1888
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 31st May, 1st June 1888 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 7 wickets
Points	Middlesex 0; Kent 1
Umpires	T Nichols, J Rowbotham
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 81/7 (Burton 9, Northcote 16)

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FM Atkins	b Buckland	2
F Hearne	lbw b Burton	78
GG Hearne	b Webbe	57
JN Tonge	c Scott b Webbe	29
L Wilson	b Webbe	3
*Lord Harris	run out	6
F Marchant	b Webbe	21
WC Hedley	c Webbe b Robertson	31
J Wootton	c Dauglish b Webbe	0
F Martin	b Buckland	17
+JH Pentecost	not out	0
Extras	(21 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 156.3 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-140, 3-164, 4-168, 5-178, 6-214, 7-225, 8-225, 9-?, 10-271 (156.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burton	45	24	59	1	-	-
Buckland	45	18	71	2	-	-
Robertson	7.3	2	24	1	-	-
Webbe	33	16	43	5	-	-
Northcote	19	9	36	0	-	-
West	6	2	10	0	-	-
de Paravicini	1	0	1	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Buckland	b Martin	8
*AJ Webbe	b Hedley	2
SW Scott	c Wilson b Hedley	12
JG Walker	c Pentecost b Hedley	11
PJ de Paravicini	b Martin	3
EM Hadow	c Atkins b Hedley	10
J Robertson	b Hedley	4
G Burton	b Hedley	14
P Northcote	b Hedley	21
JE West	not out	6
+MJ Dauglish	b Hedley	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-30, 4-41, 5-51, 6-55, 7-55, 8-86, 9-97, 10-97 (60.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hedley	26.1	11	31	8	-	-
Martin	20	10	34	2	-	-
Wootton	11	3	17	0	-	-
F Hearne	3	0	9	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Buckland	c and b Hedley	1
*AJ Webbe	b Hedley	10
SW Scott	not out	121
JG Walker	b F Hearne	14
PJ de Paravicini	c Harris b Hedley	22
EM Hadow	b Martin	40
J Robertson	b Martin	1
G Burton	c Pentecost b Hedley	2
P Northcote	b Martin	0
JE West	b Hedley	1
+MJ Dauglish	c Harris b Hedley	4
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(all out, 159 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-16, 3-59, 4-110, 5-180, 6-194, 7-197, 8-208, 9-215, 10-226 (159 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hedley	49	23	78	6	-	-
Martin	48	28	44	3	-	-
Wootton	31	16	38	0	-	-
F Hearne	23	7	44	1	-	-
GG Hearne	8	4	12	0	-	-

Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*Lord Harris	not out	29
L Wilson	c and b Burton	15
FM Atkins	c Burton b Buckland	8
GG Hearne	b Buckland	0
F Hearne	not out	2
JN Tonge	did not bat
F Marchant	did not bat
WC Hedley	did not bat
J Wootton	did not bat
F Martin	did not bat
+JH Pentecost	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 24.3 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-30, 3-42

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burton	11	4	12	1	-	-
Buckland	8	3	22	2	-	-
Webbe	4	2	9	0	-	-
Northcote	1.3	0	11	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> F Hearne (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 41
--> WC Hedley (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in first-class matches
--> P Northcote made his debut in first-class matches
--> L Wilson (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
--> WC Hedley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 4-44)