f12162	Kent v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1927
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 31st August, 1st, 2nd September 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 58 runs
Umpires	LC Braund, HR Butt
Scorers	A Hearne (Kent), WR Mead (New Zealanders)
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 59/1 (Mills 31*, Blunt 1*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 217/6 (Woolley 110*, Knott 21*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	st James b Merritt	11
WH Ashdown	c James b Merritt	84
FE Woolley	c Lowry b Allcott	68
*AJ Evans	lbw b Merritt	8
LEG Ames	c Allcott b Merritt	84
APF Chapman	c James b Merritt	30
GB Legge	c Page b Dempster	23
CH Knott	c James b Allcott	32
+JC Hubble	lbw b Allcott	50
AC Wright	b Merritt	1
AP Freeman	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 104.1 overs)	405
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-145, 3-174, 4-179, 5-243, 6-320, 7-320, 8-405, 9-405, 10-405 (104.1 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGirr	15	4	40	0	-	-
Bernau	10	1	40	0	-	-
Merritt	42.1	1	185	6	-	-
Allcott	20	1	60	3	-	-
Lowry	8	1	31	0	-	-
Blunt	6	1	19	0	-	-
Dempster	3	0	16	1	-	-

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	c Chapman b Freeman	26
JE Mills	b Wright	65
RC Blunt	b Freeman	103
CCR Dacre	c Chapman b Freeman	11
ML Page	st Hubble b Freeman	0
*TC Lowry	b Wright	9
CFW Allcott	b Wright	7
HM McGirr	lbw b Freeman	43
EHL Bernau	c Ames b Hardinge	3
+KC James	c Evans b Hardinge	9
WE Merritt	not out	13
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 95.1 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-134, 3-151, 4-166, 5-181, 6-197, 7-249, 8-270, 9-271, 10-293 (95.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	31	7	88	3	-	-
Ashdown	6	0	15	0	-	-
Freeman	33	6	108	5	-	-
Woolley	2	0	8	0	-	-
Chapman	1	0	2	0	-	-
Evans	10	2	33	0	-	-
Hardinge	12.1	2	35	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	c Bernau b McGirr	14
LEG Ames	st James b McGirr	0
FE Woolley	st James b Merritt	125
*AJ Evans	b Bernau	3
APF Chapman	c Page b McGirr	28
GB Legge	b McGirr	8
WH Ashdown	b Bernau	19
CH Knott	not out	39
AC Wright	b Merritt	13
+JC Hubble	did not bat
AP Freeman	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 59.5 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-14, 3-27, 4-83, 5-101, 6-158, 7-237, 8-263 (59.5 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGirr	20	3	84	4	-	-
Bernau	7	0	31	2	-	-
Merritt	17.5	0	81	2	-	-
Allcott	9	0	35	0	-	-
Blunt	4	0	9	0	-	-
Dacre	2	0	9	0	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Mills	c Chapman b Evans	1
CCR Dacre	st Hubble b Evans	23
RC Blunt	b Freeman	24
CS Dempster	b Wright	54
*TC Lowry	c Legge b Wright	30
ML Page	lbw b Freeman	7
+KC James	lbw b Evans	22
HM McGirr	b Wright	73
CFW Allcott	not out	38
WE Merritt	b Wright	0
EHL Bernau	c Ames b Freeman	20
Extras	(11 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-42, 3-66, 4-139, 5-156, 6-158, 7-201, 8-264, 9-266, 10-317 (96 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	29	5	94	4	-	-
Ashdown	3.4	0	10	0	-	-
Freeman	31.2	5	82	3	-	-
Chapman	3	1	5	0	-	-
Evans	18	5	64	3	-	-
Hardinge	10	2	37	0	-	-
Knott	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JE Mills (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> CFW Allcott (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> TC Lowry (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> WE Merritt reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> AC Wright reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the New Zealanders first innings
--> AC Wright reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the New Zealanders second innings

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