misc95124	Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of Sussex
	Other matches in England 1855
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 2nd, 3rd July 1855 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Gentlemen of Kent won by 2 wickets
Close of play day 1

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Gentlemen of Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Hale	b Mynn	11
JW Pagden	c Taswell b Mynn	0
A Smith	c Ceely b Wills	11
E Napper	c Aitken b Mynn	0
W Napper	b Mynn	52
+E Tredcroft	c Dyer b Mynn	34
JG Paine	b Wills	0
HWL Nicholson	c Aitken b Mynn	8
WJ Humphry	c Dyer b Wills	8
HM Curteis	st Smith b Mynn	0
J Simms	not out	8
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	14
Total	(all out)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-146

Gentlemen of Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mynn	?	?	?	7	-	-
Wills	?	?	?	3	-	-

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Gentlemen of Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bligh	c Paine b Nicholson	1
T Cheesman	b W Napper	10
+S Smith	c W Napper b Nicholson	17
TW Wills	b W Napper	0
C Dyer	b W Napper	12
AJ Ceely	b Nicholson	4
A Mynn	lbw b Nicholson	47
E Taswell	run out	14
J Aitken	b Nicholson	8
T Lambert	b E Napper	5
H Brenchley	not out	9
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	19
Total	(all out)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-146

Gentlemen of Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
W Napper	?	?	?	3	-	-
E Napper	?	?	?	1	-	-
Nicholson	?	?	?	5	-	-

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Gentlemen of Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Hale	b Wills	52
JW Pagden	c and b Wills	31
A Smith	b Wills	4
E Napper	b Wills	2
W Napper	st Smith b Wills	25
+E Tredcroft	b Wills	16
JG Paine	not out	22
HWL Nicholson	b Wills	28
WJ Humphry	b Wills	7
HM Curteis	b Mynn	0
J Simms	c Ceely b Wills	0
Extras	(5 w)	5
Total	(all out)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-192

Gentlemen of Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wills	?	?	?	9	-	-
Mynn	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bligh	c Hale b Nicholson	4
+S Smith	run out	72
TW Wills	lbw b E Napper	6
C Dyer	c Nicholson b E Napper	0
AJ Ceely	c Smith b Nicholson	50
A Mynn	b Nicholson	7
T Lambert	c Curteis b W Napper	24
H Brenchley	c Simms b E Napper	4
E Taswell	not out	4
J Aitken	not out	1
T Cheesman	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 6 w)	21
Total	(8 wickets)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?

Gentlemen of Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholson	?	?	?	3	-	-
E Napper	?	?	?	3	-	-
W Napper	?	?	?	1	-	-

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This was the first match that a Gentlemen of Kent had won since 1851 when they beat a very weak Gentlemen of England side.

 

 

 

 

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