f4748 cc671	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1897
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 22nd, 23rd, 24th July 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 148 runs
Points	Surrey 1; Kent -1
Umpires	G Hay, W Hearn
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 118/4 (Baldwin 3*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 43/1 (Marchant 20*, Stewart 10*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Mason	c Baldwin b Richardson	65
A Hearne	c and b Jephson	50
*F Marchant	b Richardson	0
JN Tonge	b Lees	1
RO Livesay	c Hayes b Lees	0
F Martin	c Baldwin b Richardson	1
HC Stewart	c Wood b Lees	5
GJ Mordaunt	not out	81
W Wright	c Brockwell b Jephson	7
EB Shine	c Holland b Richardson	0
+FH Huish	c Lees b Richardson	2
Extras	(2 b, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-90, 3-95, 4-99, 5-100, 6-113, 7-?, 8-213, 9-214, 10-217 (75 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	29	12	69	5	-	-
Lees	25	10	60	3	-	-
Hayward	11	1	42	0	-	-
Brockwell	3	0	20	0	-	-
Jephson	7	0	21	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brockwell	c Huish b Shine	62
R Abel	b Wright	5
TW Hayward	c Wright b Hearne	47
C Baldwin	c Martin b Wright	234
FC Holland	b Shine	0
DLA Jephson	c Mordaunt b Shine	102
EG Hayes	c Huish b Shine	34
*KJ Key	c Huish b Wright	46
WS Lees	c Mason b Shine	31
+H Wood	c Mason b Shine	19
T Richardson	not out	28
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 212.2 overs)	617
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-109, 3-118, 4-118, 5-348, 6-410, 7-477, 8-519, 9-571, 10-617 (212.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	46.2	14	117	3	-	-
Shine	59	11	226	6	-	-
Mason	23	10	50	0	-	-
Hearne	15	7	24	1	-	-
Martin	45	9	101	0	-	-
Tonge	20	3	70	0	-	-
Marchant	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*F Marchant	lbw b Lees	23
JN Tonge	c Wood b Richardson	11
HC Stewart	c Baldwin b Brockwell	37
JR Mason	c Wood b Lees	7
RO Livesay	c Wood b Brockwell	35
GJ Mordaunt	b Richardson	25
F Martin	not out	57
W Wright	b Hayward	38
EB Shine	c Holland b Hayward	0
+FH Huish	b Richardson	8
A Hearne	absent hurt
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-?, 3-62, 4-99, 5-100, 6-132, 7-214, 8-?, 9-252 (89 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	35	9	98	3	-	-
Lees	14	4	33	2	-	-
Hayward	9	5	10	2	-	-
Brockwell	14	4	39	2	-	-
Jephson	11	2	43	0	-	-
Hayes	6	1	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Surrey (1) ?/? (Baldwin 125*, [unknown] ?*)
--> JN Tonge made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GJ Mordaunt (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> TW Hayward (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 24
--> C Baldwin (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in first-class matches
--> C Baldwin (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in County Championship matches
--> DLA Jephson (1) passed his previous highest score of 49 in County Championship matches
--> DLA Jephson (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> DLA Jephson (1) passed his previous highest score of 94 in first-class matches
--> DLA Jephson (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> F Martin (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> T Richardson reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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