f58	West Kent v East Kent
	First-Class matches in England 1783
Venue	The Vine, Sevenoaks on 25th, 26th June 1783 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	East Kent won by 2 wickets
Close of play day 1

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West Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Harris	not out	10
E Stevens	b Clifford	0
W Bedster	c Aylward b [unknown]	14
W Bullen	b Martin	0
W Brazier	b Martin	5
F Booker	b Martin	3
Townsend	c Martin b [unknown]	9
Couchman	c Amherst b [unknown]	3
G Louch	b Martin	24
J Boorman	c W Pattenden b [unknown]	0
W Bowra	b Martin	28
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-97

East Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clifford	?	?	?	1	-	-
Martin	?	?	?	5	-	-

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East Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Clifford	c Booker b [unknown]	22
R Hosmer	c Harris b [unknown]	3
R Stanford	b Bedster	9
J Aylward	b Boorman	26
J Ring	b Bullen	6
R Miller	c Boorman b [unknown]	7
T Martin	not out	0
B Remington	b Harris	3
T Pattenden	b Boorman	52
W Pattenden	c Harris b [unknown]	4
S Amherst	b Brazier	12
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-147

West Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	?	?	?	1	-	-
Brazier	?	?	?	1	-	-
Bullen	?	?	?	1	-	-
Bedster	?	?	?	1	-	-
Boorman	?	?	?	2	-	-

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West Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Harris	c Stanford b [unknown]	6
E Stevens	c Clifford b [unknown]	5
W Bedster	c Aylward b [unknown]	43
W Bullen	c Clifford b [unknown]	31
W Brazier	c W Pattenden b [unknown]	6
F Booker	c W Pattenden b [unknown]	12
Townsend	b Martin	8
Couchman	b Martin	9
G Louch	b Clifford	1
J Boorman	not out	12
W Bowra	b Clifford	1
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-135

East Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clifford	?	?	?	2	-	-
Martin	?	?	?	2	-	-

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East Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Clifford	c Bowra b [unknown]	17
R Hosmer	c Boorman b [unknown]	1
R Stanford	c Bowra b [unknown]	1
J Aylward	b Bullen	25
J Ring	b Bullen	1
R Miller	c Bowra b [unknown]	11
B Remington	not out	1
T Pattenden	c Couchman b [unknown]	7
W Pattenden	not out	18
S Amherst	b Bullen	2
T Martin	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(8 wickets)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?

West Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bullen	?	?	?	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Townsend made his debut in first-class matches
--> Couchman made his debut in first-class matches
--> S Amherst made his debut in first-class matches
--> T Martin made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> B Remington made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> T Martin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the West Kent first innings
--> T Martin achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the West Kent first innings
--> W Bullen reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the East Kent first innings

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West Kent had Bedster, Harris and Stevens as given men, Stevens not to bowl by agreement. Couchman was possibly from Seal or Ightham. The Kent amateur Stephen Amherst made his first appearance in 'great' matches. There is some doubt about the spelling of his surname: there was a prominent aristocratic family, to which it is assumed he was related, that definitely spelled the name as 'Amherst', and the matter appears to be settled by Haygarth's use of the same spelling in quoting the inscription on the family tablet in West Farleigh church. However, a number of other sources give 'Amhurst'.

 

 

 

 

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