f1997	Kent v Lancashire
	County Match 1876
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1876 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 129 runs
Umpires	W Goodhew, J Smith
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 77/6 (Barlow 22*, Watson 10*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 49/5 (Barlow 21*, Barber 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Absolom	b Watson	22
VK Shaw	b Watson	0
W Yardley	b Watson	10
*Lord Harris	c Wadsworth b McIntyre	9
F Penn	c Hornby b McIntyre	12
FA MacKinnon	run out	11
GG Hearne	c Watson b McIntyre	5
W Foord-Kelcey	b Mills	50
F Warde	b McIntyre	10
H Croxford	not out	10
+E Henty	b Watson	2
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-27, 3-36, 4-46, 5-62, 6-73, 7-74, 8-86, 9-146, 10-149 (102.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McIntyre	49	19	76	4	-	-
Watson	45.2	27	45	4	-	-
Barlow	5	1	18	0	-	-
Mills	3	1	2	1	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AN Hornby	c Henty b Foord-Kelcey	9
RG Barlow	c MacKinnon b Foord-Kelcey	29
J Ricketts	b Foord-Kelcey	0
WG Mills	b Foord-Kelcey	4
JB Barber	c Harris b Absolom	10
EB Rowley	b Foord-Kelcey	3
VPFA Royle	b Foord-Kelcey	8
A Watson	c Absolom b Foord-Kelcey	25
E Wadsworth	b Foord-Kelcey	5
E Roper	c Yardley b Hearne	17
W McIntyre	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	17
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-22, 4-34, 5-38, 6-52, 7-87, 8-95, 9-125, 10-128 (79 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foord-Kelcey	38	19	49	8	-	-
Absolom	26	10	48	1	-	-
Hearne	14	7	9	1	-	-
Warde	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Absolom	b Watson	29
VK Shaw	b Mills	3
W Yardley	c Barber b Watson	44
*Lord Harris	c Watson b McIntyre	1
F Penn	lbw b Mills	30
FA MacKinnon	not out	51
GG Hearne	b Mills	0
W Foord-Kelcey	b McIntyre	17
F Warde	c Royle b McIntyre	0
H Croxford	c Royle b Ricketts	4
+E Henty	c Watson b McIntyre	6
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 108.2 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-43, 3-48, 4-88, 5-123, 6-127, 7-153, 8-153, 9-177, 10-193 (108.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McIntyre	32.2	14	46	4	-	-
Watson	48	25	63	2	-	-
Barlow	9	3	17	0	-	-
Mills	17	6	52	3	-	-
Ricketts	2	0	7	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AN Hornby	b Hearne	6
E Roper	b Foord-Kelcey	0
RG Barlow	c Yardley b Hearne	36
J Ricketts	c and b Hearne	4
VPFA Royle	b Hearne	7
WG Mills	b Hearne	0
JB Barber	lbw b Foord-Kelcey	3
EB Rowley	c Croxford b Hearne	5
A Watson	b Foord-Kelcey	6
E Wadsworth	c Harris b Hearne	1
W McIntyre	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-11, 4-39, 5-39, 6-58, 7-71, 8-84, 9-84, 10-85 (55.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foord-Kelcey	19	10	18	3	-	-
Absolom	4	3	3	0	-	-
Hearne	25.3	11	40	7	-	-
Croxford	7	4	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JB Barber made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> W Foord-Kelcey (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> W Foord-Kelcey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 7-15)
--> WG Mills achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 2-22)
--> A Watson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> W Foord-Kelcey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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