f2235	Kent v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Other First-Class matches in England 1879
Venue	Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 17th, 18th July 1879 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 6 runs
Umpires	FH Farrands, WH Luck
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 164/5 (W Barnes ?*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Hearne	b Flowers	7
E O'Shaughnessy	c Pilling b Mycroft	0
GG Hearne	c Clayton b W Barnes	15
F Penn	c AS Barnes b Flowers	2
*Lord Harris	c Parke b Flowers	28
IFW Bligh	c Pilling b Mycroft	9
W Foord-Kelcey	b Flowers	1
CA Absolom	c Pilling b Clayton	28
A Penn	run out	3
+E Henty	not out	0
J Bray	b Mycroft	0
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 90.1 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-12, 3-20, 4-54, 5-60, 6-63, 7-100, 8-103, 9-103, 10-103 (90.1 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flowers	30	16	38	4	-	-
Mycroft	29.1	20	26	3	-	-
W Barnes	23	15	19	1	-	-
Clayton	8	4	10	1	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Barnes	run out	53
EA Parke	c Absolom b Bray	2
W Flowers	c Absolom b F Hearne	81
HE Rhodes	c Bligh b O'Shaughnessy	10
BN Akroyd	b A Penn	11
G Law	c Harris b O'Shaughnessy	12
RO Clayton	c F Hearne b A Penn	9
AS Barnes	c Foord-Kelcey b A Penn	5
HB Burnell	c Bray b O'Shaughnessy	1
+R Pilling	b A Penn	3
W Mycroft	not out	3
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-132, 3-147, 4-147, 5-164, 6-180, 7-185, 8-187, 9-190, 10-194 (102.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Shaughnessy	36	14	61	3	-	-
Bray	24	7	38	1	-	-
A Penn	22.2	7	31	4	-	-
GG Hearne	8	0	33	0	-	-
F Hearne	7	2	10	1	-	-
Foord-Kelcey	5	1	17	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Hearne	b Mycroft	3
E O'Shaughnessy	b Flowers	0
GG Hearne	c Pilling b Mycroft	16
F Penn	c Pilling b Mycroft	8
*Lord Harris	c Pilling b Mycroft	29
IFW Bligh	b W Barnes	1
W Foord-Kelcey	hit wkt b Mycroft	4
CA Absolom	c Flowers b Mycroft	4
A Penn	c Akroyd b Mycroft	0
+E Henty	not out	2
J Bray	c Pilling b Mycroft	7
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-12, 3-31, 4-50, 5-51, 6-62, 7-66, 8-68, 9-77, 10-85 (78 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flowers	16	12	6	1	-	-
Mycroft	40	20	40	8	-	-
W Barnes	22	8	28	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> HB Burnell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BN Akroyd made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AS Barnes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HB Burnell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> W Flowers (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> W Mycroft reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings

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