f2244	Kent v Sussex
	County Match 1879
Venue	Old County Ground, Town Malling on 31st July, 1st August 1879 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 11 runs
Umpires	W Goodhew, C Payne
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 117/3 (Bligh 25*, Blackman 17*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Whitfeld	c Absolom b Bray	4
J Phillips	b Penn	1
RM Turnbull	c O'Shaughnessy b Penn	2
*C Sharp	c GG Hearne b Penn	19
WH Millard	b Bray	1
W Mechen	b Bray	20
+H Phillips	c Blackman b Bray	58
WE Pedley	c Absolom b GG Hearne	4
HRJ Charlwood	c and b Cunliffe	31
J Lillywhite	b Cunliffe	0
A Smith	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 94.1 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-6, 3-12, 4-16, 5-36, 6-58, 7-77, 8-144, 9-146, 10-146 (94.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bray	40	20	51	4	-	-
Penn	26	10	45	3	-	-
O'Shaughnessy	7	2	13	0	-	-
GG Hearne	11	3	21	1	-	-
Cunliffe	10.1	3	10	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CA Absolom	c Turnbull b Lillywhite	31
CM Cunliffe	c H Phillips b Lillywhite	10
GG Hearne	b Turnbull	25
IFW Bligh	b Smith	43
A Blackman	b Pedley	36
F Hearne	c Millard b Smith	3
Lord Clifton	st H Phillips b Pedley	2
A Penn	b Lillywhite	13
+E Henty	b Smith	3
E O'Shaughnessy	not out	20
J Bray	c Mechen b Turnbull	8
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 119.3 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-50, 3-90, 4-150, 5-154, 6-160, 7-160, 8-178, 9-194, 10-209 (119.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillywhite	33	13	41	3	-	-
Pedley	19	9	33	2	-	-
Smith	39	14	73	3	-	-
Sharp	16	6	24	0	-	-
Turnbull	12.3	3	23	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Whitfeld	b Penn	1
J Phillips	run out	2
W Mechen	c O'Shaughnessy b Bray	1
+H Phillips	run out	34
HRJ Charlwood	c Henty b Bray	14
WH Millard	c and b Cunliffe	21
*C Sharp	c Cunliffe b Bray	25
RM Turnbull	c Bligh b Cunliffe	0
WE Pedley	not out	16
J Lillywhite	lbw b Bray	7
A Smith	b Bray	13
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-4, 4-28, 5-74, 6-101, 7-109, 8-109, 9-125, 10-147 (68 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bray	29	13	51	5	-	-
Penn	23	8	35	1	-	-
Cunliffe	16	3	48	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Lord Clifton	c Mechen b Pedley	4
CM Cunliffe	c Sharp b Pedley	1
GG Hearne	b Pedley	13
IFW Bligh	c Sharp b Pedley	16
A Blackman	b Smith	5
F Hearne	st H Phillips b Pedley	1
*CA Absolom	not out	26
A Penn	b Smith	1
+E Henty	c Whitfeld b Smith	0
E O'Shaughnessy	c H Phillips b Pedley	2
J Bray	b Pedley	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 35 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-34, 4-40, 5-49, 6-49, 7-52, 8-54, 9-73, 10-73 (35 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pedley	18	6	36	7	-	-
Smith	17	7	33	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WE Pedley made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RM Turnbull made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> W Mechen made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> W Mechen (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> A Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> A Blackman made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> WE Pedley achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings

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