f1483	Kent v Middlesex
	County Match 1868
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 25th, 26th June 1868 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Kent won by 43 runs
Umpires	WH Luck, RA Thoms
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 97/8 (Case 16*, Brune 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Payne	b Rutter	20
G Bennett	c ID Walker b Rutter	23
BB Cooper	c ID Walker b Rutter	19
WT Palmer	c ID Walker b Rutter	1
GH Remnant	run out	19
E Willsher	c Hearne b RD Walker	21
MA Troughton	lbw b RD Walker	12
JT Carroll	c Hearne b RD Walker	14
P Hilton	b Rutter	4
E Henty	not out	6
R Lipscomb	b Howitt	21
Extras	(3 b, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 92.3 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-53, 3-58, 4-76, 5-99, 6-111, 7-127, 8-132, 9-138, 10-164 (92.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RD Walker	46	18	69	3	-	-
Howitt	13.3	6	21	1	-	-
Rutter	33	10	70	5	1	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJA Wilkinson	b Bennett	20
+T Hearne	b Lipscomb	1
GH Jupp	b Willsher	0
CF Buller	c Troughton b Lipscomb	40
TA Mantle	b Lipscomb	2
ID Walker	b Lipscomb	10
T Case	c Cooper b Willsher	29
RD Walker	b Willsher	4
E Rutter	c Troughton b Willsher	0
CJ Brune	b Willsher	17
G Howitt	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-12, 3-49, 4-52, 5-65, 6-92, 7-97, 8-97, 9-122, 10-129 (86.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willsher	33.1	18	37	5	-	-
Bennett	12	5	37	1	-	-
Lipscomb	41	20	49	4	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Payne	b Rutter	9
G Bennett	c Wilkinson b Rutter	29
BB Cooper	b Wilkinson	16
WT Palmer	b Rutter	3
GH Remnant	c Case b Wilkinson	7
E Willsher	st Hearne b Rutter	28
MA Troughton	not out	4
JT Carroll	b Howitt	30
P Hilton	b Howitt	0
E Henty	c RD Walker b Rutter	2
R Lipscomb	c ID Walker b Rutter	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-66, 5-77, 6-95, 7-106, 8-128, 9-134, 10-135 (60.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howitt	2	2	0	2	-	-
RD Walker	2	0	18	0	-	-
Rutter	30.3	11	53	6	-	-
Wilkinson	26	10	57	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJA Wilkinson	c Willsher b Lipscomb	11
+T Hearne	not out	0
GH Jupp	c Hilton b Bennett	7
CF Buller	b Bennett	3
TA Mantle	b Lipscomb	23
ID Walker	c Lipscomb b Willsher	5
T Case	b Bennett	40
RD Walker	b Willsher	27
E Rutter	b Willsher	2
CJ Brune	b Willsher	3
G Howitt	c and b Willsher	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-81, 5-?, 6-110, 7-119, 8-125, 9-127, 10-127 (61 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willsher	25	15	24	5	-	-
Bennett	13	3	45	3	-	-
Lipscomb	23	10	52	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GH Remnant (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in first-class matches
--> G Bennett (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
--> E Rutter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-63)
--> E Rutter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 5-70)

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