f99	East Kent v West Kent
	First-Class matches in England 1789
Venue	Star Inn, Coxheath on 4th, 5th August 1789 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	East Kent won by 7 wickets
Close of play day 1

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West Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Crawte	run out	0
T Walker	c Harris b [unknown]	5
H Walker	b Harris	3
W Brazier	b Harris	0
W Beldham	b Harris	0
R Hosmer	c Crosoer b [unknown]	0
R Clifford	c Crosoer b [unknown]	4
S Amherst	c Crosoer b [unknown]	0
J Wells	b Purchase	7
W Bullen	not out	2
Palmer	b Purchase	3
Extras		0
Total	(all out)	24
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-24

East Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	?	?	?	3	-	-
Purchase	?	?	?	2	-	-

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East Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Pilcher	b Beldham	7
R Purchase	c H Walker b [unknown]	13
J Small sen	c Wells b [unknown]	13
J Aylward	b Beldham	0
J Small jun	run out	1
H Crosoer	c Bullen b [unknown]	0
J Boorman	c Bullen b [unknown]	3
J Ring	run out	12
D Harris	c Beldham b [unknown]	2
J Church	not out	2
Kennett	b Clifford	3
Extras		0
Total	(all out)	56
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-56

West Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clifford	?	?	?	1	-	-
Beldham	?	?	?	2	-	-

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West Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Crawte	run out	0
T Walker	b Harris	15
H Walker	c Crosoer b [unknown]	9
W Brazier	c Crosoer b [unknown]	1
W Beldham	c Crosoer b [unknown]	9
R Hosmer	b Purchase	0
R Clifford	not out	8
S Amherst	b Harris	2
J Wells	c Purchase b [unknown]	3
W Bullen	c Ring b [unknown]	7
Palmer	b Purchase	7
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-62

East Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	?	?	?	2	-	-
Purchase	?	?	?	2	-	-

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East Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Pilcher	c Bullen b [unknown]	2
R Purchase	not out	11
J Aylward	b Clifford	4
H Crosoer	run out	15
J Small sen	did not bat
J Small jun	did not bat
J Boorman	did not bat
J Ring	did not bat
D Harris	did not bat
J Church	did not bat
Kennett	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets)	32
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

West Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clifford	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Kennett made his debut in First-Class matches
--> Kennett made his last appearance in First-Class matches

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East Kent had Boorman and four of Hampshire as given men; West Kent had four of Surrey. There must be an unrecorded score of 0* in East Kent (2). East Kent batted on after victory: Purchase b Clifford 11, Small, sen c Bullen 3, Small, jun stumped 17, Boorman c Wells 8, Ring b Clifford 27, Harris b Beldham 0, Church not out 0, Kennett stumped 0, total 87. Remarkably, the game continued with West Kent (3): Crawte c Purchase 23, T Walker c Aylward 0, H Walker c Crosoer 2, Wells c Harris 24, Brazier c Purchase 7, Beldham c Harris 0, Hosmer b Purchase 1, Clifford c Crosoer 3, Amherst not out 0, Bullen b Harris 23, Palmer b Purchase 0, byes 1, total 84. This would have left East Kent with 28 to win but time must have run out at this point.
The fact that East Kent batted on has caused several sources to reverse the teams, with East Kent batting first, making 87 in (2), and winning by 57 runs. Britcher gives the dates as Tuesday and Wednesday, 3, 4 Aug but these dates were Monday and Tuesday so it is assumed he meant 4, 5 August.

 

 

 

 

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