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| Venue | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 7th, 8th, 9th August 1878 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | 12 per side |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Kent won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | FH Farrands, E Willsher |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 107/5 (Hearne 21*, Bligh 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 33/4 (Anstruther 18*, Mitchell 9*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FA MacKinnon | c Kingscote b Grace | 0 | |||||
| F Penn | c Shaw b Cottrell | 51 | |||||
| CA Absolom | b Grace | 21 | |||||
| GG Hearne | not out | 60 | |||||
| *Lord Harris | c Clarke b Cottrell | 0 | |||||
| W Yardley | c Barnes b Grace | 3 | |||||
| IFW Bligh | b Morley | 19 | |||||
| W Foord-Kelcey | run out | 33 | |||||
| RS Jones | run out | 1 | |||||
| CF Tufnell | c Mitchell b Shaw | 12 | |||||
| +I Ingram | b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| A Penn | c Shaw b Grace | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 5 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 176.1 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-44, 3-92, 4-93, 5-95, 6-136, 7-193, 8-194, 9-211, 10-213, 11-216 (176.1 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Grace | 67.1 | 38 | 82 | 4 | - | - | |
| Morley | 31 | 15 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shaw | 43 | 33 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Powys | 15 | 8 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cottrell | 18 | 9 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ridley | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AW Anstruther | c Bligh b A Penn | 0 | |||||
| *WG Grace | b Hearne | 0 | |||||
| RAH Mitchell | c Absolom b Foord-Kelcey | 31 | |||||
| AW Ridley | c Hearne b A Penn | 1 | |||||
| CE Cottrell | c Yardley b A Penn | 8 | |||||
| CFC Clarke | c Ingram b A Penn | 33 | |||||
| AS Barnes | b Foord-Kelcey | 5 | |||||
| +HB Kingscote | hit wkt b A Penn | 5 | |||||
| GA Webbe | b Foord-Kelcey | 9 | |||||
| WN Powys | b Foord-Kelcey | 4 | |||||
| A Shaw | b Foord-Kelcey | 5 | |||||
| F Morley | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.3 overs) | 109 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-3, 3-4, 4-34, 5-47, 6-61, 7-79, 8-84, 9-89, 10-104, 11-109 (57.3 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| A Penn | 29 | 15 | 43 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hearne | 13 | 2 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Foord-Kelcey | 15.3 | 5 | 32 | 5 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AW Anstruther | b Foord-Kelcey | 43 | |||||
| *WG Grace | b A Penn | 1 | |||||
| AW Ridley | c Jones b Foord-Kelcey | 3 | |||||
| +HB Kingscote | c Hearne b Foord-Kelcey | 0 | |||||
| CE Cottrell | c A Penn b Foord-Kelcey | 1 | |||||
| RAH Mitchell | c Bligh b A Penn | 42 | |||||
| CFC Clarke | c Absolom b A Penn | 4 | |||||
| AS Barnes | b Foord-Kelcey | 1 | |||||
| GA Webbe | not out | 19 | |||||
| WN Powys | b Foord-Kelcey | 2 | |||||
| A Shaw | c MacKinnon b A Penn | 8 | |||||
| F Morley | c sub b A Penn | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.1 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-12, 3-12, 4-14, 5-64, 6-75, 7-86, 8-102, 9-109, 10-124, 11-126 (83.1 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| A Penn | 41.1 | 18 | 48 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hearne | 14 | 4 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Foord-Kelcey | 28 | 8 | 52 | 6 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CA Absolom | not out | 15 | |||||
| A Penn | c Mitchell b Morley | 0 | |||||
| +I Ingram | c and b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| RS Jones | not out | 5 | |||||
| FA MacKinnon | did not bat | ||||||
| F Penn | did not bat | ||||||
| GG Hearne | did not bat | ||||||
| *Lord Harris | did not bat | ||||||
| W Yardley | did not bat | ||||||
| IFW Bligh | did not bat | ||||||
| W Foord-Kelcey | did not bat | ||||||
| CF Tufnell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 10.1 overs) | 20 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-3 | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shaw | 5.1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morley | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> HB Kingscote made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GA Webbe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> F Penn (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> CA Absolom (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> CFC Clarke (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> AW Anstruther (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> WG Grace reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
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