f9237 cc3536	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1914
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 10th, 11th August 1914 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 8 wickets
Points	Surrey 5; Kent 0
Umpires	HR Butt, F Parris
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 147/3 (Hayward 73*, Ducat 38*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Humphreys	b Hitch	5
HTW Hardinge	c Hayward b Smith	2
J Seymour	b Hitch	0
FE Woolley	b Hitch	51
AP Day	b Hitch	0
SH Day	c Hayward b Smith	54
*LHW Troughton	c Fender b Rushby	5
+FH Huish	b Fender	10
C Blythe	c Hayward b Smith	1
A Fielder	c and b Fender	0
AP Freeman	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-11, 4-11, 5-104, 6-119, 7-137, 8-138, 9-138, 10-140 (54.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	11	4	20	3	-	-
Hitch	21	7	39	4	-	2
Rushby	15	3	37	1	-	-
Fender	6.4	0	27	2	-	2
Abel	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TW Hayward	lbw b Blythe	91
JB Hobbs	lbw b Blythe	16
EG Hayes	c Humphreys b Blythe	0
DJ Knight	c Troughton b Blythe	2
A Ducat	c Huish b Blythe	36
PGH Fender	c Troughton b Blythe	48
WJ Abel	st Huish b Woolley	0
JW Hitch	c Woolley b Blythe	0
+H Strudwick	c AP Day b Blythe	2
WC Smith	b Blythe	12
T Rushby	not out	2
Extras	(18 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	25
Total	(all out, 59.5 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-37, 3-47, 4-147, 5-209, 6-211, 7-212, 8-218, 9-221, 10-234 (59.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fielder	3	2	3	0	1	-
Blythe	25.5	3	97	9	-	-
Woolley	18	1	66	1	-	-
Freeman	11	1	42	0	-	-
AP Day	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Humphreys	b Hitch	4
HTW Hardinge	c Ducat b Rushby	1
J Seymour	b Hitch	45
FE Woolley	c Strudwick b Hitch	14
AP Day	lbw b Fender	18
SH Day	c Strudwick b Rushby	1
*LHW Troughton	c Hayes b Fender	15
+FH Huish	c and b Fender	7
C Blythe	b Hitch	7
A Fielder	not out	5
AP Freeman	b Hitch	0
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-19, 3-63, 4-78, 5-79, 6-100, 7-117, 8-129, 9-139, 10-140 (56 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	19	5	39	5	-	1
Rushby	17	8	27	2	-	-
Smith	10	2	26	0	-	-
Abel	1	0	9	0	-	-
Fender	9	5	16	3	-	1

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TW Hayward	b Freeman	7
JB Hobbs	not out	26
EG Hayes	lbw b AP Day	12
DJ Knight	not out	2
A Ducat	did not bat
PGH Fender	did not bat
WJ Abel	did not bat
JW Hitch	did not bat
+H Strudwick	did not bat
WC Smith	did not bat
T Rushby	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 13.3 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-40

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fielder	4	1	21	0	-	-
Freeman	6.3	1	20	1	-	-
AP Day	3	1	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AP Freeman made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LHW Troughton (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> JB Hobbs (2) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> DJ Knight (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> C Blythe reached 2000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> T Rushby reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> JW Hitch reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent second innings

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Benefit match for JB Hobbs
The match was moved from The Oval which was occupied for military purposes