f4798 cc718	Sussex v Kent
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RO Clayton, JH Holmes
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 16/1 (Tufton 6*, Martin 4*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 262/7 (Wright 17*, Weigall 20*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Fry	c Marchant b Martin	122
G Brann	c Huish b Shine	52
KS Ranjitsinhji	lbw b Mason	35
*WL Murdoch	b Shine	12
W Newham	c Rashleigh b Mason	41
G Bean	c and b Shine	12
F Parris	b Mason	22
JC Hartley	b Mason	2
+HR Butt	b Shine	9
FW Tate	b Mason	1
CHG Bland	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb, 3 w)	9
Total	(all out, 129.1 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-191, 3-218, 4-237, 5-269, 6-302, 7-305, 8-314, 9-315, 10-320 (129.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	28	14	57	0	-	-
Shine	38	11	111	4	-	-
Martin	22	11	40	1	-	-
Hearne	20	5	41	0	-	-
Mason	21.1	3	62	5	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hearne	b Bland	6
JSR Tufton	b Tate	14
F Martin	b Fry	13
JR Mason	b Fry	25
HC Stewart	c Brann b Ranjitsinhji	114
W Rashleigh	c Butt b Ranjitsinhji	36
*F Marchant	b Parris	17
GJV Weigall	run out	50
W Wright	b Parris	18
EB Shine	b Parris	5
+FH Huish	not out	26
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 123.1 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-32, 3-37, 4-101, 5-216, 6-217, 7-241, 8-279, 9-287, 10-340 (123.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bland	20.1	3	64	1	-	-
Hartley	8	1	22	0	-	-
Tate	27	8	65	1	-	-
Parris	37	9	77	3	-	-
Fry	22	9	62	2	-	-
Ranjitsinhji	9	2	34	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Fry	b Martin	14
G Brann	lbw b Martin	0
KS Ranjitsinhji	c and b Hearne	23
*WL Murdoch	b Martin	28
W Newham	c Marchant b Martin	12
G Bean	c Shine b Hearne	20
F Parris	c Weigall b Martin	2
JC Hartley	c Huish b Martin	4
+HR Butt	st Huish b Martin	4
FW Tate	not out	9
CHG Bland	c Mason b Martin	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-37, 3-37, 4-66, 5-89, 6-91, 7-99, 8-107, 9-116, 10-116 (67 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	3	0	6	0	-	-
Shine	5	3	4	0	-	-
Martin	34	9	79	8	-	-
Hearne	25	12	27	2	-	-

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Notes
--> CB Fry (1) passed his previous highest score of 109 in County Championship matches
--> HC Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 90 in County Championship matches
--> HC Stewart (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> W Rashleigh (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> FH Huish (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> FH Huish (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> W Newham (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> JR Mason reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> A Hearne reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> F Martin reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Sussex second innings

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