Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

KENT v HAMPSHIRE Played at Sevenoaks Vine Cricket Club Ground, June 25, 26, 1776. Hampshire won by 75 runs. HAMPSHIRE 1 J.Aylward b Dorset 6 b White 3 2 J.Small, sen b Dorset 45 c Bullen 7 3 G.Leer b Stevens 0 c Bowra 1 4 T.Sueter c Booker 5 run out 13 5 T.Brett c Bullen 3 not out 1 6 E.Aburrow c Bowra 8 c Brazier 5 7 R.Francis c Booker 47 b White 9 8 T.Taylor c Booker 42 c Booker 14 9 W.Barber not out 4 c Boorman 0 10 R.Nyren c Dorset 70 c Bullen 19 11 R.A.Veck c Bullen 0 b Stevens 10 Byes 11 2 —— —— 241 84 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-241 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-84 KENT 1 Duke of Dorset b Brett 6 c Nyren 2 2 E.Stevens b Nyren 6 b Barber 2 3 R.Miller c Small 4 c Sueter 6 4 W.Bowra b Brett 1 c Small 20 5 W.Bullen c Francis 29 b Brett 0 6 W.Brazier c Veck 34 not out 19 7 T.Pattenden c Small 0 c Aburrow 6 8 J.Boorman not out 13 c Francis 9 9 F.Booker run out 41 c Taylor 6 10 T.White hit wkt 23 c Sueter 0 11 J.Wood (Seal) b Nyren 9 b Nyren 2 Byes 7 5 —— —— 173 77 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-173 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-77 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Stevens 1 1 Dorset 2 White 2 Hampshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Brett 2 1 Nyren 2 1 Barber 1 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: . Kent had Stevens and White as given men. RM has many differences including one huge one (Hants (1) Nyren 7 not 70, total 177 not 241) but other newspapers confirm the score as given. (Variant) The diarist Richard Hayes reports that Dorset opened the bowling with a maiden ‘but soon hitting began’ and goes on to say that Dorset took two good catches. LEP reports that Dorset took three catches, but surviving versions of the score show only one. It is possible that Aylward and Small ought to be ‘c Dorset’ rather than ‘b Dorset’, but in view of the uncertainty the score has been left unaltered. 55