Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

WEST KENT v EAST KENT Played at Sevenoaks Vine Cricket Club Ground, June 20, 21, 1781. West Kent won by ten wickets. EAST KENT 1 R.Miller c Sueter 29 b Stevens 0 2 R.Clifford b Stevens 32 b Bullen 5 3 J.Small, sen c Sueter 5 c Sueter 3 4 R.Hosmer b Stevens 9 not out 37 5 R.A.Veck c Sueter 5 c Wood 5 6 B.Rimmington c Sueter 23 c Bowra 1 7 Pemmell c Stevens 0 b Bedster 7 8 W.Pattenden b Bedster 12 c Sueter 6 9 M.Rimmington c Stevens 11 c Stevens 9 10 Holness b Bedster 9 c Bullen 0 11 Lamborn not out 1 c Mann 6 Byes 5 —— —— 136 84 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-136 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-84 WEST KENT 1 W.Bedster c Veck 1 2 N.Mann b Clifford 21 not out 37 3 T.Sueter b Lamborn 34 4 J.Wood (Seal) b Clifford 2 5 W.Bullen b Lamborn 7 not out 26 6 W.Bowra c Pemmell 18 7 T.Pattenden not out 50 8 R.Stanford b Clifford 6 9 Webb c Hosmer 17 10 Mills b Clifford 0 11 E.Stevens b Lamborn 0 Byes 2 —— —— 158 (no wicket) 63 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-158 West Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Stevens 2 1 Bedster 2 1 Bullen 1 East Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Clifford 4 Lamborn 3 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: . East Kent had Lamborn, Small and Veck as given men; West Kent had Mann, Mills, Stevens and Sueter. Webb was from the Isle of Thanet. Holness (or Houness) may have been from Maidstone. (Variant) SB has T.Rimmington, but KG gives M. and, as a local newspaper, is assumed to be in a better position to know its Rimmingtons. 82