Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

KENT v HAMPSHIRE Played at Sevenoaks Vine Cricket Club Ground, July 3, 4, 5, 1782. Kent won by four wickets. HAMPSHIRE 1 J.Small, sen c Booker 2 c Bowra 15 2 R.A.Veck c Bullen 7 c Aylward 0 3 N.Mann b Stevens 6 c Bullen 13 4 E.Aburrow c Clifford 8 b Clifford 6 5 H.Attfield not out 16 b Clifford 6 6 G.Leer c Bowra 1 c Hosmer 25 7 T.Taylor c Booker 0 c Booker 6 8 W.Hall b Clifford 4 not out 2 9 R.Francis b Stevens 10 b Stevens 15 10 D.Harris c Aylward 27 c Bullen 1 11 T.Sueter c Bullen 5 b Clifford 48 Byes 1 3 —— —— 87 140 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-87 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-140 KENT 1 W.Brazier b Harris 1 c Attfield 0 2 E.Stevens b Aburrow 17 3 W.Bowra b Harris 4 c Leer 48 4 W.Bedster c Harris 25 c Aburrow 12 5 F.Booker not out 29 6 R.Clifford c Taylor 0 b Mann 15 7 J.Aylward c Francis 3 run out 17 8 W.Bullen c Francis 5 not out 11 9 J.Ring c Small 3 b Mann 3 10 R.Hosmer c Hall 6 not out 20 11 T.Pattenden b Mann 7 Byes 2 —— —— 102 (6 wickets) 126 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-102 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Stevens 2 1 Clifford 1 3 Hampshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Harris 2 Mann 1 2 Aburrow 1 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: ; 2nd day: Kent (2) 109-6 (Bullen 5*, Hosmer 9*). Kent had Bedster and Stevens as given men. A contemporary scorecard gives an unfinished version of this match that supports the version in the Kentish Gazette as above except that it has Ring’s score in Kent (2) as 2 rather than 3. The scorecard gives the dates as 3, 4 July only, so it has been accepted as representing the position at the close of play on the second day. No total is given for the innings in progress (Kent (2)), but Bullen and Hosmer are shown as 5*and 9* respectively, which implies a score of 190-6 at that point. 87