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English Domestic Season, 1853 
England v Kent 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 
15,16,17 August 1853 (3-day match) 
Result: England won by an innings and 179 runs 
Toss: 
Umpires: W Caldecourt and T Sewell Snr
 
Close of Play:
  Day 1: England 266/7 (Wisden 3*, Parr 8*)
 Day 2: England 324, Kent 47
England 1st innings                                             R
W Nicholson                              b Hinkly              14
HON Scb Ponsonby      run out                                   7
J Dean                c Adams            b Willsher            26
W Caffyn              c Bligh            b Hillyer             55
Julius Caesar         c Bennett          b W Pilch            101
E Balfour                                b Bligh               44
+T Box                                   b W Pilch              0
J Wisden              c Adams            b Mynn                27
S Parr                c Wenman           b W Pilch             31
J Grundy              run out                                   4
W Clarke              not out                                   1
Extras                (b 9, lb 4, w 1)                         14
Total                 (all out, 145 overs)                    324
FoW: 1-21, 2-27, 3-55, 4-154, 5-254,
     6-254, 7-254, 8-309, 9-321, 10-324.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hillyer                     29      5     85      1
Hinkly                      39     12     69      1
Willsher                    21      2     45      1
Bligh                       28     10     54      1
Adams                        6      1     16      0
Lefeaver                     3      1      7      0
Mynn                        11      2     17      1
W Pilch                      7      5      7      3
Bennett                      1      0      8      0
Kent 1st innings                                                R
TM Adams              c Caffyn           b Clarke              13
E Willsher            run out                                   0
A Mynn                run out                                   0
F Pilch               run out                                  10
+EG Wenman            run out                                   2
Hon EV Bligh          c Clarke           b Wisden              11
George Bennett                           b Wisden               0
J Lefeaver            run out                                   6
WR Hillyer            not out                                   3
W Pilch                                  b Clarke               0
E Hinkly              c Clarke           b Wisden               2
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (all out, 53.2 overs)                    47
FoW: 1-6, 2-6, 3-14, 4-24, 5-33,
     6-?, 7-?, 8-44, 9-44, 10-47.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clarke                      27     13     35      2
Wisden                      26.2   17     12      3
Kent 2nd innings (following on)                                 R
TM Adams                                 b Clarke               5
E Willsher                           c & b Wisden               1
A Mynn                c Caffyn           b Wisden              13
F Pilch                                  b Clarke               0
+EG Wenman            st Box             b Clarke               6
Hon EV Bligh          st Box             b Clarke               5
George Bennett        not out                                   8
J Lefeaver                           c & b Wisden              35
WR Hillyer            st Box             b Clarke               6
W Pilch               c Caffyn           b Wisden              10
E Hinkly                                 b Wisden               6
Extras                (b 1, lb 2)                               3
Total                 (all out, 64.1 overs)                    98
FoW: 1-33, 2-41, 3-41, 4-49, 5-60,
     6-65, 7-?, 8-77, 9-92, 10-98.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clarke                      32      8     71      5
Wisden                      32.1   21     24      5
 
-  England Captain not known
 -  Kent Captain not known
 -   The bowling in the England first innings is 2 runs short
   
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