f13680	Kent v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1931
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 26th, 27th, 28th August 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 9 wickets
Umpires	RD Burrows, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 4/2 (Ashdown 4*)
Close of play day 2	New Zealanders (2) 62/3 (Weir 32*, Blunt 20*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	c Ashdown b Marriott	34
JE Mills	b Marriott	163
GL Weir	run out	8
RC Blunt	c Woolley b Hardinge	9
HG Vivian	c Woolley b Hardinge	14
*TC Lowry	c Chapman b Ashdown	34
ML Page	not out	26
+KC James	b Hardinge	8
AM Matheson	st Levett b Marriott	1
WE Merritt	c Levett b Marriott	8
CFW Allcott	c Todd b Marriott	17
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 108.5 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-119, 3-135, 4-161, 5-241, 6-272, 7-285, 8-286, 9-300, 10-326 (108.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ashdown	23	3	63	1	-	-
Freeman	6	1	29	0	-	-
Marriott	41.5	9	102	5	-	-
Hardinge	27	4	83	3	-	-
Woolley	5	0	21	0	-	-
Ames	6	0	24	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ashdown	b Merritt	22
+WHV Levett	b Matheson	0
CS Marriott	b Matheson	0
HTW Hardinge	b Merritt	45
FE Woolley	c Blunt b Vivian	224
LEG Ames	st James b Vivian	115
*APF Chapman	c Lowry b Vivian	12
BH Valentine	not out	11
LJ Todd	b Merritt	0
GB Legge	run out	1
AP Freeman	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	437
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-45, 4-115, 5-392, 6-415, 7-427, 8-436, 9-437 (94.4 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	21	2	90	2	-	-
Merritt	37.4	4	174	3	-	-
Allcott	6	1	26	0	-	-
Vivian	20	1	103	3	-	-
Weir	3	1	10	0	-	-
Page	7	1	27	0	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	c Levett b Marriott	4
GL Weir	b Freeman	33
ML Page	lbw b Marriott	0
JE Mills	b Marriott	4
RC Blunt	c Woolley b Marriott	37
HG Vivian	b Freeman	31
*TC Lowry	st Levett b Marriott	21
+KC James	lbw b Freeman	5
AM Matheson	st Levett b Marriott	0
WE Merritt	c and b Marriott	10
CFW Allcott	not out	4
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-9, 4-66, 5-100, 6-140, 7-140, 8-140, 9-150, 10-159 (70 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ashdown	8	3	23	0	-	-
Marriott	34	10	58	7	-	-
Hardinge	7	4	4	0	-	-
Ames	3	0	3	0	-	-
Chapman	1	0	9	0	-	-
Freeman	17	4	52	3	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HTW Hardinge	not out	29
LJ Todd	c Matheson b Vivian	9
BH Valentine	not out	11
WH Ashdown	did not bat
+WHV Levett	did not bat
CS Marriott	did not bat
FE Woolley	did not bat
LEG Ames	did not bat
*APF Chapman	did not bat
GB Legge	did not bat
AP Freeman	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 18.3 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Todd)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	2	1	5	0	-	-
Merritt	5	2	19	0	-	-
Allcott	3	3	0	0	-	-
Blunt	2	0	9	0	-	-
Vivian	4	0	8	1	-	-
Lowry	2	0	7	0	-	-
Dempster	0.3	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GB Legge made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> JE Mills (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 39
--> FE Woolley (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 124
--> FE Woolley (1) passed 45500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 175
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 37

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