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New Zealand in England, 1927 
Kent v New Zealand 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 
31 August, 1,2 September 1927 (3-day match) 
Result: Kent won by 58 runs 
Toss: Kent 
Umpires: LC Braund and HR Butt
 
Close of play:
  Day 1:
 Day 2:
Kent 1st innings
HTW Hardinge          st James           b Merritt             11
WH Ashdown            c James            b Merritt             84
FE Woolley            c Lowry            b Allcott             68
*AJ Evans             lbw                b Merritt              8
LEG Ames              c Allcott          b Merritt             84
APF Chapman           c James            b Merritt             30
GB Legge              c Page             b Dempster            23
CH Knott              c James            b Allcott             32
+JC Hubble            lbw                b Allcott             50
AC Wright                                b Merritt              1
AP Freeman            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 10, lb 3, nb 1)                       14
Total                 (all out, 105.1 overs)                  405
FoW: 1-42, 2-145, 3-174, 4-179, 5-243,
     6-320, 7-320, 8-405, 9-405, 10-405.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGirr                      15      4     40      0
Bernau                      10      1     40      0
Merritt                     43.1    1    185      6
Allcott                     20      1     60      3
Lowry                        8      1     31      0
Blunt                        6      1     19      0
Dempster                     3      0     16      1
New Zealand 1st innings
CS Dempster           c Chapman          b Freeman             26
JE Mills                                 b Wright              65
RC Blunt                                 b Freeman            103
CCR Dacre             c Chapman          b Freeman             11
ML Page               st Hubble          b Freeman              0
*TC Lowry                                b Wright               9
CFW Allcott                              b Wright               7
HM McGirr             lbw                b Freeman             43
EHL Bernau            c Ames             b Hardinge             3
+KC James             c Evans            b Hardinge             9
WE Merritt            not out                                  13
Extras                (b 3, lb 1)                               4
Total                 (all out, 95.1 overs)                   293
FoW: 1-52, 2-134, 3-151, 4-166, 5-181,
     6-197, 7-249, 8-270, 9-271, 10-293.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wright                      31      6     88      3
Ashdown                      6      0     15      0
Freeman                     33      6    108      5
Woolley                      2      0      8      0
Chapman                      1      0      2      0
Evans                       10      2     33      0
Hardinge                    12.1    2     35      2
Kent 2nd innings
HTW Hardinge          c Bernau           b McGirr              14
LEG Ames              st James           b McGirr               0
FE Woolley            st James           b Merritt            125
*AJ Evans                                b Bernau               3
APF Chapman           c Page             b McGirr              28
GB Legge                                 b McGirr               8
WH Ashdown                               b Bernau              19
CH Knott              not out                                  39
AC Wright                                b Merritt             13
Extras                (b 10, lb 3, nb 1)                       14
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 59.5 overs)        263
DNB: +JC Hubble, AP Freeman.
FoW: 1-9, 2-14, 3-27, 4-83, 5-101, 6-158, 7-237, 8-263.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGirr                      20      3     84      4
Bernau                       7      0     31      2
Merritt                     17.5    0     81      2
Allcott                      9      0     35      0
Blunt                        4      0      9      0
Dacre                        2      0      9      0
New Zealand 2nd innings (target: 376 runs)
JE Mills              c Chapman          b Evans                1
CCR Dacre             st Hubble          b Evans               23
RC Blunt                                 b Freeman             24
CS Dempster                              b Wright              54
*TC Lowry             c Legge            b Wright              30
ML Page               lbw                b Freeman              7
+KC James             lbw                b Evans               22
HM McGirr                                b Wright              73
CFW Allcott           not out                                  38
WE Merritt                               b Wright               0
EHL Bernau            c Ames             b Freeman             20
Extras                (b 11, lb 13, nb 1)                      25
Total                 (all out, 95.2 overs)                   317
FoW: 1-1, 2-42, 3-66, 4-139, 5-156,
     6-158, 7-201, 8-264, 9-266, 10-317.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wright                      29      5     94      4
Ashdown                      3      0     10      0
Freeman                     31.2    2     82      3
Chapman                      3      1      5      0
Evans                       18      5     64      3
Hardinge                    10      2     37      0
Knott                        1      1      0      0
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