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New Zealand in England, 1931 
Kent v New Zealanders 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 
26,27,28 August 1931 (3-day match) 
Result: Kent won by 9 wickets 
Toss: New Zealanders 
Umpires: RD Burrows and D Hendren
 
Close of play:
  Day 1: New Zealanders 326, Kent 4/2 (WH Ashdown 4*)
 Day 2: Kent 437, New Zealanders 62/3 (GL Weir 32*, RC Blunt 20*)
New Zealanders 1st innings
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                (b 1, lb 1, nb 2)                         4
Total                 (all out, 108.5 overs)                  326
FoW: 1-90, 2-119, 3-135, 4-161, 5-241,
     6-272, 7-285, 8-286, 9-300, 10-326.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
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
Kent 1st innings
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                (b 4, lb 3)                               7
Total                 (all out, 94.4 overs)                   437
FoW: 1-0, 2-4, 3-45, 4-115, 5-392, 6-415, 7-427, 8-436, 9-437.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
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
New Zealanders 2nd innings
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 & b Marriott            10
CFW Allcott           not out                                   4
Extras                (b 7, lb 2, w 1)                         10
Total                 (all out, 70 overs)                     159
FoW: 1-5, 2-5, 3-9, 4-66, 5-100,
     6-140, 7-140, 8-140, 9-150, 10-159.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ashdown                      8      3     23      0
Freeman                     17      4     52      3
Marriott                    34     10     58      7
Hardinge                     7      4      4      0
Ames                         3      0      3      0
Chapman                      1      0      9      0
Kent 2nd innings (target: 49 runs)
HTW Hardinge          not out                                  29
LJ Todd               c Matheson         b Vivian               9
BH Valentine          not out                                  11
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (1 wicket, 17.3 overs)                   49
DNB: WH Ashdown, +WHV Levett, CS Marriott, FE Woolley, LEG Ames,
     *APF Chapman, GB Legge, AP Freeman.
FoW: 1-34.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Matheson                     2      1      5      0
Merritt                      4      1     19      0
Allcott                      3      3      0      0
Vivian                       4      0      8      1
Blunt                        2      0      9      0
Lowry                        2      0      7      0
Dempster                     0.3    0      1      0
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