Other Events
Tues 2 June. There was a fives match at the Artillery Ground between Kent and Hampshire. Hampshire scored 11 & 46; Kent scored 35 & 23-4 to win by one wicket. The Kent team was John Boorman, John Frame, Richard May, John Minshull and Joseph Miller. Minshull scored 26 & 11; Frame scored the winning run. The Hampshire team was John Small, Tom Sueter, George Leer, Thomas Brett and Richard Nyren. Nyren scored 29 out of 46 in the second innings.
There were a couple of games in June that involved the Blackheath club against teams designated as counties but, as G B Buckley says, "the alleged Kent team cannot have been representative" and they are minor matches only.
Another Kent game against a team called London & Middlesex apparently took place at the Artillery Ground on Tues 11 August, the same day as the Hampshire & Sussex v Kent match above. It is believed that this was not a representative game, especially given the stakes on offer at Hambledon.
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