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A scorebook of the Aboriginal Cricket Tour of England in Charles Lawrence's hand, 1868, page 3

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Page 3 Aboriginals v Gentlemen of Kent 2nd June 1868 Played at Gravesend June 2nd & 3rd 1st innings Aboriginals 2nd innings Names How out Bowler Runs How out Bowler Runs Tiger ct White Lipscomb 3 bd Lipscomb 1 Red Cap ct “ “ 10 ct Griffith Troughton 18 C Lawrence st White Norten 11 ct Rodger Boycott 14 Bullocky ct & bd “ 12 ct Troughton Norten 7 Mullagh bd “ 0 ct Griffith “ 17 Cuzens bd “ 2 ct Boycott “ 1 King Cole ct White Boycott 18 st White Troughton 3 Dick a Dick bd Troughton 27 run out 3 Twopenny bd “ 6 not out 16 Peter bd Norten 9 bd Lipscomb 15 C Dumas not out 6 st Troughton Rogers 0 Byes 12 Leg byes 7 19 byes 5 Lbyes 6 11 ----- ----- 123 106 Names How out Bowler Runs How out Bowler Runs W W Rodger bd Mullagh 0 W Lindsay bd do 72 W S Norten hit wicket Lawrence 9 P[?] E A White ct Twopenny Mullagh 41 P Hilton ct Dick a Dick do 14 N A Troughton ct Peter Lawrence 80 Capt Boycott ct Lawrence King Cole 14 Capt Johnson ct & bd Mullagh 44 C B Griffith bd Lawrence 0 F Ray not out 1 R Lipscomp ct Red Cap Mullagh 1 Byes 17 leg byes 5 22 ----- 298 Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales Charles Lawrence - Papers, 1868-1896 MLMSS 7132; Safe 1 / 227 Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW Bowler Balls Runs Balls Runs Norten 100 27 64 34 Lipscomb 104 31 80 24 Griffith 12 9 Troughton 40 15 24 16 Boycott 40 22 44 14 Rogers 20 7 Umpires W Luck and W Shepherd