Historic counties of England the Morecambe Bay tidal flats. When the first county councils were set up in 1889, they covered newly created entities known as administrative counties. Several historic subdivisions with separate county administrations were also created administrative counties, particularly the separate ridings of Yorkshire, the separate parts of Lincolnshire, and East and West Sussex. The Local Government Act 1888 also contained wording to create both a new "administrative county" and "county" of London, and to ensure that the county boroughs which were created at the same time continued for non-administrative purposes to be part of the county which they had previously formed
East and West Kent cricket teams "Sir H. Mann with a select eleven of the County against S. Amherst, Esq. and the County at large, for 100 guineas". The ACS calls the match "Sir H. Mann v S. Amherst". However, the next Mann-Amherst match on 29 and 30 June, also at Coxheath, is called "East Kent v West Kent with each side having 4 gm". This follows Haygarth, whose title is "East Kent with Boorman and Four of Hampshire versus West Kent with Four of Surrey". East Kent won by 8 runs and Haygarth confirms Mann and Amherst as respective managers. The guest players in this