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f1249 Gentlemen v Players

Other First-Class matches in England 1868

Venue Kennington Oval on 2nd, 3rd July 1868 (3-day match)

Balls per over 4

Toss Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat

Result Gentlemen won by an innings and 87 runs

Umpires J Caesar, J Lillywhite

Close of play day 1 Gentlemen (1) 379 all out

Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Grace	c Coward b Willsher	5
+BB Cooper	b Silcock	1
WG Grace	c Coward b Silcock	19
CF Buller	c Pooley b Silcock	41
ID Walker	c Mantle b Silcock	165
HA Richardson	lbw b Silcock	55
RD Walker	b Silcock	33
WF Maitland	c Willsher b Lillywhite	10
CA Absolom	not out	40
VE Walker	b Lillywhite	1
D Buchanan	b Silcock	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 182.2 overs)	379
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-10, 3-37, 4-98, 5-226, 6-298, 7-325, 8-353, 9-354, 10-379 (182.2 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Silcock	71.2	28	132	7	1	-
Lillywhite	48	12	107	2	-	-
Willsher	37	18	60	1	-	-
Mantle	9	4	19	0	-	-
Ricketts	9	0	34	0	-	-
Pooley	8	2	19	0	-	-

Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Humphrey	c ID Walker b WG Grace	41
H Jupp	c Cooper b WG Grace	1
J Ricketts	b WG Grace	0
C Coward	b Buchanan	5
J Lillywhite	c Maitland b Absolom	39
HRJ Charlwood	c VE Walker b WG Grace	12
EW Pooley	c Buchanan b WG Grace	9
TA Mantle	run out	1
F Silcock	c VE Walker b WG Grace	10
J Thewlis	c and b Absolom	4
E Willsher	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	126
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-4, 3-9, 4-75, 5-94, 6-106, 7-111, 8-114, 9-126, 10-126 (63 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	32	13	55	6	1	-
Buchanan	13	4	29	1	-	-
Absolom	18	7	38	2	-	-

Players second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	b Buchanan	42
J Ricketts	c Cooper b Buchanan	21
TA Mantle	c EM Grace b Buchanan	0
HRJ Charlwood	c ID Walker b Buchanan	3
T Humphrey	c ID Walker b Buchanan	1
J Lillywhite	st Cooper b Absolom	37
C Coward	c ID Walker b Buchanan	8
EW Pooley	b Buchanan	31
F Silcock	b Buchanan	11
J Thewlis	b Buchanan	6
E Willsher	not out	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 56.2 overs)	166
Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-41, 3-55, 4-59, 5-84, 6-95, 7-147, 8-153, 9-163, 10-166 (56.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	20	3	57	0	-	-
Buchanan	28.2	6	82	9	-	-
Absolom	8	2	21	1	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> ID Walker (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 102
--> ID Walker (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 75
--> F Silcock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches in the Gentlemen first innings (previous best was 4-28)
--> D Buchanan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches in the Players second innings (previous best was 7-55)

f1249	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1868
Venue	Kennington Oval on 2nd, 3rd July 1868 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen won by an innings and 87 runs
Umpires	J Caesar, J Lillywhite
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 379 all out