f1757	Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South
	Other First-Class matches in England 1873
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 26th, 27th June 1873 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen of the South won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen of the South won by 8 wickets
Umpires	W Mortlock, J Street
Close of play day 1	Players of the South (1) 60/3 (HRJ Charlwood 19*)

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Gentlemen of the South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c Howitt b Southerton	134
GH Longman	b Howitt	16
WH Hadow	b Fillery	7
FER Fryer	b Fillery	1
CE Green	c Henty b Lillywhite	0
ID Walker	b Lillywhite	4
AW Ridley	c and b Southerton	11
GF Grace	not out	74
CK Francis	b Fillery	24
N Morris	b Fillery	11
CA Absolom	st Henty b Fillery	49
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 147.2 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-74, 3-75, 4-94, 5-103, 6-164, 7-185, 8-255, 9-277, 10-339 (147.2 ov)

Players of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howitt	32	3	86	1	-	-
Southerton	29	3	81	2	-	-
Lillywhite	35	9	73	2	-	-
Fillery	44.2	15	78	5	-	-
Silcock	7	3	13	0	-	-

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Players of the South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	b GF Grace	31
R Humphrey	b Absolom	8
F Silcock	c Morris b Ridley	0
HRJ Charlwood	c Walker b GF Grace	23
R Fillery	b GF Grace	7
T Humphrey	c and b Absolom	7
J Lillywhite	b Absolom	0
TA Mantle	c Francis b GF Grace	5
+E Henty	b GF Grace	12
J Southerton	not out	20
G Howitt	b GF Grace	2
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 74.3 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-15, 3-60, 4-67, 5-83, 6-83, 7-83, 8-92, 9-110, 10-126 (74.3 ov)

Gentlemen of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridley	15	4	28	1	-	-
Absolom	35	13	58	3	-	-
GF Grace	22.3	6	24	6	-	-
Francis	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Players of the South second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Silcock	b GF Grace	66
J Lillywhite	b WG Grace	38
H Jupp	b WG Grace	0
R Humphrey	b Ridley	21
HRJ Charlwood	c Ridley b WG Grace	49
T Humphrey	b Francis	8
R Fillery	c Francis b WG Grace	41
TA Mantle	c Hadow b Absolom	7
+E Henty	c Morris b Absolom	0
J Southerton	not out	22
G Howitt	b GF Grace	6
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 126.1 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-94, 3-114, 4-156, 5-166, 6-211, 7-225, 8-232, 9-260, 10-266 (126.1 ov)

Gentlemen of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridley	21	6	38	1	-	-
Absolom	29	7	76	2	-	-
GF Grace	34.1	18	44	2	-	-
Francis	12	4	36	1	-	-
WG Grace	30	10	64	4	-	-

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Gentlemen of the South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ID Walker	b Fillery	20
CK Francis	not out	23
CA Absolom	b Howitt	5
FER Fryer	not out	7
WG Grace	did not bat
GH Longman	did not bat
WH Hadow	did not bat
CE Green	did not bat
AW Ridley	did not bat
GF Grace	did not bat
N Morris	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 12.1 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-43

Players of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howitt	6	1	18	1	-	-
Fillery	6.1	0	37	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Gentlemen of the South (1) ?/? (WG Grace 106*, [unknown] ?*)
--> TA Mantle made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> F Silcock (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in First-Class matches
--> TA Mantle (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> J Southerton reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen of the South first innings

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