f14682	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1934
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 11th, 12th, 13th July 1934 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by an innings and 305 runs
Umpires	EJ Smith, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 608/7 (Kennedy 23*, Brooks 1*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 3/1 (Baring 0*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Sandham	b Holmes	65
J Arnold	c Fender b Baxter	125
RJ Gregory	lbw b Baxter	51
HS Squires	c Machin b Baxter	119
RG Duckfield	c sub b Holmes	106
JW Lee	c Machin b Baxter	4
AW Wellard	b Baxter	91
*AS Kennedy	not out	40
+EWJ Brooks	not out	27
J Mercer	did not bat
AR Gover	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 15 lb, 3 w)	23
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 112 overs)	651
Fall of wickets:
1-121, 2-226, 3-271, 4-431, 5-435, 6-522, 7-603

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baxter	28	3	128	5	-	-
Baring	19	1	113	0	-	-
Fairfax	15	2	102	0	-	-
Morkel	4	0	23	0	-	-
Holmes	16	1	110	2	-	-
Fender	14	1	75	0	-	-
Garland-Wells	16	0	77	0	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Moore	c and b Wellard	12
DPB Morkel	c Brooks b Gover	0
AG Fairfax	c Duckfield b Gover	15
Lord Tennyson	c Kennedy b Wellard	5
*ERT Holmes	c Kennedy b Gover	4
HM Garland-Wells	c Kennedy b Mercer	93
PGH Fender	c Brooks b Gover	10
CCC Case	c Gregory b Gover	11
+RS Machin	c Brooks b Wellard	5
AEG Baring	not out	22
AD Baxter	b Wellard	0
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 49.3 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-20, 3-30, 4-37, 5-44, 6-58, 7-115, 8-120, 9-192, 10-192 (49.3 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	16	4	57	5	-	-
Wellard	17.3	2	60	4	-	-
Mercer	9	2	36	1	-	-
Kennedy	4	1	20	0	-	-
Lee	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Moore	c Brooks b Wellard	3
AEG Baring	b Mercer	14
AG Fairfax	b Mercer	23
Lord Tennyson	lbw b Mercer	42
DPB Morkel	lbw b Wellard	1
*ERT Holmes	c Wellard b Mercer	7
HM Garland-Wells	c and b Lee	0
PGH Fender	b Wellard	21
CCC Case	b Lee	5
+RS Machin	c sub b Gover	25
AD Baxter	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 41.5 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-32, 3-60, 4-61, 5-80, 6-81, 7-95, 8-109, 9-148, 10-154 (41.5 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	10	1	34	1	-	-
Wellard	13.5	1	53	3	-	-
Mercer	13	3	32	4	-	-
Lee	5	0	28	2	-	-

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Notes
--> AG Fairfax made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RS Machin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HS Squires (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> AW Wellard (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> AS Kennedy (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> AW Wellard reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen first innings

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