f16236	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1938
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 13th, 14th, 15th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen won by 133 runs
Umpires	F Chester, J Hardstaff
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 0/2 (Hutton 0*, Paynter 0*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 120/6 (Yardley 16*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BO Allen	c Price b Pollard	10		49	-	-
+PA Gibb	lbw b Smith	18		42	1	-
RES Wyatt	lbw b Smith	4		13	-	-
*WR Hammond	c Compton b Pollard	46		116	2	-
NWD Yardley	c Price b Smailes	88		137	11	-
HT Bartlett	not out	175		170	24	4
RH Moore	b Nichols	24		41	4	-
FR Brown	c and b Smith	23		19	5	-
RJO Meyer	lbw b Smith	0		1	-	-
JWA Stephenson	c Price b Nichols	6		30	-	-
K Farnes	c Price b Pollard	10		42	2	-
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 115.5 overs)	411
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-31, 3-35, 4-155, 5-193, 6-250, 7-285, 8-285, 9-329, 10-411 (115.5 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	29	2	117	2	-	-
Pollard	27.5	4	60	3	-	-
Smith	38	6	140	4	-	-
Smailes	21	2	87	1	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	c Stephenson b Farnes	0		5	-	-
L Hutton	lbw b Farnes	52		129	4	-
+WFF Price	c Hammond b Farnes	0		3	-	-
E Paynter	c Gibb b Stephenson	36		49	5	-
J Hardstaff	b Farnes	25		60	2	-
*FE Woolley	c Gibb b Meyer	41		54	4	-
DCS Compton	b Farnes	6		11	1	-
MS Nichols	b Farnes	23		65	1	-
TF Smailes	b Farnes	19		38	2	-
TPB Smith	not out	9		12	2	-
R Pollard	b Farnes	5		4	1	-
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 80.3 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-58, 4-114, 5-119, 6-139, 7-168, 8-203, 9-212, 10-218 (80.3 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	21.3	6	43	8	-	-
Stephenson	21	4	46	1	-	-
Brown	24	3	82	0	-	-
Meyer	9	0	34	1	-	-
Wyatt	5	1	11	0	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BO Allen	b Pollard	5		18	-	-
+PA Gibb	c and b Smith	24		55	2	-
RES Wyatt	c Smith b Smailes	30		77	2	-
*WR Hammond	c Price b Smith	37		81	2	-
FR Brown	b Smailes	6		4	1	-
HT Bartlett	c Compton b Smith	1		3	-	-
NWD Yardley	b Smith	34		54	5	-
K Farnes	not out	16		58	1	-
RH Moore	b Smith	4		6	-	-
RJO Meyer	not out	14		24	-	-
JWA Stephenson	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 67 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-36, 3-86, 4-96, 5-99, 6-119, 7-140, 8-146

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	7	1	17	0	-	-
Pollard	22	4	53	1	-	-
Smith	27	6	68	5	-	-
Smailes	11	0	33	2	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	c Gibb b Meyer	78		161	7	-
L Hutton	lbw b Brown	6		29	-	-
E Paynter	lbw b Stephenson	12		48	2	-
J Hardstaff	b Brown	0		1	-	-
*FE Woolley	c Moore b Brown	8		11	1	-
DCS Compton	lbw b Farnes	45		77	7	-
MS Nichols	not out	31		73	4	-
TF Smailes	b Stephenson	20		23	3	-
+WFF Price	c Gibb b Farnes	5		10	-	-
TPB Smith	c and b Farnes	9		12	1	-
R Pollard	c Farnes b Stephenson	13		7	2	-
Extras	(4 b, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-53, 3-54, 4-64, 5-143, 6-152, 7-182, 8-200, 9-216, 10-232 (79.4 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	24	6	60	3	-	-
Stephenson	21.4	6	63	3	-	-
Brown	18	3	75	3	-	-
Meyer	16	4	29	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BO Allen (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> HT Bartlett (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> FE Woolley (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> K Farnes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Players first innings (previous best was 7-21)

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Hammond became the sixth cricketer to have played for both Players and Gentlemen.
Bartlett made the second highest score for the Gentlemen. He scored 108 out of the last 126 runs scored by the Gentlemen.
Edrich was caught off his glove and face, being knocked out in the process.
The Gentlemen did not enforce the follow-on.

 

 

 

 

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