f21427	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1956
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 18th, 19th, 20th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WFF Price, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 216/8 (Lock 2*, Tyson 1*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (1) 179/6 (Bailey 22*, Allan 0*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Insole b Bailey	36
ASM Oakman	lbw b Marlar	43
TW Graveney	c Smith b Allan	52
DCS Compton	c Warr b Allan	25
*C Washbrook	c Melluish b Bailey	21
DV Smith	c Insole b Warr	5
+TG Evans	b Warr	13
JC Laker	c Insole b Warr	8
GAR Lock	b Bailey	11
FH Tyson	c Cowdrey b Bailey	3
FS Trueman	not out	8
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 90.4 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-107, 3-144, 4-175, 5-186, 6-192, 7-205, 8-215, 9-225, 10-236 (90.4 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	19	4	48	3	-	-
Bailey	23.4	4	66	4	-	-
Palmer	7	3	13	0	-	-
Marlar	24	4	61	1	-	-
Allan	17	3	37	2	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Lock b Trueman	17
MC Cowdrey	c Smith b Laker	20
RT Simpson	st Evans b Laker	18
MJK Smith	lbw b Lock	16
DJ Insole	c Evans b Tyson	37
*CH Palmer	c Smith b Lock	32
TE Bailey	not out	22
JM Allan	not out	0
JJ Warr	did not bat
+MEL Melluish	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, 59 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-51, 3-84, 4-84, 5-153, 6-161

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	13	4	26	1	-	-
Trueman	11	2	29	1	-	-
Smith	5	1	12	0	-	-
Laker	15	7	30	2	-	-
Lock	12	1	46	2	-	-
Oakman	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GAR Lock reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gentlemen first innings

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