f21869	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1957
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 17th, 18th, 19th July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	AE Pothecary, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 98/1 (Sheppard 43*, Insole 5*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 34/1 (Sheppard 19*, Warr 1*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	hit wkt b Trueman	47
DS Sheppard	c Smith b Trueman	55
DJ Insole	c Trueman b Tyson	21
*PBH May	c Graveney b Trueman	5
MC Cowdrey	b Trueman	6
ER Dexter	b Laker	13
G Goonesena	b Hollies	6
CS Smith	c Compton b Hollies	0
JJ Warr	st Evans b Laker	0
RG Marlar	run out	4
+EB Lewis	not out	9
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-113, 3-131, 4-131, 5-138, 6-152, 7-156, 8-156, 9-156, 10-169 (69 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	18	8	38	4	-	-
Tyson	15	4	51	1	-	-
Hollies	18	6	39	2	-	-
Laker	18	6	38	2	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Richardson b Dexter	19
TH Clark	c Goonesena b Smith	0
FC Gardner	b Smith	0
TW Graveney	c Goonesena b Warr	6
*DCS Compton	c Cowdrey b Dexter	6
DW Richardson	c Lewis b Dexter	0
+TG Evans	c Smith b Dexter	7
FH Tyson	c Goonesena b Dexter	0
JC Laker	c May b Warr	7
FS Trueman	not out	1
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 20.2 overs)	46
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-11, 4-24, 5-30, 6-33, 7-33, 8-38, 9-46 (20.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	10.2	4	23	2	-	-
Smith	5	1	15	2	-	-
Dexter	5	2	8	5	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS Sheppard	c Compton b Trueman	24
PE Richardson	c Evans b Hollies	13
JJ Warr	st Evans b Laker	13
DJ Insole	not out	79
*PBH May	c Trueman b Laker	8
MC Cowdrey	lbw b Hollies	8
ER Dexter	st Evans b Smith	13
G Goonesena	did not bat
CS Smith	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
+EB Lewis	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 49.5 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-41, 3-79, 4-87, 5-110, 6-167 (49.5 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	10	2	25	1	-	-
Tyson	9	1	37	0	-	-
Hollies	10	1	26	2	-	-
Laker	18	5	54	2	-	-
Smith	2.5	0	16	1	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	b Smith	10
DV Smith	c May b Goonesena	102
FC Gardner	c Lewis b Goonesena	48
TW Graveney	run out	24
*DCS Compton	c Lewis b Dexter	26
DW Richardson	lbw b Dexter	2
+TG Evans	c May b Dexter	4
FH Tyson	b Smith	2
JC Laker	c Lewis b Warr	5
FS Trueman	not out	3
WE Hollies	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(9 wickets, 64 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-156, 3-169, 4-207, 5-217, 6-225, 7-225, 8-230, 9-234

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	20	7	63	1	-	-
Smith	16	7	31	2	-	-
Dexter	12	2	47	3	-	-
Marlar	3	0	25	0	-	-
Goonesena	13	2	61	2	-	-

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Notes
--> EB Lewis (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> DV Smith (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 84
--> ER Dexter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Players first innings (previous best was 3-26)
--> ER Dexter achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Players first innings
--> JJ Warr reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Players first innings

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