f2227	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1879
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 3rd, 4th, 5th July 1879 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen won by an innings and 126 runs
Umpires	J Southerton, J Street
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (1) 247 all out

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	b Shaw	26
AP Lucas	b Emmett	14
A Lyttelton	c Pooley b Barlow	47
AW Ridley	b Barlow	5
J Shuter	c Midwinter b Barlow	12
*AN Hornby	b Shaw	22
GF Vernon	b Lockwood	34
AG Steel	not out	46
+EFS Tylecote	b Morley	13
IFW Bligh	b Barlow	10
AH Evans	b Shaw	7
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 184.3 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-83, 3-103, 4-110, 5-117, 6-153, 7-199, 8-216, 9-241, 10-247 (184.3 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	59.3	42	50	3	-	-
Morley	43	16	69	1	-	-
Midwinter	24	13	33	0	-	-
Emmett	12	6	12	1	-	-
Barlow	32	12	50	4	-	-
Lockwood	14	3	22	1	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Ulyett	c Ridley b Steel	0
H Jupp	lbw b Steel	10
*E Lockwood	c Evans b Steel	0
RG Barlow	b Evans	14
W Oscroft	b Steel	0
J Selby	c Bligh b Evans	10
WE Midwinter	lbw b Steel	19
T Emmett	b Evans	7
A Shaw	c Evans b Steel	0
+EW Pooley	b Steel	0
F Morley	not out	10
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-11, 4-11, 5-36, 6-39, 7-55, 8-62, 9-62, 10-73 (66.3 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	33.3	20	27	7	-	-
Evans	33	16	43	3	-	-

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Players second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Ulyett	b Evans	2
H Jupp	c Shuter b Evans	0
*E Lockwood	c Grace b Evans	1
RG Barlow	c Vernon b Steel	8
W Oscroft	b Evans	0
J Selby	c Grace b Evans	16
WE Midwinter	st Tylecote b Steel	8
T Emmett	run out	1
A Shaw	c and b Evans	7
+EW Pooley	c and b Evans	4
F Morley	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-9, 4-9, 5-23, 6-32, 7-32, 8-42, 9-48, 10-48 (50.1 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	25.1	16	16	2	-	-
Evans	25	12	31	7	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Barlow reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gentlemen first innings
--> AH Evans reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Players first innings
--> AH Evans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Players second innings (previous best was 7-86)
--> AG Steel reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Players second innings

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