f2779	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1884
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 7th, 8th, 9th July 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen won by 6 wickets
Umpires	FH Farrands, W Price
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 50/1 (Lucas 24*, O'Brien 4*)
Close of play day 2	Players (2) 169/5 (Barlow 2*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	c Kemp b Christopherson	43
W Bates	b Christopherson	45
*G Ulyett	c Read b Grace	94
W Barnes	c Read b Steel	24
A Shrewsbury	b Christopherson	0
L Hall	b Christopherson	0
W Flowers	b Steel	17
GG Hearne	b Christopherson	16
T Emmett	c O'Brien b Steel	20
E Peate	b Steel	9
+M Sherwin	not out	11
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 153 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-138, 3-209, 4-213, 5-213, 6-215, 7-232, 8-268, 9-277, 10-290 (153 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grace	22	10	38	1	-	-
Christopherson	56	19	121	5	-	-
Page	16	6	29	0	-	-
Steel	32	14	55	4	-	-
Rotherham	27	13	36	0	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	b Barlow	21
AP Lucas	b Peate	26
TC O'Brien	c Flowers b Barlow	14
AG Steel	b Barlow	12
*Lord Harris	c Sherwin b Ulyett	85
WW Read	c and b Barnes	67
+MC Kemp	c Barlow b Peate	15
HV Page	c Hearne b Peate	11
PJ de Paravicini	not out	16
S Christopherson	c Sherwin b Peate	3
H Rotherham	b Peate	5
Extras	(15 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 190 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-55, 3-65, 4-74, 5-242, 6-242, 7-270, 8-279, 9-284, 10-296 (190 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peate	59	26	78	5	-	-
Ulyett	21	9	34	1	-	-
Barlow	38	20	47	3	-	-
Emmett	9	3	20	0	-	-
Flowers	20	10	20	0	-	-
Barnes	22	9	40	1	-	-
Hearne	9	1	20	0	-	-
Bates	12	6	16	0	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Shrewsbury	b Steel	7
L Hall	b Christopherson	0
*G Ulyett	c Rotherham b de Paravicini	64
W Barnes	c Page b Christopherson	11
W Bates	c and b Steel	72
RG Barlow	b Christopherson	2
W Flowers	run out	9
GG Hearne	run out	9
T Emmett	c Grace b Christopherson	1
E Peate	b Page	20
+M Sherwin	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-21, 3-21, 4-163, 5-169, 6-175, 7-183, 8-184, 9-206, 10-209 (84.1 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grace	8	2	18	0	-	-
Christopherson	29	7	79	4	-	-
Page	5.1	2	14	1	-	-
Steel	31	13	57	2	-	-
Rotherham	4	1	12	0	-	-
Lucas	2	0	9	0	-	-
de Paravicini	5	2	7	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	b Flowers	89
*Lord Harris	c Bates b Peate	0
AP Lucas	b Flowers	6
AG Steel	c Hearne b Flowers	63
TC O'Brien	not out	21
WW Read	not out	18
+MC Kemp	did not bat
HV Page	did not bat
PJ de Paravicini	did not bat
S Christopherson	did not bat
H Rotherham	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 w)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 134 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-29, 3-166, 4-173

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peate	49	24	56	1	-	-
Ulyett	7	1	23	0	-	-
Barlow	14	6	25	0	-	-
Emmett	14	5	20	0	-	-
Flowers	40	22	47	3	-	-
Barnes	6	2	14	0	-	-
Bates	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> E Peate (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> S Christopherson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Players second innings

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