f2877	Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South
	Other First-Class matches in England 1885
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 1st, 2nd June 1885 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Players of the South won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players of the South won by an innings and 20 runs
Umpires	J Beaumont, E Mills
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of the South (1) 54/4 (Radcliffe 17*, Diver 1*)

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Players of the South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Hearne	c and b Horner	5
R Abel	c Diver b Gilbert	13
JM Read	c Scott b Gilbert	17
*GG Hearne	c Diver b Horner	5
JB Hide	c Diver b Radcliffe	43
WA Humphreys	run out	0
WA Tester	c Wyatt b Horner	108
J Jones	c Ellis b Read	125
GA Lohmann	b Read	13
+H Wood	not out	26
T Bowley	lbw b Gilbert	0
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 187 overs)	369
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-18, 3-35, 4-59, 5-67, 6-90, 7-302, 8-338, 9-360, 10-369 (187 ov)

Gentlemen of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Horner	72	31	114	3	-	-
Gilbert	45	19	71	3	-	-
Radcliffe	19	3	45	1	-	-
Bowden	5	0	14	0	-	-
Scott	5	2	8	0	-	-
Read	25	8	58	2	-	-
Key	4	1	13	0	-	-
Wyatt	4	1	9	0	-	-
Diver	6	2	21	0	-	-
Ellis	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of the South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EO Powell	b Lohmann	2
WR Gilbert	c Tester b Hide	9
OG Radcliffe	b Lohmann	17
SW Scott	c Lohmann b Hide	4
*WW Read	c Abel b Hide	18
+EJ Diver	b GG Hearne	80
KJ Key	b Bowley	19
MP Bowden	b GG Hearne	14
GN Wyatt	not out	3
CE Horner	b Lohmann	6
RT Ellis	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 94.3 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-14, 3-30, 4-50, 5-60, 6-112, 7-169, 8-176, 9-183 (94.3 ov)

Players of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lohmann	32.3	14	60	3	-	-
Hide	28	14	39	3	-	-
Humphreys	10	0	31	0	-	-
Bowley	15	8	33	1	-	-
GG Hearne	9	4	9	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of the South second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MP Bowden	c Abel b Tester	48
GN Wyatt	c Humphreys b Tester	27
WR Gilbert	c Humphreys b Tester	20
KJ Key	c Hide b Tester	19
+EJ Diver	lbw b Tester	17
*WW Read	run out	1
SW Scott	not out	10
OG Radcliffe	c Bowley b Tester	15
EO Powell	c Humphreys b Lohmann	1
CE Horner	hit wkt b Tester	0
RT Ellis	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 116.2 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-87, 3-108, 4-137, 5-138, 6-149, 7-164, 8-166, 9-166 (116.2 ov)

Players of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lohmann	17	8	19	1	-	-
Hide	23	12	24	0	-	-
Humphreys	14	1	31	0	-	-
Bowley	8	5	5	0	-	-
GG Hearne	14	6	23	0	-	-
Tester	35.2	16	40	7	-	-
Abel	5	1	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> J Jones made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GG Hearne (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> WA Tester (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in First-Class matches
--> WA Tester (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> J Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> J Jones (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> WA Tester achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gentlemen of the South second innings (previous best was 4-39)
--> WA Tester achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Gentlemen of the South second innings
--> GA Lohmann reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen of the South second innings

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