f20549	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1954
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 14th, 15th, 16th July 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to field
Result	Players won by 49 runs
Umpires	P Corrall, LH Gray
Scorer	W Mavins
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 107/6 (Edrich 56*, Goonesena 0*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 23/1 (Edrich 14*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Marlar	54
FA Lowson	c Sheppard b Warr	7
TW Graveney	b Bailey	15
*DCS Compton	c Yardley b Marlar	36
JM Parks	c Edrich b Marlar	1
+TG Evans	b Bailey	7
B Dooland	st Barnett b Marlar	4
GAR Lock	b Marlar	2
JB Statham	c Edrich b Marlar	5
R Appleyard	run out	6
PJ Loader	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-63, 3-96, 4-98, 5-109, 6-114, 7-116, 8-138, 9-139, 10-144 (55.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	20.2	6	52	2	-	-
Warr	11	3	23	1	-	2
Marlar	17	5	47	6	-	-
Goonesena	7	0	15	0	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	c Lowson b Loader	4
RT Simpson	lbw b Statham	1
WJ Edrich	c Lock b Loader	56
PBH May	lbw b Loader	6
MC Cowdrey	b Loader	0
NWD Yardley	b Appleyard	18
TE Bailey	lbw b Dooland	12
G Goonesena	lbw b Loader	2
+BA Barnett	c Evans b Loader	0
JJ Warr	not out	7
RG Marlar	b Loader	7
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-23, 4-27, 5-76, 6-107, 7-109, 8-109, 9-110, 10-126 (60 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	14	5	30	1	-	-
Loader	17	4	37	7	-	-
Appleyard	11	7	14	1	-	-
Lock	6	4	11	0	-	-
Dooland	12	3	21	1	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	lbw b Bailey	0
FA Lowson	c Barnett b Bailey	12
*DCS Compton	run out	6
JM Parks	c Barnett b Marlar	20
+TG Evans	c Barnett b Warr	38
B Dooland	b Yardley	28
GAR Lock	c Barnett b Warr	34
TW Graveney	c Warr b Bailey	18
JB Statham	not out	17
R Appleyard	b Marlar	6
PJ Loader	c May b Warr	2
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-28, 4-60, 5-111, 6-115, 7-146, 8-171, 9-182, 10-191 (75.3 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	27	7	62	3	-	-
Warr	26.3	9	44	3	-	-
Marlar	9	1	29	2	-	-
Goonesena	3	0	21	0	-	-
Yardley	10	3	25	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Dooland b Appleyard	17
*DS Sheppard	b Loader	0
WJ Edrich	c Statham b Appleyard	27
PBH May	c Evans b Lock	53
MC Cowdrey	c Compton b Dooland	2
NWD Yardley	b Statham	9
TE Bailey	c Lock b Statham	0
G Goonesena	b Appleyard	23
+BA Barnett	c Lowson b Lock	6
JJ Warr	c Statham b Appleyard	13
RG Marlar	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-90, 3-91, 4-103, 5-103, 6-105, 7-115, 8-139, 9-153, 10-160 (66.5 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	18	7	41	2	-	-
Loader	13	3	27	1	-	-
Appleyard	7.5	1	24	4	-	-
Lock	14	7	32	2	-	-
Dooland	14	5	30	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> JM Parks (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Players first innings
--> R Appleyard reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen first innings
--> RT Simpson retired hurt in the Gentlemen second innings having scored 8 (team score 23/1) - he returned when the score was 115/7

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