f4725	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1897
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 8th, 9th, 10th July 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by 8 wickets
Umpires	G Hay, J Street
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 77/2 (Hayward 20*, Quaife 21*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 80/5 (McGahey 12*, Kitcat 4*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Hearne b Richardson	41
PF Warner	c Storer b Hearne	10
EG Wynyard	c Quaife b Peel	33
FH Bateman-Champain	b Hearne	82
CP McGahey	b Richardson	7
CL Townsend	c Hearne b Peel	1
AJL Hill	c Storer b Peel	50
FW Milligan	c Storer b Richardson	47
+AE Newton	lbw b Peel	4
SAP Kitcat	not out	1
WM Bradley	b Peel	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 101.4 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-56, 3-130, 4-155, 5-160, 6-179, 7-272, 8-281, 9-284, 10-284 (101.4 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	33	7	81	3	-	-
Hirst	17	3	46	0	-	-
Hearne	22	6	54	2	-	-
Wainwright	6	1	24	0	-	-
Peel	19.4	7	46	5	-	-
Hayward	4	0	25	0	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*R Abel	c Milligan b Grace	30
HA Carpenter	b Bradley	0
TW Hayward	c Wynyard b Hill	73
WG Quaife	c Newton b Grace	44
E Wainwright	c Newton b Wynyard	71
GR Baker	c Kitcat b Grace	87
+W Storer	c Newton b Grace	12
GH Hirst	c Wynyard b Townsend	65
R Peel	c Hill b Townsend	27
JT Hearne	not out	7
T Richardson	c McGahey b Townsend	0
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 4 w)	15
Total	(all out, 141.4 overs)	431
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-49, 3-122, 4-183, 5-257, 6-294, 7-360, 8-408, 9-431, 10-431 (141.4 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bradley	26	11	66	1	-	-
Townsend	31.4	5	126	3	-	-
Grace	43	12	108	4	-	-
Hill	31	9	84	1	-	-
Milligan	6	0	20	0	-	-
Wynyard	4	2	12	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Hayward b Hearne	9
PF Warner	c Storer b Richardson	4
EG Wynyard	c Hayward b Wainwright	33
FH Bateman-Champain	b Hearne	11
CP McGahey	c Storer b Wainwright	18
CL Townsend	c Hearne b Wainwright	0
SAP Kitcat	c Carpenter b Wainwright	12
AJL Hill	c Baker b Wainwright	0
FW Milligan	c Abel b Peel	47
+AE Newton	not out	26
WM Bradley	b Hirst	5
Extras	(11 b)	11
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-15, 3-48, 4-62, 5-62, 6-93, 7-93, 8-100, 9-168, 10-176 (69 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	20	7	45	1	-	-
Hirst	7	2	22	1	-	-
Hearne	25	11	47	2	-	-
Wainwright	15	2	48	5	-	-
Peel	2	1	3	1	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Richardson	c Newton b Milligan	27
R Peel	b Milligan	0
GH Hirst	not out	4
JT Hearne	not out	0
*R Abel	did not bat
HA Carpenter	did not bat
TW Hayward	did not bat
WG Quaife	did not bat
E Wainwright	did not bat
GR Baker	did not bat
+W Storer	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 6.3 overs)	31
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-27

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milligan	3	1	3	2	-	-
Warner	3	0	24	0	-	-
McGahey	0.3	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GR Baker (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31

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