f4728	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1897
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 12th, 13th, 14th July 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by 78 runs
Umpires	G Hay, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 51/2 (Mason 1*, Dixon 1*)
Close of play day 2	Players (2) 223/9 (Hirst 36*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Abel	b Jessop	5
TW Hayward	c Bull b Cunliffe	37
W Gunn	b Cunliffe	59
*A Shrewsbury	run out	125
GR Baker	b Cunliffe	30
W Chatterton	c Bull b Grace	21
+W Storer	lbw b Grace	0
GH Hirst	c Jessop b Mason	34
W Attewell	c Grace b Mason	2
JT Hearne	not out	11
T Richardson	c Stoddart b Mason	14
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 132.1 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-72, 3-118, 4-177, 5-226, 6-227, 7-319, 8-332, 9-332, 10-358 (132.1 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bull	30	5	124	0	-	-
Jessop	22	5	35	1	-	-
Jackson	18	8	34	0	-	-
Cunliffe	27	7	71	3	-	-
Grace	20	7	45	2	-	-
Mason	15.1	6	29	3	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Abel b Hearne	24
AE Stoddart	b Richardson	25
JR Mason	c Baker b Attewell	62
JA Dixon	c and b Hayward	52
KS Ranjitsinhji	b Hayward	9
FS Jackson	b Hayward	6
FGJ Ford	not out	50
GL Jessop	b Hayward	4
+G MacGregor	b Richardson	26
FHE Cunliffe	b Richardson	14
FG Bull	b Richardson	0
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 89.4 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-50, 3-159, 4-169, 5-183, 6-188, 7-192, 8-266, 9-284, 10-286 (89.4 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	23.4	5	88	4	-	-
Hearne	19	4	58	1	-	-
Attewell	24	5	61	1	-	-
Hayward	16	3	43	4	-	-
Hirst	7	0	22	0	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Abel	c Jessop b Cunliffe	22
TW Hayward	run out	47
W Gunn	b Jessop	42
*A Shrewsbury	c MacGregor b Cunliffe	1
GR Baker	c Jessop b Bull	39
W Chatterton	c and b Bull	2
+W Storer	lbw b Jessop	1
GH Hirst	not out	61
W Attewell	c Mason b Bull	11
JT Hearne	b Cunliffe	6
T Richardson	c Ford b Stoddart	30
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 89.4 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-92, 3-94, 4-149, 5-156, 6-159, 7-165, 8-197, 9-223, 10-279 (89.4 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bull	27	5	90	3	-	-
Jessop	22	8	49	2	-	-
Jackson	10	0	26	0	-	-
Cunliffe	20	6	66	3	-	-
Mason	9	0	22	0	-	-
Stoddart	1.4	0	9	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Richardson	66
AE Stoddart	b Hayward	8
KS Ranjitsinhji	b Richardson	5
JA Dixon	c Hirst b Hayward	18
FS Jackson	b Richardson	1
FGJ Ford	not out	79
JR Mason	b Richardson	10
GL Jessop	c Hayward b Attewell	67
+G MacGregor	lbw b Richardson	5
FHE Cunliffe	b Richardson	7
FG Bull	b Attewell	5
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-41, 3-66, 4-67, 5-116, 6-136, 7-224, 8-244, 9-260, 10-273 (61 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	28	2	130	6	-	-
Hearne	9	0	52	0	-	-
Attewell	7	0	20	2	-	-
Hayward	17	5	69	2	-	-

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Notes
--> A Shrewsbury (1) passed 20500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 92
--> JR Mason reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Players first innings

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