f4804	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1897
Venue	North Marine Road, Scarborough on 30th, 31st August, 1st September 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Burns, L Hall
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 11/2 (Bull 0*)
Close of play day 2	Players (2) 99/6 (Hirst 17*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Brown	c Jackson b Jessop	68
J Tunnicliffe	c Hawke b Bull	6
*A Ward	c Charles b Bull	15
E Wainwright	c Vernon b Bull	26
GH Hirst	c Rice b Bull	28
GR Baker	c Chinnery b Spofforth	53
HA Carpenter	c and b Milligan	24
A Hearne	lbw b Jackson	19
+JH Board	lbw b Spofforth	0
F Martin	not out	27
W Mead	b Jackson	4
Extras	(9 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 109 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-39, 3-102, 4-141, 5-151, 6-215, 7-230, 8-230, 9-273, 10-280 (109 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bull	43	7	107	4	-	-
Spofforth	24	7	58	2	-	-
Jessop	17	3	42	1	-	-
Jackson	17	8	28	2	-	-
Milligan	8	0	35	1	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HB Chinnery	c Board b Hirst	7
RW Rice	b Mead	4
FG Bull	c Hirst b Hearne	51
AC MacLaren	b Wainwright	35
FS Jackson	b Hirst	59
GL Jessop	c Hearne b Martin	4
FW Milligan	c Mead b Hearne	11
GF Vernon	lbw b Hearne	12
*Lord Hawke	c Tunnicliffe b Martin	27
+SF Charles	not out	9
FR Spofforth	b Martin	1
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-11, 3-73, 4-128, 5-132, 6-152, 7-165, 8-204, 9-228, 10-231 (77.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hirst	9	1	19	2	-	-
Mead	12	2	38	1	-	-
Hearne	20	4	53	3	-	-
Wainwright	11	0	50	1	-	-
Martin	25.1	3	60	3	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Brown	b Spofforth	25
J Tunnicliffe	c Jessop b Bull	19
*A Ward	b Bull	3
E Wainwright	b Jackson	23
GH Hirst	not out	73
GR Baker	b Jackson	1
HA Carpenter	st Charles b Bull	8
A Hearne	lbw b Bull	4
+JH Board	b Jessop	50
F Martin	b Jessop	12
W Mead	b Jessop	2
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-39, 3-56, 4-84, 5-86, 6-99, 7-103, 8-188, 9-224, 10-226 (87 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bull	34	6	91	4	-	-
Spofforth	20	5	51	1	-	-
Jessop	18	6	38	3	-	-
Jackson	15	2	40	2	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC MacLaren	c Ward b Wainwright	60
FS Jackson	b Wainwright	23
RW Rice	b Wainwright	3
GL Jessop	c Tunnicliffe b Martin	0
HB Chinnery	not out	23
FG Bull	not out	21
FW Milligan	did not bat
GF Vernon	did not bat
*Lord Hawke	did not bat
+SF Charles	did not bat
FR Spofforth	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, 44 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hirst	9	1	27	0	-	-
Mead	7	0	33	0	-	-
Wainwright	13	3	32	3	-	-
Martin	15	3	38	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FR Spofforth made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FG Bull (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> GF Vernon (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> GH Hirst (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> GH Hirst reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gentlemen first innings

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