f4811	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1897
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 13th, 14th, 15th September 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by 175 runs
Umpires	RP Carpenter, RA Thoms
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 4/1 (Townsend 0*, Mitchell 0*)
Close of play day 2	Players (2) 52/0 (Abel 28*, Ward 19*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Abel	c Milligan b Brann	59
A Ward	hit wkt b WG Grace jun	25
JT Brown	c Wickham b Brann	20
W Brockwell	c WG Grace jun b Mitchell	14
*W Gunn	c Brann b WG Grace sen	60
GA Davidson	c Wickham b Milligan	13
GR Baker	c and b Milligan	1
+AFA Lilley	c Townsend b Milligan	1
R Peel	not out	5
W Attewell	c and b Milligan	3
T Richardson	b Milligan	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 91 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-107, 3-120, 4-129, 5-198, 6-198, 7-199, 8-200, 9-204, 10-214 (91 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milligan	29	13	62	5	-	-
Townsend	11	2	28	0	-	-
Crawford	6	3	14	0	-	-
WG Grace jun	7	4	13	1	-	-
Brann	20	8	31	2	-	-
Mitchell	11	2	34	1	-	-
WG Grace sen	7	0	23	1	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VFS Crawford	b Richardson	4
CL Townsend	st Lilley b Peel	19
F Mitchell	c Attewell b Peel	84
*WG Grace sen	b Richardson	46
HC Stewart	b Richardson	13
G Brann	b Richardson	11
WL Murdoch	st Lilley b Attewell	1
CW Wright	b Richardson	4
FW Milligan	lbw b Attewell	0
WG Grace jun	b Richardson	16
+AP Wickham	not out	8
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 108.3 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-87, 3-127, 4-160, 5-184, 6-185, 7-185, 8-185, 9-189, 10-214 (108.3 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	44.3	16	98	6	-	-
Attewell	28	17	44	2	-	-
Davidson	16	6	16	0	-	-
Brockwell	5	1	17	0	-	-
Peel	15	3	31	2	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Abel	c Crawford b Stewart	60
A Ward	b Milligan	108
JT Brown	not out	50
+AFA Lilley	not out	2
W Brockwell	did not bat
*W Gunn	did not bat
GA Davidson	did not bat
GR Baker	did not bat
R Peel	did not bat
W Attewell	did not bat
T Richardson	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-129, 2-235

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milligan	31	14	76	1	-	-
Townsend	15	3	37	0	-	-
WG Grace sen	3	1	6	0	-	-
WG Grace jun	12	5	19	0	-	-
Crawford	11	4	21	0	-	-
Mitchell	10	4	19	0	-	-
Stewart	5	1	10	1	-	-
Murdoch	5	3	7	0	-	-
Wright	6	0	25	0	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace sen	b Richardson	0
WG Grace jun	b Richardson	8
F Mitchell	c and b Attewell	8
CL Townsend	b Richardson	4
HC Stewart	c Davidson b Richardson	22
VFS Crawford	c Peel b Richardson	5
WL Murdoch	b Attewell	0
CW Wright	b Attewell	0
G Brann	b Richardson	2
FW Milligan	c Davidson b Richardson	16
+AP Wickham	not out	1
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 32.4 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-11, 3-20, 4-21, 5-43, 6-47, 7-47, 8-49, 9-52, 10-67 (32.4 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	16.4	5	43	7	-	-
Attewell	16	6	23	3	-	-

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Notes
--> R Abel (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 20
--> R Abel (2) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> JT Brown (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> W Attewell reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen second innings

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