f5153	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1899
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Players won by an innings and 36 runs
Umpires	C Baldwin, A Chester
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 413/5 (Hayward 34*, Storer 12*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (1) 212/5 (Townsend 62*, Grace 25*)

---

Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*R Abel	run out	195
H Bagshaw	c Martyn b Townsend	36
EG Arnold	c Townsend b Stocks	14
WH Lockwood	c Martyn b Bosanquet	84
TW Hayward	not out	134
W Brockwell	b Foster	16
+W Storer	b Foster	53
EJ Diver	b Grace	7
HA Carpenter	c Bosanquet b Grace	0
W Mead	c Bosanquet b Foster	1
HI Young	c Grace b Townsend	81
Extras	(12 b, 13 lb, 1 w)	26
Total	(all out, 221.4 overs)	647
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-125, 3-321, 4-377, 5-395, 6-497, 7-510, 8-510, 9-512, 10-647 (221.4 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stocks	26	8	80	1	-	-
Townsend	64.4	8	180	2	-	-
Bosanquet	36	10	98	1	-	-
Grace	38	12	82	2	-	-
Jephson	19	3	57	0	-	-
Jones	12	3	42	0	-	-
McGahey	5	2	18	0	-	-
Foster	20	5	63	3	-	-
Bateman-Champain	1	0	1	0	-	-

---

Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Bateman-Champain	lbw b Young	30
HK Foster	run out	18
CL Townsend	not out	112
RM Poore	b Young	1
CP McGahey	b Young	0
AO Jones	c Hayward b Brockwell	71
*WG Grace	b Young	28
BJT Bosanquet	b Young	10
DLA Jephson	c Lockwood b Brockwell	1
+H Martyn	b Mead	15
FW Stocks	run out	8
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-59, 3-65, 4-65, 5-173, 6-219, 7-245, 8-256, 9-276, 10-303 (102 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	24	6	71	1	-	-
Lockwood	7	1	17	0	-	-
Brockwell	39	10	112	2	-	-
Young	23	8	56	5	-	-
Arnold	6	0	31	0	-	-
Hayward	3	1	7	0	-	-

---

Gentlemen second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Townsend	b Brockwell	10
*WG Grace	b Storer	60
HK Foster	b Brockwell	15
FH Bateman-Champain	c Carpenter b Brockwell	8
RM Poore	b Storer	24
AO Jones	b Storer	16
CP McGahey	c Diver b Brockwell	34
BJT Bosanquet	b Young	61
DLA Jephson	c Diver b Young	59
+H Martyn	not out	2
FW Stocks	c and b Brockwell	1
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-37, 3-51, 4-121, 5-134, 6-170, 7-180, 8-288, 9-303, 10-308 (80.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	10	2	30	0	-	-
Brockwell	25.1	4	82	5	-	-
Young	25	4	85	2	-	-
Hayward	6	1	29	0	-	-
Storer	14	0	64	3	-	-

---

Notes
--> HI Young (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in First-Class matches
--> HK Foster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Players first innings (previous best was 1-21)
--> CL Townsend reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Players first innings
--> HI Young reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gentlemen first innings

---

Abel's innings of 195 took 285 minutes and included 1 five and 27 fours. Young hit 81 in 75 minutes and put on 135 for the last wicket with Hayward. Diver took over behind the stumps when Storer went on to bowl.

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles