f922	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1853
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 18th, 19th July 1853 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen won by 60 runs
Umpires	S Dakin, H Royston
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 95/5 (Balfour 13*, Kempson 19*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+W Nicholson	c Box b Clarke	14
SCB Ponsonby	b Clarke	0
A Haygarth	b Martingell	18
CG Wynch	c Bickley b Martingell	8
E Balfour	hit wkt b Clarke	13
R Hankey	b Clarke	14
SME Kempson	run out	31
J Walker	not out	20
HM Aitken	c Bickley b Nixon	0
CH Ridding	c Adams b Clarke	6
FH Hervey-Bathurst	c Parr b Nixon	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-31, 3-?, 4-47, 5-63, 6-101, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-134 (86.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	44	22	41	5	-	-
Grundy	4	1	19	0	-	-
Martingell	16	5	31	2	-	-
Bickley	3	1	7	0	-	-
Nixon	19.1	1	26	2	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Adams	c and b Kempson	2
J Dean	c and b Hervey-Bathurst	1
J Grundy	b Hervey-Bathurst	3
W Caffyn	c Wynch b Hervey-Bathurst	10
G Parr	c Kempson b Hervey-Bathurst	7
T Box	c Hervey-Bathurst b Kempson	4
W Martingell	lbw b Kempson	1
+G Chatterton	c Balfour b Kempson	10
T Nixon	b Hervey-Bathurst	1
J Bickley	c Haygarth b Kempson	0
W Clarke	not out	1
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 65.2 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-42 (65.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hervey-Bathurst	33	24	19	5	-	-
Kempson	32.2	19	21	5	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+W Nicholson	b Martingell	20
SCB Ponsonby	b Clarke	0
A Haygarth	st Chatterton b Martingell	4
CG Wynch	b Martingell	1
E Balfour	run out	0
R Hankey	b Martingell	0
SME Kempson	b Martingell	0
J Walker	b Martingell	2
HM Aitken	b Clarke	3
CH Ridding	not out	3
FH Hervey-Bathurst	b Martingell	3
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 23.2 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-37 (23.2 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	12	4	17	2	-	-
Martingell	11.2	2	19	7	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Adams	c Ponsonby b Hervey-Bathurst	23
J Dean	c Ponsonby b Hervey-Bathurst	3
J Grundy	c Walker b Hervey-Bathurst	0
W Caffyn	b Kempson	5
G Parr	st Nicholson b Kempson	7
T Box	b Hervey-Bathurst	1
W Martingell	b Hervey-Bathurst	16
+G Chatterton	c Ponsonby b Hervey-Bathurst	7
T Nixon	c Aitken b Kempson	2
J Bickley	b Kempson	0
W Clarke	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-69 (69.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hervey-Bathurst	35	20	31	6	-	-
Kempson	34.2	16	33	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> HM Aitken made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> W Martingell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gentlemen second innings (previous best was 7-27)

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