f980	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1855
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 24th, 25th July 1855 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by 7 wickets
Umpires	TM Adams, T Sewell
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SCB Ponsonby	run out	7
+W Nicholson	c Lockyer b Wisden	0
HWL Nicholson	b Wisden	2
FP Miller	b Lillywhite	24
R Hankey	b Grundy	13
A Haygarth	b Dean	47
A Payne	c and b Caffyn	39
J Walker	b Lillywhite	10
W Fellows	lbw b Dean	9
ET Drake	not out	33
CDB Marsham	c Dean b Grundy	29
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 118 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-6, 3-15, 4-50, 5-54, 6-120, 7-144, 8-161, 9-162, 10-226 (118 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wisden	22	5	40	2	-	-
Bickley	18	2	39	0	-	-
Lillywhite	31	17	45	2	-	-
Grundy	15	6	26	2	-	-
Dean	26	6	46	2	-	-
Caffyn	5	1	15	1	-	-
Royston	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Grundy	lbw b Marsham	20
H Royston	c Walker b Drake	1
G Chatterton	c Drake b Marsham	17
J Dean	run out	3
G Parr	b Hankey	77
J Lillywhite	c Payne b Hankey	25
W Caffyn	b Fellows	18
G Anderson	b Drake	5
J Wisden	not out	23
+T Lockyer	c Miller b Hankey	16
J Bickley	b Marsham	0
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 6 w)	17
Total	(all out, 159.1 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-39, 3-43, 4-63, 5-130, 6-167, 7-171, 8-186, 9-218, 10-222 (159.1 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marsham	42.1	23	46	3	-	-
Drake	46	14	70	2	-	-
Payne	13	7	12	0	-	-
Hankey	19	9	26	3	-	-
Fellows	29	19	16	1	-	-
Walker	2	0	7	0	-	-
Miller	8	1	28	0	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SCB Ponsonby	c Caffyn b Dean	5
+W Nicholson	c Parr b Lillywhite	6
FP Miller	c Lockyer b Dean	7
HWL Nicholson	c Bickley b Dean	3
A Haygarth	c and b Lillywhite	8
A Payne	b Lillywhite	0
R Hankey	run out	0
W Fellows	c Bickley b Lillywhite	0
ET Drake	c Chatterton b Lillywhite	7
CDB Marsham	b Lillywhite	6
J Walker	not out	0
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-17, 3-21, 4-30, 5-30, 6-30, 7-30, 8-30, 9-43, 10-43 (43 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillywhite	22	12	19	6	-	-
Dean	21	10	23	3	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Wisden	c sub b Marsham	3
J Grundy	c Miller b Drake	19
W Caffyn	not out	13
J Lillywhite	lbw b Marsham	7
H Royston	not out	0
G Chatterton	did not bat
J Dean	did not bat
G Parr	did not bat
G Anderson	did not bat
+T Lockyer	did not bat
J Bickley	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 w)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 33.2 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-?, 3-?

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marsham	14	9	16	2	-	-
Drake	12.2	5	13	1	-	-
Hankey	5	1	9	0	-	-
Fellows	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FP Miller (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1

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