f1001	Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex
	Other First-Class matches in England 1856
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 14th, 15th July 1856 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen of England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen of England won by 8 wickets
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex (2) 65/5 (Norton 11*)

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Gentlemen of England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+W Nicholson	b Wills	1
EC Leigh	b W Napper	19
RJP Broughton	c W Napper b Wills	2
AP Law	c Paine b Wills	40
A Payne	c Denne b Harenc	36
Earl of Stamford	b Wills	0
ET Drake	not out	51
HJ Barton	b Wills	12
JM Fuller	c Denne b W Napper	5
Lord Guernsey	b W Napper	1
AF Payne	c W Napper b Wills	7
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	21
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-195 (63 ov)

Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harenc	12	3	35	1	-	-
Wills	27	6	82	6	-	-
W Napper	19	5	50	3	-	-
Norton	5	2	7	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WS Norton	run out	6
+JG Paine	run out	12
E Napper	c Broughton b Drake	5
TW Wills	st Nicholson b Drake	7
W Napper	b Drake	14
HW Andrews	run out	1
E Tredcroft	b A Payne	18
HM Curteis	b A Payne	10
LH Denne	c and b Drake	2
CV Oxenden	st Nicholson b Drake	9
AR Harenc	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-91 (46 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Payne	23	14	22	2	-	-
Drake	23	2	63	5	-	-

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Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WS Norton	b Drake	46
+JG Paine	b A Payne	4
E Napper	c Broughton b Drake	14
TW Wills	c Stamford b Drake	4
LH Denne	b A Payne	6
CV Oxenden	st Nicholson b Drake	19
W Napper	b Drake	14
HW Andrews	b Drake	18
E Tredcroft	st Nicholson b Drake	5
HM Curteis	not out	14
AR Harenc	b A Payne	1
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 13 w)	23
Total	(all out, 82.1 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-65, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-168 (82.1 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Payne	27	16	26	3	-	-
Drake	40	6	102	7	-	-
Law	15.1	7	17	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJP Broughton	b E Napper	28
AP Law	not out	14
ET Drake	not out	10
JM Fuller	c Wills b E Napper	9
+W Nicholson	did not bat
EC Leigh	did not bat
A Payne	did not bat
Earl of Stamford	did not bat
HJ Barton	did not bat
Lord Guernsey	did not bat
AF Payne	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 w)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 21 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wills	10	1	28	0	-	-
W Napper	6	1	13	0	-	-
Tredcroft	1	0	6	0	-	-
E Napper	4	1	14	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> HJ Barton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> Lord Guernsey made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ET Drake (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> ET Drake (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> WS Norton (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> TW Wills achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gentlemen of England first innings (previous best was 5-23)

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