f12160	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1927
Venue	Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone on 31st August, 1st, 2nd September 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by an innings and 81 runs
Umpires	F Chester, AE Street
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 40/0 (Hobbs 17*, Sandham 16*)
Close of play day 2	Players (1) 561/6 (Brown 80*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	c Hendren b Sibbles	14
RES Wyatt	c Newman b Durston	26
+MD Lyon	c Brown b Hearne	18
H Ashton	b Hearne	13
ERT Holmes	b Newman	42
LH Tennyson	c Hammond b Durston	14
GR Jackson	c Hendren b Hearne	6
*FT Mann	c Hammond b Hearne	0
FSG Calthorpe	c Newman b Hearne	101
TC Longfield	not out	43
IAR Peebles	b Hammond	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-53, 3-73, 4-75, 5-96, 6-114, 7-114, 8-161, 9-281, 10-281 (85.2 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	27	9	69	2	-	-
Sibbles	19	1	83	1	-	-
Newman	13	1	65	1	-	-
Hearne	22	6	53	5	-	-
Shepherd	4	1	7	0	-	-
Hammond	0.2	0	0	1	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c Lyon b Wyatt	35
A Sandham	b Peebles	66
JW Hearne	b Holmes	18
EH Hendren	c Lyon b Holmes	103
WR Hammond	c Holmes b Wyatt	138
G Brown	not out	80
TF Shepherd	c Lyon b Tennyson	84
*+EJ Smith	did not bat
JA Newman	did not bat
FM Sibbles	did not bat
FJ Durston	did not bat
Extras	(23 b, 9 lb, 5 w)	37
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 127 overs)	561
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-?, 3-136, 4-362, 5-400, 6-561 (127 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Calthorpe	28	4	127	0	-	-
Holmes	28	4	98	2	-	-
Peebles	30	3	126	1	-	-
Wyatt	18	1	82	2	-	-
Longfield	20	4	75	0	-	-
Tennyson	3	0	16	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	c Hammond b Durston	16
RES Wyatt	lbw b Newman	41
+MD Lyon	c Sibbles b Durston	2
H Ashton	lbw b Shepherd	27
ERT Holmes	b Durston	5
LH Tennyson	c Newman b Shepherd	10
GR Jackson	st Smith b Newman	42
FSG Calthorpe	c and b Newman	17
*FT Mann	c Hendren b Hearne	21
TC Longfield	c Hammond b Hearne	0
IAR Peebles	not out	4
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-35, 3-94, 4-94, 5-105, 6-109, 7-114, 8-167, 9-175, 10-199 (66.5 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	16	4	47	3	-	-
Sibbles	8	3	23	0	-	-
Newman	18	3	44	3	-	-
Hearne	8.5	0	32	2	-	-
Shepherd	16	6	39	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RES Wyatt (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> TF Shepherd reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen second innings
--> FJ Durston reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen second innings

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