f12546	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1928
Venue	Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone on 8th, 10th, 11th September 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by 5 wickets
Umpires	F Chester, AE Street
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 433 all out
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 57/0 (Bryan 21*, Kingsley 31*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Bryan	lbw b Worthington	19
PGT Kingsley	b Worthington	81
ET Killick	c Hendren b Durston	33
ERT Holmes	b Worthington	45
RHB Bettington	c Worthington b Freeman	6
*APF Chapman	c Ames b Newman	91
HM Garland-Wells	b Durston	21
FT Mann	c Woolley b Newman	65
FSG Calthorpe	c Newman b Thomas	2
IAR Peebles	b Thomas	14
+ET Benson	not out	17
Extras	(18 b, 18 lb, 3 nb)	39
Total	(all out, 115 overs)	433
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-135, 3-166, 4-?, 5-211, 6-251, 7-388, 8-?, 9-400, 10-433 (115 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	21	4	42	2	-	-
Thomas	30	8	96	2	-	-
Freeman	20	2	103	1	-	-
Worthington	21	3	73	3	-	-
Newman	23	1	80	2	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Gunn	b Peebles	33
+EJ Smith	c Benson b Calthorpe	6
*FE Woolley	lbw b Peebles	41
EH Hendren	b Holmes	67
LEG Ames	b Bettington	21
JA Newman	lbw b Bettington	9
AF Wensley	c Benson b Holmes	60
TS Worthington	st Benson b Bettington	77
AE Thomas	b Peebles	19
AP Freeman	not out	32
FJ Durston	st Benson b Bettington	1
Extras	(16 b, 7 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 90.3 overs)	389
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-82, 3-87, 4-146, 5-174, 6-209, 7-281, 8-?, 9-353, 10-389 (90.3 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holmes	28	4	96	2	-	-
Calthorpe	13	2	44	1	-	-
Peebles	18	4	69	3	-	-
Bettington	25.3	1	136	4	-	-
Garland-Wells	6	1	21	0	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Bryan	c Gunn b Thomas	27
PGT Kingsley	c and b Durston	39
ET Killick	lbw b Freeman	10
ERT Holmes	b Durston	6
RHB Bettington	st Smith b Freeman	36
*APF Chapman	lbw b Freeman	20
HM Garland-Wells	lbw b Freeman	11
FT Mann	b Freeman	21
FSG Calthorpe	c Thomas b Durston	20
IAR Peebles	st Smith b Freeman	7
+ET Benson	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 89.1 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-82, 2-82, 3-87, 4-101, 5-132, 6-?, 7-161, 8-167, 9-?, 10-211 (89.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durston	27	13	53	3	-	-
Thomas	8	2	20	1	-	-
Freeman	31.1	7	73	6	-	-
Worthington	13	3	30	0	-	-
Newman	10	3	21	0	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Gunn	st Benson b Peebles	14
+EJ Smith	b Calthorpe	25
*FE Woolley	not out	141
EH Hendren	c Kingsley b Calthorpe	34
LEG Ames	c Kingsley b Calthorpe	1
JA Newman	b Peebles	2
AF Wensley	not out	31
TS Worthington	did not bat
AE Thomas	did not bat
AP Freeman	did not bat
FJ Durston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 51.4 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-48, 3-143, 4-151, 5-168

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holmes	11	0	70	0	-	-
Calthorpe	19	2	69	3	-	-
Peebles	13	2	52	2	-	-
Bettington	6	0	44	0	-	-
Kingsley	2.4	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EH Hendren (1) passed 32500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> AE Thomas reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gentlemen first innings
--> AF Wensley retired hurt in the Players first innings having scored 18 (team had lost 6 wickets) - he returned when the score was 281/7

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