f18021	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1948
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 14th, 15th, 16th July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to field
Result	Players won by 7 wickets
Umpires	F Chester, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 190/4 (Pearce 24*, Yardley 33*)
Close of play day 2	Players (1) 193/6 (Dollery 9*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Dewes	b Bedser	45
WJ Edrich	b Pritchard	33
CH Palmer	b Pritchard	5
MP Donnelly	c Robertson b Wardle	5
TN Pearce	c Wardle b Bedser	51
*NWD Yardley	b Muncer	61
FG Mann	b Pritchard	41
K Cranston	c Hutton b Bedser	5
W Wooller	c Wardle b Bedser	8
+SC Griffith	not out	2
PA Whitcombe	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 2 nb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-77, 3-82, 4-101, 5-190, 6-232, 7-240, 8-263, 9-263

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	27	5	69	4	-	-
Pritchard	26	5	63	3	-	-
Wardle	25	8	63	1	-	-
Muncer	22	8	42	1	-	-
Compton	4	1	9	0	-	-
Hutton	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	b Cranston	59
C Washbrook	c Wooller b Whitcombe	63
JDB Robertson	c Pearce b Yardley	17
DCS Compton	b Whitcombe	31
JF Crapp	b Cranston	1
HE Dollery	c and b Cranston	18
+TG Evans	b Cranston	6
AV Bedser	c Yardley b Wooller	0
BL Muncer	c Whitcombe b Wooller	0
JH Wardle	c sub b Wooller	14
TL Pritchard	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 102.1 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-113, 2-128, 3-172, 4-174, 5-182, 6-193, 7-196, 8-196, 9-215, 10-217 (102.1 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitcombe	29	8	57	2	-	-
Wooller	29.1	6	63	3	-	-
Cranston	18	7	33	4	-	-
Edrich	3	0	12	0	-	-
Palmer	14	3	33	0	-	-
Yardley	9	6	11	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	b Pritchard	41
JG Dewes	not out	74
CH Palmer	b Pritchard	0
MP Donnelly	c Hutton b Muncer	19
FG Mann	st Evans b Muncer	5
*NWD Yardley	c Pritchard b Compton	15
TN Pearce	not out	17
K Cranston	did not bat
W Wooller	did not bat
+SC Griffith	did not bat
PA Whitcombe	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 53 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-108, 3-142, 4-148, 5-163

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	9	1	20	0	-	-
Pritchard	11	1	40	2	-	-
Wardle	13	1	47	0	-	-
Muncer	17	6	37	2	-	-
Compton	3	0	27	1	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	not out	132		140	18	-
C Washbrook	lbw b Whitcombe	9
JDB Robertson	lbw b Edrich	13
DCS Compton	lbw b Palmer	43
JF Crapp	not out	24
HE Dollery	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
BL Muncer	did not bat
JH Wardle	did not bat
TL Pritchard	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(3 wickets, 49 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-70, 3-174

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitcombe	13	3	51	1	-	-
Wooller	12	0	75	0	-	-
Edrich	6	0	21	1	-	-
Cranston	7	1	37	0	-	-
Palmer	11	1	37	1	-	-

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Notes
--> TN Pearce (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> JG Dewes (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 15

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