f1960	Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South
	Other First-Class matches in England 1876
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 22nd, 23rd June 1876 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Players of the South won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	T Humphrey, JJ Swan
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of the South (1) 189/3 (Blacker 75*, Penn 4*)

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Players of the South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HRJ Charlwood	b Absolom	8
H Jupp	c Gilbert b Absolom	37
GF Elliott	b Hadow	17
R Humphrey	c Blacker b Hadow	0
EW Pooley	c Gilbert b Grace	45
HH Hyslop	c Gilbert b Hadow	4
J Lillywhite	c Gilbert b Grace	21
R Fillery	c and b Grace	0
ED Barratt	not out	11
J Southerton	b Grace	0
J Street	b Grace	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 113 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-55, 3-55, 4-70, 5-91, 6-121, 7-126, 8-143, 9-147, 10-147 (113 ov)

Gentlemen of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Absolom	50	18	59	2	-	-
Grace	20	8	27	5	-	-
Hadow	43	18	57	3	-	-

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Gentlemen of the South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ID Walker	b Lillywhite	63
AP Lucas	run out	11
W Blacker	c Elliott b Lillywhite	86
WH Hadow	b Southerton	33
F Penn	b Lillywhite	6
WR Gilbert	c Barratt b Fillery	37
GF Grace	st Pooley b Lillywhite	0
CA Wallroth	c Pooley b Lillywhite	0
CE Cottrell	b Fillery	3
CFC Clarke	b Fillery	0
CA Absolom	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-120, 3-176, 4-201, 5-218, 6-218, 7-218, 8-241, 9-241, 10-246 (107.2 ov)

Players of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Street	10	4	27	0	-	-
Southerton	36	7	96	1	-	-
Lillywhite	36	17	62	5	-	-
Fillery	9.2	1	38	3	-	-
Barratt	16	9	20	0	-	-

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Players of the South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HRJ Charlwood	c and b Absolom	19
H Jupp	lbw b Absolom	21
ED Barratt	c Absolom b Grace	17
EW Pooley	c Walker b Hadow	30
GF Elliott	c and b Absolom	11
J Lillywhite	b Grace	9
R Humphrey	c Clarke b Hadow	25
HH Hyslop	b Hadow	10
R Fillery	c Cottrell b Absolom	0
J Southerton	b Hadow	9
J Street	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 96.3 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-56, 3-59, 4-71, 5-80, 6-126, 7-135, 8-135, 9-149, 10-160 (96.3 ov)

Gentlemen of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Absolom	39	16	69	4	-	-
Grace	22	11	27	2	-	-
Hadow	20.3	11	32	4	-	-
Lucas	15	3	27	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of the South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GF Grace	st Pooley b Lillywhite	0
CA Absolom	c Jupp b Lillywhite	0
CA Wallroth	c Jupp b Southerton	27
CE Cottrell	not out	8
CFC Clarke	not out	5
ID Walker	did not bat
AP Lucas	did not bat
W Blacker	did not bat
WH Hadow	did not bat
F Penn	did not bat
WR Gilbert	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 27 overs)	40
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-31

Players of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Southerton	7	4	4	1	-	-
Lillywhite	14	7	13	2	-	-
Fillery	6	1	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> W Blacker (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> WH Hadow reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Players of the South second innings

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