f2087	Gentlemen of the North v Players of the North
	Other First-Class matches in England 1877
Venue	Fartown, Huddersfield on 6th, 7th, 8th September 1877 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen of the North won the toss and decided to field
Result	Players of the North won by 120 runs
Close of play day 1	Players of the North (1) 97 all out
Close of play day 2	Players of the North (2) 57/2 (Platts 20*, Middlemost 17*)

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Players of the North first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Ulyett	b Mycroft	14
E Lockwood	b Mycroft	7
A Greenwood	b Mycroft	3
JTBD Platts	b Hay	16
F Wyld	c Hirst b Mycroft	10
T Emmett	b Mycroft	11
+M Myers	not out	16
A Hill	c Hillkirk b Mycroft	10
G Osborne	c Hay b Pinder	5
J Stubbings	st Hornby b Pinder	0
L Middlemost	b Mycroft	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-97 (84.3 ov)

Gentlemen of the North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mycroft	42.3	17	52	7	-	-
Hay	30	20	23	1	-	-
Pinder	12	3	16	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of the North first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ET Hirst	c Platts b Lockwood	27
W Mycroft	b Hill	6
JR Hillkirk	b Hill	0
E Lumb	b Lockwood	3
G Hay	not out	31
JL Byrom	b Hill	1
G Pinder	b Lockwood	3
H Huth	c Greenwood b Hill	7
R Howe	c Hill b Emmett	14
W Hewitt	b Hill	1
*AN Hornby	absent
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-97 (71.2 ov)

Players of the North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lockwood	25	9	36	3	-	-
Hill	35.2	18	38	5	-	-
Osborne	8	1	16	0	-	-
Emmett	3	1	3	1	-	-

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Players of the North second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Middlemost	retired out	17
J Stubbings	b Mycroft	6
G Osborne	c Hirst b Hay	10
JTBD Platts	c Pinder b Mycroft	30
E Lockwood	c sub b Mycroft	4
G Ulyett	c sub b Mycroft	18
F Wyld	b Pinder	5
A Greenwood	c Pinder b Mycroft	15
+M Myers	not out	33
T Emmett	c Kitching b Hewitt	27
A Hill	st Pinder b Mycroft	3
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 81.1 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-57, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-175 (81.1 ov)

Gentlemen of the North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mycroft	23	12	55	6	-	-
Hay	9	6	7	1	-	-
Pinder	40.1	2	84	1	-	-
Howe	1	0	6	0	-	-
Hewitt	8	4	16	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of the North second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ET Hirst	c Greenwood b Lockwood	21
W Mycroft	c Lockwood b Ulyett	3
JR Hillkirk	run out	11
E Lumb	c Myers b Ulyett	0
H Huth	b Lockwood	0
G Pinder	c Greenwood b Lockwood	10
W Hewitt	c Lockwood b Ulyett	0
EW Kitching	c Emmett b Lockwood	0
[unknown]	not out	7
G Hay	absent
JL Byrom	absent
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 25 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-55 (25 ov)

Players of the North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lockwood	13	2	20	4	-	-
Ulyett	12	0	25	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Gentlemen of the North full substitute: EW Kitching for R Howe
--> Gentlemen of the North full substitute: unknown for AN Hornby (a substitute batted for Hornby in the 2nd innings but his name is not known)
--> Bowling in the Players of the North first innings adds 1 run under
--> Bowling in the Gentlemen of the North second innings adds 7 runs under
--> G Osborne made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J Stubbings made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Huth made his debut in First-Class matches
--> W Hewitt made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EW Kitching made his debut in First-Class matches
--> R Howe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> L Middlemost made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JR Hillkirk made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JL Byrom made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> H Huth made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> W Hewitt made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EW Kitching made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ET Hirst (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> G Hay (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> R Howe (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> W Mycroft reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Players of the North first innings

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