f2777	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1884
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 3rd, 4th, 5th July 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by 9 wickets
Umpires	FH Farrands, EW Pooley
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 51/1 (Shuter 26*, Lucas 9*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 198 all out

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Barnes	b Whitby	14
*G Ulyett	c Robertson b Lucas	134
RG Barlow	b Whitby	26
A Shrewsbury	c Robertson b Whitby	25
L Hall	c Hine-Haycock b Page	27
W Flowers	c Welman b Whitby	14
W Bates	c Diver b Lucas	5
J Briggs	b Grace	15
JM Read	not out	11
+R Pilling	run out	3
E Peate	c Hine-Haycock b Grace	3
Extras	(12 b, 10 lb)	22
Total	(all out, 155.3 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-111, 3-213, 4-221, 5-237, 6-246, 7-277, 8-291, 9-295, 10-299 (155.3 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitby	44	16	96	4	-	-
Page	36	17	56	1	-	-
Grace	34.3	16	49	2	-	-
Robertson	21	8	42	0	-	-
Lucas	20	6	34	2	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Shuter	c and b Ulyett	32
TR Hine-Haycock	b Ulyett	10
AP Lucas	b Peate	13
EJ Diver	b Peate	0
TC O'Brien	c Ulyett b Peate	15
*WG Grace	not out	35
WW Read	b Barlow	11
HV Page	c Read b Flowers	5
+FT Welman	c Pilling b Flowers	5
J Robertson	c Ulyett b Peate	11
HO Whitby	b Peate	1
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(all out, 112.1 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-61, 3-61, 4-66, 5-83, 6-104, 7-122, 8-127, 9-146, 10-148 (112.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peate	50.1	26	55	5	-	-
Ulyett	27	12	39	2	-	-
Barnes	6	2	5	0	-	-
Barlow	15	5	23	1	-	-
Flowers	14	6	16	2	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Ulyett b Barlow	66
AP Lucas	c Pilling b Barnes	37
J Shuter	c Pilling b Barlow	0
WW Read	c Pilling b Barlow	0
TC O'Brien	c Read b Barnes	42
EJ Diver	c Peate b Bates	0
HV Page	b Barnes	1
TR Hine-Haycock	not out	22
+FT Welman	b Peate	8
J Robertson	c Pilling b Peate	13
HO Whitby	c Read b Barlow	1
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 113.3 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-86, 3-86, 4-147, 5-147, 6-152, 7-153, 8-173, 9-?, 10-198 (113.3 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peate	35	17	37	2	-	-
Ulyett	18	5	48	0	-	-
Barnes	20	11	30	3	-	-
Barlow	15.3	9	23	4	-	-
Flowers	7	2	22	0	-	-
Briggs	2	1	5	0	-	-
Bates	16	5	25	1	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Barnes	not out	16
A Shrewsbury	b Whitby	6
W Bates	not out	25
*G Ulyett	did not bat
RG Barlow	did not bat
L Hall	did not bat
W Flowers	did not bat
J Briggs	did not bat
JM Read	did not bat
+R Pilling	did not bat
E Peate	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 20 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Shrewsbury)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitby	9	5	15	1	-	-
Page	5	0	14	0	-	-
Grace	2	0	9	0	-	-
Robertson	1	0	3	0	-	-
Lucas	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Read (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> J Robertson (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RG Barlow completed a hat-trick in the Gentlemen second innings (Grace, Shuter, Read)

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