f2906	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1885
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 6th, 7th July 1885 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by 4 wickets
Umpires	FH Farrands, J West
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 150/5 (Briggs 18*, Flowers 2*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Peate b Flowers	6
JH Brain	c Sherwin b Peate	0
FM Lucas	c Barnes b Peate	89
AG Steel	c Sherwin b Barnes	38
WH Patterson	b Barnes	0
WE Roller	b Barnes	0
CW Wright	c Sherwin b Peate	9
+MC Kemp	not out	15
HV Page	c Flowers b Peate	0
S Christopherson	b Barnes	3
CE Horner	b Peate	0
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 124.1 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-122, 3-124, 4-128, 5-128, 6-146, 7-159, 8-161, 9-164, 10-171 (124.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peate	35.1	16	51	5	-	-
Flowers	24	12	29	1	-	-
Attewell	27	12	32	0	-	-
Barnes	38	18	48	4	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hall	lbw b Grace	8
W Gunn	c Page b Steel	29
G Ulyett	b Christopherson	28
W Barnes	c Patterson b Horner	28
*A Shrewsbury	c Wright b Christopherson	33
J Briggs	c Kemp b Grace	21
W Flowers	c Brain b Roller	16
W Bates	not out	13
W Attewell	b Roller	0
+M Sherwin	b Roller	3
E Peate	b Grace	3
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 91.2 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-58, 3-66, 4-112, 5-142, 6-174, 7-176, 8-180, 9-186, 10-193 (91.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Christopherson	24	4	59	2	-	-
Grace	17.2	4	40	3	-	-
Horner	24	12	41	1	-	-
Steel	9	2	20	1	-	-
Roller	17	9	22	3	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Barnes	10
WH Patterson	c Shrewsbury b Barnes	9
FM Lucas	c Ulyett b Attewell	31
AG Steel	b Barnes	13
JH Brain	c Peate b Barnes	0
WE Roller	lbw b Barnes	11
CW Wright	c Ulyett b Attewell	2
+MC Kemp	c Sherwin b Barnes	7
HV Page	st Sherwin b Attewell	0
S Christopherson	c and b Barnes	12
CE Horner	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-31, 3-55, 4-63, 5-71, 6-82, 7-86, 8-86, 9-90, 10-98 (71.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peate	18	8	21	0	-	-
Attewell	18	12	16	3	-	-
Barnes	35.1	18	58	7	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Bates	b Roller	6
L Hall	c Kemp b Roller	8
W Gunn	c Kemp b Grace	13
G Ulyett	c Christopherson b Roller	4
W Barnes	c Wright b Christopherson	12
*A Shrewsbury	not out	12
J Briggs	b Christopherson	12
W Flowers	not out	10
W Attewell	did not bat
+M Sherwin	did not bat
E Peate	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(6 wickets, 47 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-27, 4-41, 5-51, 6-67

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Christopherson	8	3	18	2	-	-
Grace	14	6	20	1	-	-
Horner	9	4	20	0	-	-
Roller	16	8	19	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WG Grace reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Players first innings
--> W Barnes reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Gentlemen second innings

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