f3284	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1888
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 9th, 10th July 1888 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to field
Result	Gentlemen won by 5 runs
Umpires	J West, J Wheeler
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (2) 35/4 (Shuter 5*, Dixon 0*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	st Sherwin b Briggs	10
J Shuter	b Lohmann	1
W Newham	c Sherwin b Barnes	25
WW Read	b Lohmann	6
*AG Steel	b Barnes	7
JA Dixon	c Abel b Barnes	9
J Eccles	not out	4
Lord GW Scott	st Sherwin b Peel	4
SMJ Woods	lbw b Peel	4
+MP Bowden	st Sherwin b Peel	0
CA Smith	c Sherwin b Peel	9
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 87.1 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-21, 3-32, 4-47, 5-54, 6-65, 7-70, 8-74, 9-74, 10-84 (87.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lohmann	23	10	30	2	-	-
Briggs	20	11	17	1	-	-
Peel	23.1	15	17	4	-	-
Barnes	21	13	15	3	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Ulyett	b Woods	38
R Abel	b Smith	6
W Gunn	b Smith	0
W Barnes	c Shuter b Woods	3
JM Read	b Steel	14
J Briggs	b Dixon	0
R Peel	b Woods	28
W Attewell	b Smith	5
GA Lohmann	c Scott b Woods	0
W Flowers	b Woods	5
+M Sherwin	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-21, 4-51, 5-52, 6-80, 7-89, 8-90, 9-100, 10-107 (69 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woods	29	11	49	5	-	-
Smith	23	13	23	3	-	-
Steel	6	1	13	1	-	-
Dixon	6	2	4	1	-	-
Grace	5	1	13	0	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	b Lohmann	21
J Shuter	b Lohmann	17
W Newham	b Attewell	0
WW Read	b Lohmann	4
*AG Steel	c Sherwin b Attewell	1
JA Dixon	lbw b Lohmann	9
J Eccles	c and b Attewell	11
Lord GW Scott	b Barnes	8
SMJ Woods	c Lohmann b Barnes	13
+MP Bowden	c Lohmann b Attewell	7
CA Smith	not out	4
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 106.2 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-29, 3-34, 4-35, 5-48, 6-63, 7-67, 8-83, 9-90, 10-100 (106.2 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lohmann	46	30	35	4	-	-
Briggs	22	11	24	0	-	-
Barnes	7.2	2	16	2	-	-
Attewell	31	22	20	4	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Ulyett	b Woods	0
R Abel	b Woods	30
W Gunn	c Steel b Woods	5
W Barnes	lbw b Steel	1
JM Read	c Woods b Steel	2
J Briggs	c and b Steel	4
R Peel	b Woods	9
W Attewell	b Smith	12
GA Lohmann	lbw b Smith	0
W Flowers	b Woods	0
+M Sherwin	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 53.2 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-32, 3-35, 4-41, 5-45, 6-55, 7-72, 8-72, 9-72, 10-72 (53.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woods	26.2	12	27	5	-	-
Smith	9	6	13	2	-	-
Steel	18	7	23	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.

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