f6149	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1903
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 9th, 10th, 11th July 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen won by 54 runs
Umpires	F Martin, T Mycroft
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 16/0 (Hayward 4*, Tunnicliffe 12*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 128/5 (Jessop 5*, Grace 4*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Tunnicliffe b Richardson	15
CJB Wood	c Strudwick b Richardson	2
GW Beldam	c Strudwick b Hearne	80
LOS Poidevin	c Trott b Hearne	3
CP McGahey	c Rhodes b Arnold	19
GL Jessop	c Rhodes b Arnold	40
CJ Burnup	c Denton b Arnold	77
GHT Simpson-Hayward	c Trott b Rhodes	21
+C Robson	c Strudwick b Rhodes	6
WW Odell	not out	18
WM Bradley	b Arnold	26
Extras	(3 b, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 114.3 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-22, 3-39, 4-88, 5-?, 6-177, 7-234, 8-242, 9-277, 10-311 (114.3 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	24	5	75	2	-	-
Hearne	34	13	72	2	-	-
Rhodes	21	4	55	2	-	-
Trott	18	0	61	0	-	-
Arnold	17.3	6	44	4	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TW Hayward	c Beldam b Bradley	16
J Tunnicliffe	c Simpson-Hayward b Bradley	17
D Denton	c Poidevin b Odell	42
WG Quaife	c sub b Bradley	79
AE Knight	c Simpson-Hayward b Odell	5
EG Arnold	c sub b Bradley	11
AE Trott	c Poidevin b Odell	7
W Rhodes	run out	7
JT Hearne	c Robson b Bradley	0
+H Strudwick	b Bradley	1
T Richardson	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 w)	3
Total	(all out, 78.5 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-42, 3-106, 4-?, 5-151, 6-158, 7-186, 8-187, 9-188, 10-188 (78.5 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Simpson-Hayward	11	3	29	0	-	-
Bradley	28.5	4	82	6	1	-
Beldam	14	7	19	0	1	-
Grace	2	0	6	0	-	-
Odell	22	9	45	3	-	-
McGahey	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Burnup	c Hayward b Hearne	39
CJB Wood	lbw b Arnold	15
GW Beldam	c Trott b Richardson	54
LOS Poidevin	c Trott b Rhodes	0
CP McGahey	c Strudwick b Richardson	9
GL Jessop	run out	19
*WG Grace	c Trott b Hearne	19
GHT Simpson-Hayward	c Hayward b Trott	7
+C Robson	c Quaife b Trott	6
WW Odell	not out	1
WM Bradley	b Trott	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 77.5 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-75, 3-76, 4-?, 5-119, 6-148, 7-?, 8-169, 9-171, 10-171 (77.5 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	21	3	61	2	-	-
Hearne	16	8	22	2	-	-
Rhodes	13	7	18	1	-	-
Trott	17.5	7	40	3	-	-
Arnold	10	2	28	1	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TW Hayward	c Poidevin b Odell	21
J Tunnicliffe	c Poidevin b Beldam	25
D Denton	c Poidevin b Odell	26
WG Quaife	b Simpson-Hayward	72
AE Knight	b Simpson-Hayward	32
EG Arnold	st Robson b Beldam	28
AE Trott	c Jessop b Bradley	6
W Rhodes	lbw b Simpson-Hayward	18
JT Hearne	not out	2
+H Strudwick	b Simpson-Hayward	2
T Richardson	b Simpson-Hayward	6
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-67, 3-73, 4-131, 5-192, 6-193, 7-225, 8-?, 9-?, 10-240 (75.1 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Simpson-Hayward	7.1	0	17	5	-	-
Bradley	20	3	71	1	-	-
Beldam	25	8	73	2	-	-
Odell	23	6	77	2	-	-

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Notes
--> GW Beldam (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> D Denton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> AE Knight (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> AE Knight (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> WM Bradley reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Players first innings

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