f20243	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1953
Venue	North Marine Road, Scarborough on 5th, 7th, 8th September 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Gentlemen won by 5 wickets
Umpires	HG Baldwin, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 532/5 (Watson 143*, Evans 36*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (1) 380/5 (Sutcliffe 26*, Yardley 34*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	c Edrich b Bailey	241
FA Lowson	c Brennan b Surridge	2
M Tompkin	c Marlar b Cowdrey	54
TW Graveney	c Cowdrey b Marlar	11
W Watson	not out	143
R Smith	c Brennan b Surridge	32
+TG Evans	not out	36
JH Wardle	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
DJ Shepherd	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	532
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-181, 3-235, 4-341, 5-434

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	21	1	97	2	-	-
Bailey	24	2	96	1	-	-
Yardley	15	0	80	0	-	-
Marlar	28	1	147	1	-	-
Cowdrey	5	0	29	1	-	-
Edrich	14	3	70	0	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Hutton b Smith	4
DJ Insole	b Bedser	1
WJ Edrich	c Watson b Bedser	45
PBH May	c Watson b Tattersall	157
MC Cowdrey	c Watson b Graveney	100
WHH Sutcliffe	c Hutton b Graveney	57
*NWD Yardley	c Hutton b Tattersall	62
TE Bailey	c Smith b Wardle	1
+DV Brennan	not out	6
WS Surridge	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 130.2 overs)	447
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-28, 3-97, 4-302, 5-320, 6-413, 7-419, 8-447 (130.2 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	19	6	25	2	-	-
Shepherd	12	0	46	0	-	-
Tattersall	28	7	93	2	-	-
Smith	15	1	50	1	-	-
Wardle	34	6	106	1	-	-
Hutton	10	2	52	0	-	-
Graveney	9.2	1	47	2	-	-
Evans	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Tompkin	lbw b Surridge	9
+TG Evans	b Surridge	1
FA Lowson	lbw b Marlar	34
JH Wardle	b Cowdrey	42
TW Graveney	b Marlar	14
*L Hutton	c Bailey b Marlar	14
W Watson	not out	47
R Smith	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
DJ Shepherd	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 35.4 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-10, 3-88, 4-88, 5-108, 6-165 (35.4 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	8	1	30	2	-	-
Bailey	10	3	28	0	-	-
Marlar	12.4	1	70	3	-	-
Cowdrey	5	0	33	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	b Shepherd	44
DJ Insole	st Evans b Bedser	9
WJ Edrich	b Bedser	133
PBH May	c Evans b Bedser	36
MC Cowdrey	st Evans b Wardle	16
WHH Sutcliffe	not out	0
*NWD Yardley	not out	5
TE Bailey	did not bat
+DV Brennan	did not bat
WS Surridge	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 47.3 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-97, 3-168, 4-243, 5-243

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	13	3	38	3	-	-
Shepherd	8.3	0	56	1	-	-
Tattersall	9	0	63	0	-	-
Wardle	17	0	86	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> L Hutton (2) passed 36500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 29500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 106
--> AV Bedser reached 150 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gentlemen first innings

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