f950	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1854
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 17th, 18th July 1854 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by 9 wickets
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (2) ?/? (Nicholson 14*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+W Nicholson	c Bickley b Wisden	11
SCB Ponsonby	c Lockyer b Wisden	25
A Haygarth	b Grundy	6
H Vernon	b Wisden	2
CG Wynch	b Grundy	20
E Balfour	b Wisden	1
F Walker	b Grundy	9
ET Drake	c Wisden b Martingell	6
CDB Marsham	b Martingell	1
FH Hervey-Bathurst	b Wisden	12
A Payne	not out	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-41, 3-?, 4-55, 5-?, 6-?, 7-80, 8-?, 9-?, 10-95 (52.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wisden	21.1	6	34	5	-	-
Bickley	15	4	27	0	-	-
Grundy	11	3	18	3	-	-
Martingell	5	1	14	2	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Dean	b Drake	27
J Grundy	b Hervey-Bathurst	1
J Lillywhite	st Nicholson b Drake	6
+T Lockyer	c Balfour b Payne	14
J Wisden	b Payne	18
W Martingell	run out	3
TM Adams	b Drake	23
FS Clifford	b Payne	15
W Mortlock	not out	19
J Challen	b Marsham	11
J Bickley	st Nicholson b Drake	2
Extras	(7 b, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-8, 3-?, 4-63, 5-?, 6-?, 7-119, 8-119, 9-?, 10-148 (96 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hervey-Bathurst	19	7	36	1	-	-
Drake	39	7	67	4	-	-
Payne	31	11	34	3	-	-
Marsham	7	5	2	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+W Nicholson	c Lockyer b Wisden	14
SCB Ponsonby	run out	2
A Haygarth	b Grundy	6
H Vernon	b Martingell	7
CG Wynch	not out	20
E Balfour	lbw b Grundy	11
F Walker	b Wisden	4
ET Drake	c Challen b Wisden	0
CDB Marsham	c Challen b Wisden	1
FH Hervey-Bathurst	b Bickley	0
A Payne	b Bickley	4
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-71 (60 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wisden	26	12	25	4	-	-
Bickley	11	5	10	2	-	-
Grundy	19	6	30	2	-	-
Martingell	4	3	4	1	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Mortlock	st Nicholson b Drake	0
J Dean	not out	4
J Lillywhite	not out	16
J Grundy	did not bat
+T Lockyer	did not bat
J Wisden	did not bat
W Martingell	did not bat
TM Adams	did not bat
FS Clifford	did not bat
J Challen	did not bat
J Bickley	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 9 overs)	20
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Mortlock)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drake	5	2	12	1	-	-
Marsham	4	2	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> J Wisden reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gentlemen first innings
--> W Martingell reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen second innings

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