f1485	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1868
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 29th, 30th June 1868 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen won by 8 wickets
Umpires	T Hearne, H Royston
Close of play day 1	Players (2) 31/2 (Jupp 9*, Ricketts 1*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Grace	run out	1
BB Cooper	b Willsher	28
WG Grace	not out	134
CF Buller	b Grundy	4
RAH Mitchell	b Willsher	1
HA Richardson	b Grundy	8
WF Maitland	b Lillywhite	2
*VE Walker	c Pooley b Lillywhite	5
CA Absolom	b Lillywhite	3
J Round	b Lillywhite	0
R Lipscomb	run out	7
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-92, 3-99, 4-108, 5-135, 6-144, 7-158, 8-178, 9-186, 10-201 (89.3 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wootton	16.3	4	39	0	-	-
Silcock	18	5	26	0	-	-
Willsher	16	2	34	2	-	-
Grundy	25	10	63	2	-	-
Lillywhite	14	3	31	4	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	c Absolom b WG Grace	4
G Summers	b Lipscomb	5
J Ricketts	c Mitchell b WG Grace	1
*J Lillywhite	c Maitland b WG Grace	0
W Mortlock	b WG Grace	9
EW Pooley	b Lipscomb	21
F Silcock	run out	0
TA Mantle	c EM Grace b WG Grace	12
G Wootton	b WG Grace	8
J Grundy	not out	29
E Willsher	c Round b Absolom	22
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-8, 3-8, 4-21, 5-21, 6-21, 7-42, 8-56, 9-68, 10-115 (74.1 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	32	11	50	6	-	-
Lipscomb	29	10	52	2	-	-
EM Grace	8	5	8	0	-	-
Absolom	5.1	4	1	1	-	-

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Players second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	run out	14
G Summers	c and b Absolom	4
J Ricketts	b Lipscomb	13
*J Lillywhite	b Absolom	0
W Mortlock	lbw b EM Grace	19
EW Pooley	c Buller b Lipscomb	4
F Silcock	b WG Grace	26
TA Mantle	b WG Grace	4
G Wootton	c Richardson b WG Grace	18
J Grundy	c EM Grace b WG Grace	8
E Willsher	not out	3
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 92.1 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-31, 3-31, 4-33, 5-39, 6-82, 7-86, 8-87, 9-104, 10-116 (92.1 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	20.1	7	31	4	-	-
Lipscomb	29	19	27	2	-	-
EM Grace	17	8	23	1	1	-
Absolom	26	11	32	2	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CF Buller	b Wootton	0
EM Grace	not out	22
CA Absolom	c Grundy b Lillywhite	8
BB Cooper	not out	0
WG Grace	did not bat
RAH Mitchell	did not bat
HA Richardson	did not bat
WF Maitland	did not bat
*VE Walker	did not bat
J Round	did not bat
R Lipscomb	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 14.1 overs)	31
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-26

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wootton	7.1	4	15	1	-	-
Lillywhite	7	2	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> J Ricketts (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> F Silcock (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> R Lipscomb reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Players first innings

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