f1641	Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South
	Other First-Class matches in England 1871
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 29th, 30th June, 1st July 1871 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Players of the South won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players of the South won by 3 runs
Umpires	J Lillywhite, W Mortlock
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of the South (1) 187/6 (GF Grace 13*, Howell 0*)
Close of play day 2	Players of the South (2) 278/4 (Pooley 93*, Lillywhite 18*)

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Players of the South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	b Absolom	0
R Humphrey	b Thornton	7
J Phillips	b Thornton	5
HRJ Charlwood	c Turner b WG Grace	77
+EW Pooley	st Turner b WG Grace	16
J Lillywhite	b WG Grace	11
T Humphrey	b Thornton	20
F Silcock	c Turner b Absolom	13
HH Stephenson	not out	15
E Willsher	b Absolom	2
J Southerton	b Thornton	4
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-7, 3-20, 4-84, 5-102, 6-119, 7-150, 8-154, 9-166, 10-173 (96 ov)

Gentlemen of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Absolom	31	12	49	3	-	-
Thornton	29	15	38	4	-	-
WG Grace	19	3	50	3	-	-
Strachan	17	6	33	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of the South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c Lillywhite b Southerton	4
W Yardley	st Pooley b Silcock	60
WH Hadow	c Pooley b Southerton	60
FER Fryer	b Silcock	9
ID Walker	c Pooley b Silcock	5
GF Grace	c T Humphrey b Silcock	55
CI Thornton	c Jupp b Southerton	31
LS Howell	b Lillywhite	47
G Strachan	c R Humphrey b Silcock	15
+M Turner	not out	15
CA Absolom	c and b Southerton	16
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 182 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-109, 3-129, 4-139, 5-151, 6-187, 7-265, 8-287, 9-292, 10-323 (182 ov)

Players of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Southerton	62	19	118	4	-	-
Lillywhite	48	24	58	1	-	-
Silcock	36	17	56	5	-	-
Willsher	22	12	43	0	-	-
Stephenson	14	2	42	0	-	-

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Players of the South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Humphrey	b Thornton	13
H Jupp	lbw b Absolom	97
J Phillips	b Thornton	7
HRJ Charlwood	c Strachan b WG Grace	37
+EW Pooley	run out	125
J Lillywhite	b Absolom	35
T Humphrey	not out	40
F Silcock	c Turner b Hadow	1
HH Stephenson	st Turner b Hadow	2
J Southerton	b Thornton	0
E Willsher	b Walker	20
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 191.2 overs)	398
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-29, 3-103, 4-224, 5-305, 6-338, 7-341, 8-345, 9-348, 10-398 (191.2 ov)

Gentlemen of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Absolom	51	16	116	2	-	-
Thornton	59	27	83	3	-	-
WG Grace	24	12	32	1	1	-
Strachan	15	2	43	0	-	-
Hadow	23	8	41	2	-	1
Fryer	7	3	21	0	-	-
GF Grace	7	1	24	0	-	-
Yardley	4	2	16	0	1	-
Walker	1.2	0	1	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of the South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	b Lillywhite	11
ID Walker	c T Humphrey b Southerton	27
WH Hadow	run out	1
W Yardley	c Stephenson b Southerton	3
GF Grace	c Pooley b Southerton	0
FER Fryer	b Southerton	76
CI Thornton	b Lillywhite	61
LS Howell	c Jupp b Lillywhite	30
G Strachan	not out	19
+M Turner	b Southerton	0
CA Absolom	b Southerton	5
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 122.2 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-37, 3-46, 4-46, 5-53, 6-138, 7-211, 8-239, 9-239, 10-245 (122.2 ov)

Players of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Southerton	48.2	15	95	6	-	-
Lillywhite	56	29	84	3	-	-
Silcock	18	5	54	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EW Pooley (2) passed his previous highest score of 94 in First-Class matches
--> EW Pooley (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> FER Fryer (2) passed his previous highest score of 69 in First-Class matches
--> FER Fryer (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> J Southerton reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Gentlemen of the South first innings
--> F Silcock reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Gentlemen of the South first innings

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