f1759	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1873
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 30th June, 1st July 1873 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Gentlemen won by an innings and 55 runs
Umpires	T Hearne, G Wootton
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 278/5 (WG Grace 151*, Ridley 0*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c and b A Shaw	163
GH Longman	b JC Shaw	21
*AN Hornby	c Wyld b JC Shaw	6
W Yardley	c Oscroft b JC Shaw	27
W Law	b A Shaw	20
GF Grace	c JC Shaw b McIntyre	41
AW Ridley	b A Shaw	10
CK Francis	c Phillips b JC Shaw	3
G Strachan	not out	7
+RB Halliwell	st Phillips b JC Shaw	4
D Buchanan	c Phillips b JC Shaw	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	13
Total	(all out, 176.2 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-315 (176.2 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JC Shaw	62.2	23	107	6	-	-
A Shaw	56	24	66	3	-	-
McIntyre	32	9	73	1	-	-
Fillery	21	7	35	0	-	-
Oscroft	5	0	21	0	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	st Halliwell b Buchanan	3
T Bignall	b GF Grace	5
R Humphrey	c Strachan b Buchanan	4
W Oscroft	c Ridley b GF Grace	10
F Wyld	c GF Grace b Buchanan	2
RP Carpenter	c Strachan b Buchanan	10
M McIntyre	b Buchanan	27
R Fillery	b GF Grace	6
A Shaw	c WG Grace b GF Grace	6
+H Phillips	c WG Grace b Buchanan	1
JC Shaw	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 54.1 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-78 (54.1 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buchanan	27.1	13	33	6	-	-
GF Grace	27	11	41	4	-	-

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Players second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	c and b GF Grace	12
T Bignall	c WG Grace b Buchanan	11
R Humphrey	c Law b Buchanan	5
W Oscroft	b Francis	44
F Wyld	b Buchanan	27
RP Carpenter	c Hornby b Francis	11
M McIntyre	b Buchanan	56
R Fillery	c Yardley b Francis	0
A Shaw	c GF Grace b Ridley	1
+H Phillips	b Ridley	8
JC Shaw	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 99.3 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-182 (99.3 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buchanan	40	14	81	4	-	-
GF Grace	17	9	31	1	-	-
Francis	29	17	34	3	-	-
Ridley	13.3	5	29	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WG Grace (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 69
--> RB Halliwell (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2

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