f12323	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1928
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 6th, 7th, 8th June 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	LC Braund, J Hardstaff
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 421/7 (Arnott 2*)
Close of play day 2	Players (1) 250/3 (Shepherd 38*, Davies 54*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AES Rippon	b Mercer	0
A Jeacocke	st Sullivan b Mercer	6
M Howell	lbw b Astill	28
DR Jardine	c Lee b Peach	193
*NE Haig	c Young b Peach	39
CN Bruce	b Mercer	53
ERT Holmes	c Davies b Lee	84
T Arnott	not out	2
IAR Peebles	did not bat
WT Greswell	did not bat
+RS Machin	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 134.3 overs)	421
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-7, 3-61, 4-115, 5-203, 6-363, 7-421 (134.3 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	26	12	48	0	-	-
Mercer	29	8	85	3	-	-
Astill	28	10	74	1	-	-
Peach	34.3	8	118	2	-	-
Shepherd	6	0	24	0	-	-
Davies	8	0	31	0	-	-
Lee	3	0	25	1	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Young	c Holmes b Haig	6
HW Lee	lbw b Greswell	56
HHIH Gibbons	c Machin b Haig	84
TF Shepherd	not out	38
D Davies	not out	54
HA Peach	did not bat
WE Astill	did not bat
CF Root	did not bat
*JB Hobbs	did not bat
+D Sullivan	did not bat
J Mercer	did not bat
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(3 wickets, 81 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-153, 3-155

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	27	5	63	2	-	-
Greswell	22	6	51	1	-	-
Peebles	15	1	58	0	-	-
Holmes	3	0	22	0	-	-
Arnott	14	2	44	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> DR Jardine (1) passed his previous highest score of 176 in First-Class matches
--> ERT Holmes (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 75
--> HW Lee (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> TF Shepherd (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9

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