f2229	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1879
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 7th, 8th, 9th July 1879 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FH Farrands, H Nixon
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 39/4 (Lucas 15*)
Close of play day 2	Players (2) 103 all out

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Oscroft	c Vernon b Steel	1
*R Daft	b Steel	14
G Ulyett	st Lyttelton b Grace	61
J Selby	b Evans	2
E Lockwood	b Steel	5
RG Barlow	c Lyttelton b Steel	0
W Barnes	c Harris b Grace	10
T Emmett	c Steel b Grace	1
A Shaw	not out	21
+R Pilling	c Lyttelton b Grace	0
F Morley	b Steel	3
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-41, 3-44, 4-65, 5-67, 6-86, 7-87, 8-110, 9-110, 10-121 (102.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	51.2	23	57	5	-	-
Grace	36	14	48	4	-	-
Evans	15	8	13	1	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Lucas	b Shaw	19
WG Grace	c Oscroft b Shaw	3
+A Lyttelton	b Shaw	6
Lord Harris	c Oscroft b Morley	3
F Penn	b Shaw	12
AW Ridley	st Pilling b Shaw	17
*AN Hornby	b Shaw	5
AG Steel	st Pilling b Morley	3
GF Vernon	c Ulyett b Morley	0
J Shuter	b Shaw	9
AH Evans	not out	26
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 112.1 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-15, 3-24, 4-39, 5-54, 6-59, 7-63, 8-63, 9-74, 10-109 (112.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	56.1	34	41	7	-	-
Morley	49	21	51	3	-	-
Barlow	4	1	9	0	-	-
Barnes	2	2	0	0	-	-
Emmett	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Ulyett	b Evans	8
W Oscroft	lbw b Evans	7
*R Daft	c Harris b Steel	3
J Selby	b Evans	6
E Lockwood	b Evans	39
RG Barlow	b Steel	9
W Barnes	b Evans	0
T Emmett	c Ridley b Grace	22
A Shaw	c Hornby b Steel	0
+R Pilling	not out	8
F Morley	c Evans b Grace	0
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-16, 3-22, 4-26, 5-71, 6-71, 7-81, 8-81, 9-101, 10-103 (96.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	40	17	43	3	-	-
Grace	13.2	7	17	2	-	-
Evans	43	21	42	5	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> AH Evans (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> T Emmett (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10

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