f21538	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1956
Venue	North Marine Road, Scarborough on 1st, 3rd, 4th September 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Players won by 7 wickets
Umpires	HG Baldwin, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 28/0 (Hallam 11*, Barker 17*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 28/0 (Edrich 15*, Sutcliffe 10*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WJ Edrich	c Hallam b Compton	133
WHH Sutcliffe	b Tyson	4
CCP Williams	c Evans b Tyson	0
AC Walton	c and b Wardle	17
DJ Insole	b Wardle	37
TE Bailey	c Munden b Shepherd	53
JF Pretlove	c Barker b Compton	0
Swaranjit Singh	st Evans b Wardle	55
G Goonesena	not out	21
JJ Warr	c Munden b Shepherd	0
+MEL Melluish	not out	8
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	342
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-40, 4-126, 5-230, 6-231, 7-285, 8-322, 9-323

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	11	5	15	2	-	-
Moss	10	2	32	0	-	-
Shepherd	22	3	89	2	-	-
Wardle	30	3	98	3	-	-
Munden	7	1	47	0	-	-
Graveney	7	2	19	0	-	-
Compton	5	0	28	2	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Warr b Swaranjit Singh	31
G Barker	hit wkt b Goonesena	38
TW Graveney	b Warr	124
W Watson	c and b Goonesena	72
*DCS Compton	st Melluish b Insole	1
VS Munden	b Goonesena	9
+TG Evans	c Bailey b Goonesena	9
JH Wardle	not out	24
FH Tyson	b Goonesena	1
AE Moss	not out	15
DJ Shepherd	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb)	20
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 89.3 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-95, 3-245, 4-256, 5-277, 6-297, 7-316, 8-319

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	27.3	6	73	1	-	-
Bailey	16	3	43	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	14	2	45	1	-	-
Goonesena	20	1	113	5	-	-
Pretlove	6	0	37	0	-	-
Insole	6	1	13	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WJ Edrich	c Moss b Shepherd	43
WHH Sutcliffe	b Wardle	23
DJ Insole	st Evans b Wardle	13
CCP Williams	b Shepherd	1
AC Walton	b Compton	18
TE Bailey	c Compton b Shepherd	0
JF Pretlove	b Compton	8
Swaranjit Singh	c Tyson b Compton	1
G Goonesena	c Compton b Shepherd	23
JJ Warr	not out	31
+MEL Melluish	b Shepherd	6
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-86, 3-87, 4-88, 5-88, 6-116, 7-119, 8-126, 9-148, 10-184 (68 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	8	5	10	0	-	-
Moss	9	2	22	0	-	-
Shepherd	23	5	61	5	-	-
Wardle	16	3	37	2	-	-
Graveney	2	0	9	0	-	-
Compton	10	3	28	3	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Goonesena b Warr	50
G Barker	c sub b Warr	45
TW Graveney	not out	39
*DCS Compton	st Melluish b Warr	29
W Watson	not out	6
VS Munden	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
JH Wardle	did not bat
FH Tyson	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
DJ Shepherd	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb)	16
Total	(3 wickets, 41 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-117, 3-160

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	19	3	83	3	-	-
Bailey	8	0	30	0	-	-
Goonesena	11	2	43	0	-	-
Insole	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 35000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> JH Wardle reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gentlemen first innings

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