f23862	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1961
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 19th, 20th, 21st July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Players won by 172 runs
Umpires	JF Crapp, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 74/4 (May 40*, Prideaux 8*)
Close of play day 2	Players (2) 106/5 (Close 42*, Murray 17*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Craig b Bailey	4
WE Russell	lbw b Dexter	33
*W Watson	b Barber	30
KF Barrington	b Drybrough	53
WE Alley	b Piachaud	24
DB Close	c Dexter b Piachaud	14
+JT Murray	b Drybrough	13
GAR Lock	c Brearley b Drybrough	12
FS Trueman	b Drybrough	1
JA Flavell	b Piachaud	2
AE Moss	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 4 w)	17
Total	(all out, 87.5 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-58, 3-87, 4-141, 5-157, 6-175, 7-195, 8-197, 9-203, 10-203 (87.5 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	14	2	33	1	-	-
Wheatley	18	6	32	0	-	-
Dexter	14	4	33	1	-	-
Barber	10	1	34	1	-	-
Piachaud	17.5	11	24	3	-	-
Drybrough	14	6	30	4	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	c Russell b Trueman	11
EJ Craig	b Trueman	6
ER Dexter	lbw b Trueman	0
*PBH May	c Murray b Trueman	79
MJK Smith	c Murray b Moss	9
RM Prideaux	lbw b Flavell	57
TE Bailey	lbw b Lock	4
+JM Brearley	c Murray b Trueman	1
CD Drybrough	not out	8
JD Piachaud	lbw b Flavell	2
OS Wheatley	b Flavell	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-30, 4-52, 5-142, 6-151, 7-152, 8-171, 9-173, 10-177 (71.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	18	5	47	5	-	-
Flavell	21.1	4	47	3	-	-
Moss	13	3	37	1	-	-
Lock	19	8	46	1	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	run out	11
G Atkinson	lbw b Wheatley	14
*W Watson	c Wheatley b Dexter	17
KF Barrington	c Brearley b Wheatley	53
WE Alley	c May b Dexter	1
DB Close	not out	94
+JT Murray	b Drybrough	52
GAR Lock	not out	10
FS Trueman	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-28, 3-46, 4-56, 5-136, 6-218

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	26	7	45	0	-	-
Wheatley	25	5	69	2	-	-
Dexter	17	4	54	2	-	-
Barber	2	0	10	0	-	-
Piachaud	11	0	33	0	-	-
Drybrough	14	4	41	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	b Close	45
EJ Craig	c Alley b Flavell	0
ER Dexter	c Alley b Flavell	0
MJK Smith	c Lock b Flavell	5
*PBH May	b Flavell	7
RM Prideaux	c Murray b Close	16
TE Bailey	c Trueman b Close	24
+JM Brearley	b Lock	6
CD Drybrough	not out	2
JD Piachaud	c Barrington b Close	4
OS Wheatley	b Close	0
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 52 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-10, 4-44, 5-64, 6-89, 7-100, 8-111, 9-117, 10-117 (52 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	13	3	45	0	-	-
Flavell	12	7	15	4	-	-
Moss	8	4	7	0	-	-
Lock	7	3	14	1	-	-
Close	11	3	23	5	-	-
Barrington	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> W Watson (2) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> DB Close (2) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> FS Trueman reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gentlemen first innings

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