f4493	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1896
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen won by 1 wicket
Umpires	C Baldwin, R Henderson
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 148/5 (Townsend 44*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 36/2 (Grace 11*, Perrin 11*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*R Abel	c Townsend b Bull	44
W Brockwell	c Kortright b Bull	55
HA Carpenter	c Gwynn b Bull	3
TW Hayward	c Foster b Bull	19
H Wrathall	c Read b Bull	16
GA Lohmann	b Grace	37
JT Rawlin	c Gwynn b Bull	14
+JH Board	not out	24
JT Hearne	st Lewis b Grace	7
W Mead	c Grace b Bull	9
T Richardson	c Hayman b Bull	7
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-100, 3-121, 4-134, 5-153, 6-197, 7-203, 8-217, 9-225, 10-248 (70 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	10	0	46	0	-	-
Townsend	6	1	19	0	-	-
Grace	29	6	76	2	-	-
Bull	25	4	94	8	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Hearne	1
LCH Palairet	c Board b Hearne	1
LH Gwynn	c Board b Hearne	24
HB Hayman	c Board b Hearne	10
CL Townsend	b Richardson	96
WW Read	c Board b Richardson	56
HK Foster	c Rawlin b Brockwell	72
PA Perrin	c and b Hearne	17
CJ Kortright	c Board b Richardson	0
FG Bull	not out	5
+RP Lewis	b Richardson	0
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 124 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-16, 4-63, 5-148, 6-255, 7-288, 8-298, 9-303, 10-303 (124 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	38	11	86	4	-	-
Hearne	37	8	58	5	-	-
Lohmann	14	2	42	0	-	-
Rawlin	11	3	31	0	-	-
Mead	14	4	28	0	-	-
Brockwell	8	3	26	1	-	-
Hayward	2	1	11	0	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*R Abel	b Bull	28
W Brockwell	c Gwynn b Kortright	7
HA Carpenter	c Grace b Townsend	7
TW Hayward	b Grace	16
H Wrathall	c sub b Grace	42
GA Lohmann	c Palairet b Townsend	38
JT Rawlin	not out	35
+JH Board	b Grace	3
JT Hearne	c Palairet b Bull	8
T Richardson	c Palairet b Grace	4
W Mead	absent hurt
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-29, 3-58, 4-66, 5-129, 6-154, 7-158, 8-179, 9-191 (55.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	13	3	41	1	-	-
Townsend	10	2	38	2	-	-
Grace	12.2	1	50	4	-	-
Bull	20	2	59	2	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	not out	53
LCH Palairet	b Richardson	8
LH Gwynn	c Lohmann b Hearne	1
PA Perrin	b Richardson	32
CL Townsend	c and b Richardson	12
HK Foster	c sub b Richardson	6
CJ Kortright	c Wrathall b Richardson	8
WW Read	b Lohmann	5
HB Hayman	b Lohmann	0
FG Bull	b Richardson	2
+RP Lewis	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 59.3 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-20, 3-67, 4-100, 5-110, 6-118, 7-125, 8-131, 9-136

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	27.3	3	86	6	-	-
Hearne	18	9	18	1	-	-
Lohmann	12	7	14	2	-	-
Rawlin	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CL Townsend (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in First-Class matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> WG Grace reached 2500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Players first innings

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