f2138	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1878
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 4th, 5th July 1878 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen won by 55 runs
Umpires	R Humphrey, J Southerton
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (2) 29/1 (Hornby 17*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c Selby b Morley	40
AP Lucas	b Morley	3
A Lyttelton	b Shaw	1
Lord Harris	b Shaw	0
*AN Hornby	b Shaw	6
E Lyttelton	b Morley	4
GF Grace	b Morley	10
+EFS Tylecote	b Morley	5
AG Steel	st Pooley b Shaw	7
G Strachan	b Shaw	0
AH Evans	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-22, 3-26, 4-45, 5-45, 6-57, 7-67, 8-74, 9-76, 10-76 (61.2 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	31	11	45	5	-	-
Morley	30.2	16	31	5	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	b Steel	1
WE Midwinter	run out	5
E Lockwood	lbw b Steel	4
G Ulyett	c E Lyttelton b WG Grace	15
J Selby	run out	25
A Shrewsbury	c E Lyttelton b Steel	34
+EW Pooley	c Evans b Steel	21
H Jupp	lbw b WG Grace	6
*A Shaw	c Tylecote b Steel	1
W Mycroft	b Steel	3
F Morley	not out	6
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 100.2 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-7, 3-26, 4-26, 5-77, 6-93, 7-106, 8-109, 9-115, 10-122 (100.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	45.2	17	60	6	-	-
Evans	24	13	24	0	-	-
WG Grace	31	11	37	2	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Lucas	b Shaw	12
*AN Hornby	st Pooley b Shaw	22
WG Grace	lbw b Barlow	63
A Lyttelton	c Pooley b Shaw	0
GF Grace	b Morley	35
E Lyttelton	b Barlow	0
Lord Harris	c and b Morley	24
+EFS Tylecote	st Pooley b Shaw	31
AG Steel	not out	8
G Strachan	b Shaw	0
AH Evans	b Shaw	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 167 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-45, 3-45, 4-134, 5-134, 6-135, 7-191, 8-201, 9-202, 10-202 (167 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	54	24	62	6	-	-
Morley	45	25	54	2	-	-
Mycroft	31	19	35	0	-	-
Midwinter	16	10	13	0	-	-
Barlow	13	6	14	2	-	-
Ulyett	8	3	17	0	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	b Steel	6
H Jupp	st Tylecote b Evans	26
WE Midwinter	c WG Grace b Steel	18
J Selby	b Evans	1
G Ulyett	b Evans	7
A Shrewsbury	c and b WG Grace	27
E Lockwood	lbw b Steel	0
+EW Pooley	run out	0
*A Shaw	lbw b WG Grace	6
W Mycroft	st Tylecote b WG Grace	2
F Morley	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-44, 3-46, 4-58, 5-68, 6-69, 7-73, 8-84, 9-86, 10-101 (78 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	38	16	45	3	-	-
Evans	21	10	29	3	-	-
WG Grace	18	10	20	3	-	-
Strachan	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> A Shrewsbury (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> AG Steel reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Players first innings
--> AG Steel reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Players first innings

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