f1696	Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South
	Other First-Class matches in England 1872
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 27th, 28th June 1872 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Players of the South won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen of the South won by 3 wickets
Umpires	G Griffith, T Humphrey
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of the South (1) 45/5 (Turner 15*, Thornton 0*)

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Players of the South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	c Butler b Absolom	12
R Humphrey	c Absolom b Butler	8
T Hearne	b Butler	10
HRJ Charlwood	c Strachan b Ridley	20
+EW Pooley	c Butler b Absolom	0
J Lillywhite	b Absolom	15
F Silcock	c Yardley b Absolom	25
AA Reed	c Absolom b Ridley	0
R Fillery	c and b Absolom	23
J Southerton	lbw b Ridley	27
WG Marten	not out	4
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 5 w)	10
Total	(all out, 111.1 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-34, 3-34, 4-34, 5-70, 6-70, 7-70, 8-114, 9-132, 10-154 (111.1 ov)

Gentlemen of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Absolom	52	24	69	5	-	-
Butler	20	9	28	2	1	-
Ridley	20.1	11	19	3	-	-
GF Grace	4	1	3	0	-	-
Strachan	13	4	22	0	-	-
Thornton	2	1	3	0	4	-

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Gentlemen of the South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c Southerton b Lillywhite	9
+M Turner	b Silcock	25
FER Fryer	run out	1
W Yardley	c Humphrey b Lillywhite	10
GF Grace	st Pooley b Lillywhite	6
ID Walker	c Southerton b Lillywhite	0
CI Thornton	c Jupp b Silcock	63
AW Ridley	not out	21
G Strachan	c Fillery b Southerton	33
SE Butler	c Charlwood b Southerton	10
CA Absolom	c Jupp b Southerton	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 120 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-12, 3-33, 4-42, 5-42, 6-113, 7-121, 8-171, 9-181, 10-182 (120 ov)

Players of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillywhite	52	28	53	4	-	-
Southerton	50	18	88	3	-	-
Silcock	18	7	37	2	-	-

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Players of the South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	b Thornton	5
R Humphrey	c WG Grace b Butler	14
T Hearne	st Turner b Ridley	40
HRJ Charlwood	b Ridley	20
+EW Pooley	b Butler	3
F Silcock	c and b Ridley	1
J Lillywhite	b Ridley	5
AA Reed	not out	10
R Fillery	c Butler b Absolom	5
J Southerton	st Turner b Ridley	1
WG Marten	c WG Grace b Ridley	0
Extras	(2 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(all out, 63.1 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-49, 3-61, 4-70, 5-75, 6-82, 7-94, 8-107, 9-108, 10-108 (63.1 ov)

Gentlemen of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Absolom	18	6	37	1	-	-
Butler	14	5	24	2	2	-
Ridley	20.1	8	23	6	-	-
Thornton	11	7	20	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of the South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ID Walker	c Humphrey b Southerton	4
CA Absolom	c Humphrey b Lillywhite	25
W Yardley	c Charlwood b Silcock	20
SE Butler	c Humphrey b Lillywhite	1
CI Thornton	c Silcock b Lillywhite	4
AW Ridley	not out	11
WG Grace	b Lillywhite	0
GF Grace	c Humphrey b Silcock	11
+M Turner	not out	1
FER Fryer	did not bat
G Strachan	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 33 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-35, 3-43, 4-48, 5-58, 6-58, 7-73

Players of the South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillywhite	17	8	24	4	-	-
Southerton	3	0	23	1	-	-
Silcock	13	4	30	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AW Ridley (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> W Yardley (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> AW Ridley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Players of the South second innings (previous best was 6-80)

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