f2139	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1878
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 8th, 9th, 10th July 1878 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen won by 206 runs
Umpires	H Nixon, J West
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 39/4 (Lockwood 14*, Ulyett 2*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen (2) 181/4 (Lucas 84*, E Lyttelton 17*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Shaw b Midwinter	90
AP Lucas	run out	18
+A Lyttelton	b Morley	53
E Lyttelton	b Ulyett	44
Lord Harris	b Ulyett	16
AN Hornby	c Barlow b Emmett	34
GF Grace	c Midwinter b Shaw	26
AW Ridley	run out	4
AG Steel	lbw b Emmett	0
G Strachan	b Morley	14
A Appleby	not out	3
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 186 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-151, 3-192, 4-214, 5-259, 6-262, 7-270, 8-270, 9-307, 10-310 (186 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	64	37	74	1	-	-
Emmett	23	7	40	2	-	-
Morley	47	21	80	2	-	-
Ulyett	23	10	53	2	-	-
Barlow	10	2	21	0	-	-
Midwinter	19	5	34	1	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Shrewsbury	c WG Grace b Steel	3
WE Midwinter	c and b Steel	16
RG Barlow	b Appleby	1
E Lockwood	c A Lyttelton b Appleby	19
*R Daft	c WG Grace b Appleby	1
G Ulyett	c Strachan b Appleby	6
J Selby	c Steel b WG Grace	88
T Emmett	b Steel	57
+EW Pooley	c E Lyttelton b Lucas	35
A Shaw	c and b WG Grace	0
F Morley	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 116 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-21, 3-29, 4-30, 5-48, 6-53, 7-177, 8-231, 9-231, 10-231 (116 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	38	11	75	3	-	-
Appleby	36	17	74	4	-	-
WG Grace	17	7	31	2	-	-
Lucas	8	2	11	1	-	-
Strachan	8	5	10	0	-	-
Ridley	8	1	21	0	-	-
GF Grace	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Shaw	2
AP Lucas	b Morley	91
AW Ridley	c Ulyett b Lockwood	58
Lord Harris	c Midwinter b Shaw	7
+A Lyttelton	c and b Shaw	1
E Lyttelton	c Barlow b Emmett	66
GF Grace	c Ulyett b Shaw	3
AN Hornby	b Shaw	13
AG Steel	c Selby b Barlow	41
G Strachan	c Ulyett b Shaw	29
A Appleby	not out	2
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 189.2 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-134, 3-156, 4-157, 5-199, 6-228, 7-256, 8-256, 9-324, 10-326 (189.2 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	77	40	73	6	-	-
Emmett	19	9	39	1	-	-
Morley	52	18	106	1	-	-
Ulyett	10	5	28	0	-	-
Barlow	7.2	1	20	1	-	-
Midwinter	12	3	33	0	-	-
Lockwood	12	7	14	1	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*R Daft	c E Lyttelton b Appleby	0
J Selby	c and b GF Grace	64
A Shrewsbury	b Appleby	0
E Lockwood	c A Lyttelton b Appleby	0
WE Midwinter	c Strachan b Ridley	24
T Emmett	c GF Grace b WG Grace	47
RG Barlow	st A Lyttelton b Steel	10
G Ulyett	c Hornby b WG Grace	24
+EW Pooley	hit wkt b WG Grace	15
A Shaw	not out	6
F Morley	c and b WG Grace	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 133 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-8, 4-65, 5-107, 6-139, 7-157, 8-192, 9-199, 10-199 (133 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	54	15	73	1	-	-
Appleby	28	17	38	3	-	-
WG Grace	32	10	55	4	-	-
Ridley	7	1	13	1	-	-
GF Grace	12	4	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WG Grace (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 84
--> Lord Harris (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> AW Ridley (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> J Selby (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 61

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