f20980	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1955
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 13th, 14th, 15th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Players won by 20 runs
Umpires	JS Buller, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 24/0 (Smith 6*, Tordoff 5*)
Close of play day 2	Players (2) 36/0 (Kenyon 18*, Watson 16*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Barnett b Palmer	32
W Watson	lbw b Fellows-Smith	2
M Tompkin	c Goonesena b Warr	115
JM Parks	c Smith b Marlar	35
KF Barrington	c Fellows-Smith b Warr	3
HE Dollery	c Pretlove b Warr	14
FJ Titmus	c Insole b Marlar	40
+L Harrison	c Fellows-Smith b Warr	13
GAR Lock	b Goonesena	28
FH Tyson	not out	15
*AV Bedser	c Smith b Marlar	2
Extras	(6 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 99.5 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-52, 3-175, 4-178, 5-216, 6-216, 7-270, 8-283, 9-308, 10-316 (99.5 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	22	5	54	4	-	-
Fellows-Smith	24	6	62	1	-	-
Palmer	13	2	41	1	-	-
Insole	4	0	9	0	-	-
Marlar	21.5	5	61	3	-	-
Goonesena	10	0	58	1	-	-
Pretlove	5	1	14	0	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJK Smith	lbw b Titmus	17
GG Tordoff	b Lock	20
MC Cowdrey	retired hurt	0
CH Palmer	c Dollery b Bedser	154
*DJ Insole	c Tompkin b Titmus	72
JP Fellows-Smith	run out	9
JF Pretlove	c Barrington b Bedser	0
G Goonesena	c Barrington b Titmus	13
+BA Barnett	not out	22
JJ Warr	c sub b Bedser	11
RG Marlar	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 3 lb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 115.4 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-51, 3-252, 4-290, 5-290, 6-291, 7-313, 8-336 (115.4 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	3	0	7	0	-	-
Bedser	30.4	3	86	3	-	-
Lock	32	10	63	1	-	-
Titmus	40	13	139	3	-	-
Parks	10	0	23	0	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Fellows-Smith b Goonesena	39
W Watson	c Tordoff b Marlar	29
M Tompkin	c Barnett b Goonesena	11
JM Parks	c and b Goonesena	8
KF Barrington	st Barnett b Goonesena	0
HE Dollery	c Goonesena b Marlar	82
FJ Titmus	lbw b Goonesena	14
+L Harrison	b Goonesena	20
GAR Lock	not out	9
*AV Bedser	lbw b Marlar	0
FH Tyson	absent hurt
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-72, 3-82, 4-82, 5-103, 6-138, 7-202, 8-220, 9-220 (71.5 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	13	3	38	0	-	-
Fellows-Smith	3	1	11	0	-	-
Palmer	5	1	4	0	-	-
Marlar	24.5	3	76	3	-	-
Goonesena	26	2	83	6	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJK Smith	c Harrison b Titmus	28
GG Tordoff	c Barrington b Bedser	44
G Goonesena	c Lock b Titmus	1
CH Palmer	run out	5
*DJ Insole	c Titmus b Lock	1
JP Fellows-Smith	lbw b Lock	51
JJ Warr	run out	21
+BA Barnett	b Bedser	2
RG Marlar	c Titmus b Bedser	5
JF Pretlove	not out	3
MC Cowdrey	c Bedser b Titmus	0
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-65, 3-71, 4-76, 5-112, 6-164, 7-172, 8-172, 9-179, 10-180 (44.4 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	16	4	44	3	-	-
Lock	18	2	77	2	-	-
Titmus	10.4	1	40	3	-	-

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Notes
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> W Watson (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 27
--> HE Dollery (2) passed 24000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 73
--> MC Cowdrey retired hurt in the Gentlemen first innings having scored 0 (team score 57/2)

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