f19704	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1952
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 24th, 25th July 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Players won by 2 runs
Umpires	AE Pothecary, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 0/0 (Simpson 0*, Sheppard 0*)
Close of play day 2	Players (2) 166/4 (Compton 24*, Wardle 11*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	b Brown	16
DGW Fletcher	b Marlar	59
JDB Robertson	c Insole b McCarthy	10
DCS Compton	c Bailey b McCarthy	49
W Watson	b Brown	47
AJ Watkins	hit wkt b Marlar	24
+TG Evans	c Brennan b McCarthy	21
D Shackleton	lbw b Bailey	12
JH Wardle	c Brennan b Bailey	11
JC Laker	b Marlar	5
AV Bedser	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 108.3 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-45, 3-117, 4-168, 5-190, 6-221, 7-237, 8-260, 9-265, 10-265 (108.3 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCarthy	29	7	63	3	-	-
Bailey	24.3	6	51	2	-	-
Brown	28	6	50	2	-	-
Marlar	21	5	77	3	-	-
Palmer	6	3	13	0	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c and b Laker	14
DS Sheppard	b Bedser	17
GL Willatt	b Laker	20
PBH May	b Laker	45
CH Palmer	c Compton b Laker	0
DJ Insole	lbw b Bedser	18
TE Bailey	not out	18
*FR Brown	c Evans b Bedser	2
RG Marlar	b Bedser	4
+DV Brennan	b Laker	0
CN McCarthy	lbw b Laker	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-41, 3-76, 4-76, 5-105, 6-131, 7-141, 8-145, 9-146, 10-146 (80 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	20	6	40	4	-	-
Laker	30	12	48	6	-	-
Shackleton	10	2	14	0	-	-
Wardle	20	11	36	0	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	lbw b Marlar	50
DGW Fletcher	b Bailey	0
JDB Robertson	b Marlar	55
DCS Compton	not out	39
+TG Evans	b Marlar	15
JH Wardle	st Brennan b Brown	11
AV Bedser	run out	20
W Watson	did not bat
AJ Watkins	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 49.4 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-93, 3-120, 4-148, 5-166, 6-203 (49.4 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCarthy	18	2	56	0	-	-
Bailey	11	1	53	1	-	-
Brown	9.4	2	30	1	-	-
Marlar	11	1	51	3	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Evans b Bedser	19
DS Sheppard	lbw b Shackleton	2
GL Willatt	c Compton b Wardle	26
PBH May	c Hutton b Shackleton	19
CH Palmer	c Hutton b Laker	127		240	14	1
DJ Insole	c Hutton b Shackleton	46
TE Bailey	c Evans b Shackleton	23
*FR Brown	c Hutton b Bedser	31
RG Marlar	b Laker	7
+DV Brennan	c Hutton b Bedser	5
CN McCarthy	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 107.1 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-28, 3-54, 4-73, 5-178, 6-235, 7-305, 8-307, 9-317, 10-320 (107.1 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	26	6	93	3	-	-
Shackleton	14	2	39	4	-	-
Laker	26.1	5	72	2	-	-
Wardle	26	7	51	1	-	-
Compton	6	0	38	0	-	-
Watkins	9	4	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GL Willatt (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> TE Bailey (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> FR Brown (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> JH Wardle reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen second innings
--> AV Bedser reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gentlemen second innings

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