f3160	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1887
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 11th, 12th July 1887 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Players won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Players won by an innings and 123 runs
Umpires	T Mycroft, J West
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 337/7 (Briggs 32*, Peel 25*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Shrewsbury	c Read b Grace	111
G Ulyett	c and b Grace	36
W Gunn	b Buckland	30
JM Read	c Key b Buckland	12
W Barnes	c Forster b Grace	36
W Bates	c Forster b Grace	29
W Flowers	b Grace	7
J Briggs	not out	66
R Peel	b Buckland	25
GA Lohmann	b Forster	19
+M Sherwin	b Forster	0
Extras	(20 b, 5 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 200.2 overs)	396
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-135, 3-155, 4-223, 5-246, 6-262, 7-277, 8-353, 9-396, 10-396 (200.2 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Appleby	28	11	43	0	-	-
Grace	55	17	116	5	-	-
Forster	36.2	16	59	2	-	-
Roller	37	20	55	0	-	-
Buckland	44	14	98	3	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Gunn b Barnes	24
AE Stoddart	c Ulyett b Barnes	15
MB Hawke	b Barnes	8
WW Read	c Lohmann b Barnes	1
KJ Key	b Barnes	0
HW Forster	not out	12
F Marchant	c Gunn b Barnes	0
EH Buckland	b Briggs	4
+H Philipson	b Ulyett	19
A Appleby	c Sherwin b Peel	0
WE Roller	absent hurt
Extras	(19 b)	19
Total	(all out, 100.2 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-48, 3-51, 4-51, 5-56, 6-60, 7-66, 8-97, 9-102 (100.2 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lohmann	9	3	16	0	-	-
Briggs	36	24	31	1	-	-
Barnes	34	24	23	6	-	-
Peel	16.2	5	11	1	-	-
Ulyett	5	3	2	1	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Barnes	49
AE Stoddart	c Peel b Flowers	13
MB Hawke	b Barnes	27
WW Read	b Briggs	3
HW Forster	c and b Barnes	0
KJ Key	c and b Barnes	10
F Marchant	not out	33
EH Buckland	run out	26
+H Philipson	c Sherwin b Lohmann	0
A Appleby	run out	5
WE Roller	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-86, 3-?, 4-?, 5-100, 6-106, 7-156, 8-160, 9-171 (90 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lohmann	15	6	28	1	-	-
Briggs	19	9	23	1	-	-
Barnes	16	7	35	4	-	-
Peel	10	3	19	0	-	-
Ulyett	6	0	16	0	-	-
Flowers	17	7	21	1	-	-
Bates	7	1	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> A Appleby made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Shrewsbury (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 110
--> WG Grace (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 41
--> WG Grace reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Players first innings
--> W Barnes reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gentlemen first innings

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