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323 & 245
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batPlayS
173 & 398
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Overs: 122.2 RR: 2.00 vs seam: 4.50
Overs: 191.2 RR: 2.08 vs spin: 6.00
vs seam: 2.80
Thu 29/06/71 Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South at The Oval, The Kia Oval, Kennington
PLAYERS OF THE SOUTH WIN Players of the South won by 3 runs
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Players of the South - 1st Inns 173 (96.0; RR: 1.80)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
H Jupp b Absolom 0 0 0 0
R Humphrey b Thornton 7 0 0 0
J Phillips b Thornton 5 0 0 0
HRJ Charlwood c Turner b Grace 77 0 0 0
EW Pooley st Turner b Grace 16 0 0 0
J Lillywhite b Grace 11 0 0 0
T Humphrey b Thornton 20 0 0 0
F Silcock c Turner b Absolom 13 0 0 0
HH Stephenson not out 15 0 0 0
E Willsher b Absolom 2 0 0 0
J Southerton b Thornton 4 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 173 all out (96.0 overs; RR: 1.80)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (0.0 ov), 7-2 (0.0 ov), 20-3 (0.0 ov), 84-4 (0.0 ov), 102-5 (0.0 ov), 119-6 (0.0 ov), 150-7 (0.0 ov), 154-8 (0.0 ov), 166-9 (0.0 ov), 173-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CA Absolom 31.0 12 49 3 1.58 0 0
CI Thornton 29.0 15 38 4 1.31 0 0
WG Grace 19.0 3 50 3 2.63 0 0
G Strachan 17.0 6 33 0 1.94 0 0

Gentlemen of the South - 1st Inns 323 (182.0; RR: 1.77)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WG Grace c Lillywhite b Southerton 4 0 0 0
W Yardley st Pooley b Silcock 60 0 0 0
WH Hadow c Pooley b Southerton 60 0 0 0
FER Fryer b Silcock 9 0 0 0
ID Walker c Pooley b Silcock 5 0 0 0
GF Grace c Humphrey b Silcock 55 0 0 0
CI Thornton c Jupp b Southerton 31 0 0 0
LS Howell b Lillywhite 47 0 0 0
G Strachan c Humphrey b Silcock 15 0 0 0
M Turner not out 15 0 0 0
CA Absolom c & b Southerton 16 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 323 all out (182.0 overs; RR: 1.77)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (0.0 ov), 109-2 (0.0 ov), 129-3 (0.0 ov), 139-4 (0.0 ov), 151-5 (0.0 ov), 187-6 (0.0 ov), 265-7 (0.0 ov), 287-8 (0.0 ov), 292-9 (0.0 ov), 323-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Southerton 62.0 19 118 4 1.90 0 0
J Lillywhite 48.0 24 58 1 1.21 0 0
F Silcock 36.0 17 56 5 1.56 0 0
E Willsher 22.0 12 43 0 1.95 0 0
HH Stephenson 14.0 2 42 0 3.00 0 0

Players of the South - 2nd Inns 398 (191.2; RR: 2.08)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
R Humphrey b Thornton 13 0 0 0
H Jupp lbw b Absolom 97 0 0 0
J Phillips b Thornton 7 0 0 0
HRJ Charlwood c Strachan b Grace 37 0 0 0
EW Pooley run out 125 0 0 0
J Lillywhite b Absolom 35 0 0 0
T Humphrey not out 40 0 0 0
F Silcock c Turner b Hadow 1 0 0 0
HH Stephenson st Turner b Hadow 2 0 0 0
J Southerton b Thornton 0 0 0 0
E Willsher b Walker 20 0 0 0
Extras (13b, 5lb, 2w, 1nb) 21  
TOTAL 398 all out (191.2 overs; RR: 2.08)

Fall of wickets

21-1 (0.0 ov), 29-2 (0.0 ov), 103-3 (0.0 ov), 224-4 (0.0 ov), 305-5 (0.0 ov), 338-6 (0.0 ov), 341-7 (0.0 ov), 345-8 (0.0 ov), 348-9 (0.0 ov), 398-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CA Absolom 51.0 16 116 2 2.27 0 0
CI Thornton 59.0 27 83 3 1.41 0 0
WG Grace 24.0 12 32 1 1.33 1 0
G Strachan 15.0 2 43 0 2.87 0 0
WH Hadow 23.0 8 41 2 1.78 0 1
FER Fryer 7.0 3 21 0 3.00 0 0
GF Grace 7.0 1 24 0 3.43 0 0
W Yardley 4.0 2 16 0 4.00 1 0
ID Walker 1.2 0 1 1 1.00 0 0

Gentlemen of the South - 2nd Inns 245 (122.2; RR: 2.00)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WG Grace b Lillywhite 11 0 0 0
ID Walker c Humphrey b Southerton 27 0 0 0
WH Hadow run out 1 0 0 0
W Yardley c Stephenson b Southerton 3 0 0 0
GF Grace c Pooley b Southerton 0 0 0 0
FER Fryer b Southerton 76 0 0 0
CI Thornton b Lillywhite 61 0 0 0
LS Howell c Jupp b Lillywhite 30 0 0 0
G Strachan not out 19 0 0 0
M Turner b Southerton 0 0 0 0
CA Absolom b Southerton 5 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 245 all out (122.2 overs; RR: 2.00)

Fall of wickets

35-1 (0.0 ov), 37-2 (0.0 ov), 46-3 (0.0 ov), 46-4 (0.0 ov), 53-5 (0.0 ov), 138-6 (0.0 ov), 211-7 (0.0 ov), 239-8 (0.0 ov), 239-9 (0.0 ov), 245-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Southerton 48.2 15 95 6 1.98 0 0
J Lillywhite 56.0 29 84 3 1.50 0 0
F Silcock 18.0 5 54 0 3.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South at The Oval

Date

Thursday June 29, 1871

Toss

Players of the South won the toss and elected to bat

Time

11:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

J Lillywhite, W Mortlock

Gentlemen of the South Team

Playing XI

CA Absolom, GF Grace, WG Grace, FER Fryer, WH Hadow, LS Howell, G Strachan, CI Thornton, M Turner, ID Walker, W Yardley

Players of the South Team

Playing XI

HRJ Charlwood, H Jupp, J Lillywhite, J Southerton, EW Pooley, R Humphrey, T Humphrey, J Phillips, F Silcock, HH Stephenson, E Willsher