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England domestic season 1898Gentlemen v Players
 Lord's
 18,19,20 July 1898 (3 day match)
 
Result: Players won by 137 runs. 
Toss: PlayersUmpires: WAJ West and J Phillips
 
Balls per over: 5
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Players 335
 Day 2: Gentlemen 303, Players 42/2 (Storer 21*, Tunnicliffe 5*) 
Players 1st innings
*A Shrewsbury         c Kortright        b Townsend            18
R Abel                                   b Kortright            7
W Gunn                                   b Woods              139
W Storer              c Woods            b Mason               59
J Tunnicliffe         c MacGregor        b Grace                9
W Brockwell           c Woods            b Townsend            47
A Hearne                                 b Woods               17
+AA Lilley            not out                                  17
WH Lockwood                              b Townsend             4
S Haigh               lbw                b Townsend             9
JT Hearne                                b Woods                1
Extras                (lb 7, b 1)                               8
Total                 (all out, 138.1 overs)                  335
FoW: 1-25, 2-29, 3-142, 4-178, 5-272, 6-302, 7-311, 8-316, 9-328, 10-335.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kortright                   37     13     90      1
Jackson                     28     12     48      0
Townsend                    25      8     58      4
Grace                       12      2     34      1
Woods                       20.1    4     49      3
Mason                       11      3     30      1
Dixon                        5      0     18      0
Gentlemen 1st innings
*WG Grace             c Lilley           b Lockwood            43
AE Stoddart           c A Hearne         b Lockwood            21
FS Jackson            c Lilley           b JT Hearne           48
CL Townsend                          c & b Lockwood             2
AC MacLaren           c Abel             b Haigh               50
JR Mason              c Tunnicliffe      b JT Hearne           35
JA Dixon              c Storer           b Lockwood            31
SMJ Woods                                b JT Hearne           13
EG Wynyard            c Brockwell        b JT Hearne           12
G MacGregor           c Lilley           b JT Hearne           16
CJ Kortright          not out                                  17
Extras                (lb 4, b 11)                             15
Total                 (all out, 113.4 overs)                  303
FoW: 1-56, 2-79, 3-85, 4-137, 5-197, 6-222, 7-236, 8-252, 9-273, 10-303.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
JT Hearne                   33     10     87      5
Lockwood                    32.4    9     82      4
Haigh                       31     12     64      1
A Hearne                    11      2     36      0
Brockwell                    6      1     19      0
Players 2nd innings
*A Shrewsbury                            b Woods               11
R Abel                                   b Kortright            5
W Storer              c sub (Rhodes)     b Townsend            73
J Tunnicliffe         c sub (Rhodes)     b Mason               44
W Gunn                c MacGregor        b Mason               56
W Brockwell                          c & b Woods                5
A Hearne              c MacGregor        b Mason               11
+AA Lilley            c Stoddart         b Mason               10
WH Lockwood                              b Kortright            6
S Haigh               not out                                  12
JT Hearne             c Stoddart         b Woods               13
Extras                (lb 8, b 9)                              17
Total                 (all out, 103 overs)                    263
FoW: 1-11, 2-21, 3-127, 4-147, 5-152, 6-193, 7-226, 8-237, 9-237, 10-263.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kortright                   36      8     83      2
Woods                       26      9     62      3
Townsend                    15      4     33      1
Jackson                      9      4     21      0
Mason                       17      8     47      4
Gentlemen 2nd innings
AC MacLaren                              b JT Hearne           10
AE Stoddart           c Tunnicliffe      b Lockwood             4
FS Jackson                               b JT Hearne           33
SMJ Woods                                b JT Hearne            9
EG Wynyard                               b JT Hearne            0
JR Mason                                 b Lockwood             0
CL Townsend                              b JT Hearne           17
JA Dixon                                 b Haigh                4
*WG Grace             not out                                  31
+G MacGregor                             b JT Hearne            1
CJ Kortright          c Haigh            b Lockwood            46
Extras                (lb 1, b 2)                               3
Total                 (all out, 71.3 overs)                   158
FoW: 1-5, 2-41, 3-55, 4-55, 5-56, 6-56, 7-77, 8-77, 9-80, 10-158
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lockwood                    20.3    6     39      3
JT Hearne                   27     10     65      6
Haigh                       10      1     21      1
A Hearne                     4      1      9      0
Storer                       2      0     10      0
Brockwell                    6      2      7      0
Abel                         2      1      4      0
 
 Played on the occasion of WG Grace's 50th birthday (July 18, 1898)
 12th man for the Players was W Rhodes, who also fielded as a substitute
    for the Gentlemen
Day 3
 With confusion over the time of stumps most thought that
    Kortright and Grace had saved the match when 6:30 pm was reached with
    the Gentlemen at 130/9. Play however was scheduled to continue for a
    further 30 minutes.
 The last wicket fell with less than 5 minutes remaining for play.
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