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England Domestic Season, 1931Gentlemen v Players
 Kennington Oval, London
 10,11,12 June 1931 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: PlayersUmpires: J Hardstaff sen and HI Young
 
Close of play:
Day 1: Players 193/0 (JB Hobbs 101*, H Sutcliffe 85*)
 Day 2: Players 329, Gentlemen 155/5 (CCC Case 28*, PGH Fender 19*) 
Players 1st innings
*JB Hobbs             lbw                b Allom              110
H Sutcliffe           st Machin          b Palmer             120
D Smith                                  b Morkel              16
AJW Croom             c Foster           b Palmer               0
M Leyland             c Machin           b Allom               20
AW Wellard            c Jardine          b Morkel              16
H Verity              c Jardine          b Foster              12
+EWJ Brooks           c Machin           b Allom                5
JH Mayer                                 b Allom                7
TB Mitchell           run out                                   3
WE Bowes              not out                                   4
Extras                (b 8, lb 6, nb 2)                        16
Total                 (all out, 96.3 overs)                   329
FoW: 1-203, 2-250, 3-252, 4-256, 5-274,
     6-300, 7-308, 8-316, 9-322, 10-329.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Allom                       23.3    5     55      4
Foster                      27      3     83      1
Palmer                      16      1     61      2
Morkel                      18      3     71      2
Wyatt                        9      1     29      0
Fender                       3      0     14      0
Gentlemen 1st innings
RES Wyatt             c Brooks           b Mitchell             9
BW Hone                                  b Wellard             10
DR Jardine                               b Wellard             56
Rev.JH Parsons                       c & b Mayer               33
CCC Case              c Wellard          b Bowes               37
DPB Morkel                               b Bowes                3
*PGH Fender           c Mayer            b Wellard             26
DG Foster                                b Wellard              6
MJC Allom             c Mitchell         b Wellard              7
+RS Machin            c Verity           b Bowes                7
HJ Palmer             not out                                   4
Extras                (lb 6, nb 1)                              7
Total                 (all out, 77.4 overs)                   205
FoW: 1-16, 2-34, 3-97, 4-120, 5-132,
     6-177, 7-187, 8-187, 9-197, 10-205.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mayer                       12      3     31      1
Wellard                     16.4    1     45      5
Mitchell                    12      1     38      1
Bowes                       23      6     55      3
Verity                      14      2     29      0
Players 2nd innings
*JB Hobbs             c Machin           b Palmer              31
H Sutcliffe                              b Palmer              36
D Smith                              c & b Fender              24
M Leyland             not out                                  37
AW Wellard            not out                                   6
Extras                (nb 1)                                    1
Total                 (3 wickets declared, 39 overs)          135
DNB: AJW Croom, H Verity, +EWJ Brooks, JH Mayer, TB Mitchell,
     WE Bowes.
FoW: 1-56, 2-83, 3-126.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Allom                        9      1     31      0
Foster                       8      2     33      0
Palmer                      13      1     44      2
Morkel                       6      0     17      0
Fender                       3      0      9      1
Gentlemen 2nd innings (target: 260 runs)
RES Wyatt             c Verity           b Bowes               16
BW Hone               c Bowes            b Wellard             12
DR Jardine            not out                                  46
CCC Case              c Brooks           b Mayer                6
Rev.JH Parsons        not out                                  10
Extras                (lb 2, w 1, nb 1)                         4
Total                 (3 wickets, 45 overs)                    94
DNB: DPB Morkel, *PGH Fender, DG Foster, MJC Allom, +RS Machin,
     HJ Palmer.
FoW: 1-22, 2-40, 3-62.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mayer                       10      2     17      1
Wellard                     10      2     29      1
Mitchell                    11      3     15      0
Bowes                        9      4     15      1
Verity                       5      0     14      0
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