f21106	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1955
Venue	North Marine Road, Scarborough on 3rd, 5th, 6th September 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Players won by 2 wickets
Umpires	HG Baldwin, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen (1) 331 all out
Close of play day 2	Players (1) 205/7 (Munden 41*, Trueman 0*)

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Graveney b AV Bedser	3
PE Richardson	b Munden	46
WJ Edrich	c Trueman b AV Bedser	133
WHH Sutcliffe	b Wardle	55
DJ Insole	c Close b Wardle	3
TE Bailey	c Trueman b Illingworth	54
*NWD Yardley	c Wilson b Trueman	7
G Goonesena	c Wilson b Wardle	13
JJ Warr	not out	6
WS Surridge	lbw b Wardle	1
+EB Lewis	b Illingworth	3
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-92, 3-198, 4-212, 5-273, 6-287, 7-315, 8-323, 9-324, 10-331 (104.5 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	17	1	60	1	-	-
AV Bedser	16	4	39	2	-	-
Shepherd	14	3	34	0	-	-
Wardle	24	5	81	4	-	-
Close	11	3	48	0	-	-
Munden	12	3	32	1	-	-
Illingworth	10.5	3	30	2	-	-

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Close	b Warr	8
TW Graveney	c Bailey b Goonesena	96
JV Wilson	c Goonesena b Bailey	31
R Illingworth	c Yardley b Goonesena	1
EA Bedser	c Edrich b Goonesena	2
VS Munden	b Bailey	61
JH Wardle	b Goonesena	20
+GO Dawkes	lbw b Bailey	1
FS Trueman	c Surridge b Bailey	7
*AV Bedser	not out	43
DJ Shepherd	c Simpson b Goonesena	1
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-85, 3-88, 4-94, 5-177, 6-201, 7-204, 8-216, 9-265, 10-276 (72 ov)

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	20	1	83	1	-	-
Surridge	7	0	22	0	-	-
Goonesena	24	3	100	5	-	-
Bailey	21	5	66	4	-	-

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Gentlemen second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	b Illingworth	33
PE Richardson	b Shepherd	23
WJ Edrich	c Munden b Wardle	18
WHH Sutcliffe	c AV Bedser b Wardle	2
DJ Insole	run out	48
TE Bailey	not out	25
*NWD Yardley	c Illingworth b EA Bedser	6
G Goonesena	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
WS Surridge	did not bat
+EB Lewis	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 40.5 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-65, 3-75, 4-85, 5-152, 6-159 (40.5 ov)

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	4	0	13	0	-	-
AV Bedser	6	1	17	0	-	-
Shepherd	5	1	24	1	-	-
Wardle	13	6	43	2	-	-
Illingworth	10	1	39	1	-	-
EA Bedser	2.5	0	19	1	-	-

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Players second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Close	c Richardson b Bailey	53
TW Graveney	c Lewis b Goonesena	27
JV Wilson	c Lewis b Bailey	13
R Illingworth	run out	20
EA Bedser	st Lewis b Goonesena	12
VS Munden	b Goonesena	3
JH Wardle	lbw b Goonesena	24
+GO Dawkes	c sub b Goonesena	3
FS Trueman	not out	29
*AV Bedser	not out	19
DJ Shepherd	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(8 wickets, 36.5 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-95, 3-108, 4-144, 5-150, 6-156, 7-168, 8-168

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	8.5	1	53	0	-	-
Surridge	4	0	28	0	-	-
Goonesena	15	1	77	5	-	-
Bailey	9	0	45	2	-	-

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Notes
--> NWD Yardley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> VS Munden (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32

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