f6246	Gentlemen v Players
	Other First-Class matches in England 1903
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 10th, 11th, 12th September 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gentlemen won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WAJ West, W Wright
Close of play day 1	Players (1) 315/6 (Hirst 91*, Rhodes 12*)
Close of play day 2	Players (1) 352/6 (Hirst 124*, Rhodes 16*)

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Players first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TW Hayward	b Odell	36
J Vine	c Newham b Smith	44
D Denton	c Odell b Grace	35
EG Hayes	c and b McDonell	58
LC Braund	c MacLaren b Grace	18
GH Hirst	not out	124
JR Gunn	lbw b Jones	15
W Rhodes	not out	16
AE Relf	did not bat
S Haigh	did not bat
+H Strudwick	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 106 overs)	352
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-118, 3-118, 4-140, 5-227, 6-260

Gentlemen bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonell	28	8	100	1	-	-
Smith	33	11	86	1	-	-
Odell	16	3	46	1	1	-
Beldam	8	1	20	0	-	-
Ranjitsinhji	4	1	18	0	-	-
Grace	12	0	52	2	-	-
Jones	5	1	24	1	-	-

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Gentlemen first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC MacLaren	c Denton b Haigh	68
GW Beldam	b Haigh	27
KS Ranjitsinhji	b Braund	4
AO Jones	lbw b Haigh	1
E Smith	b Haigh	7
HC McDonell	b Haigh	7
Lord Hawke	c Hayward b Rhodes	25
*WG Grace	not out	22
W Newham	not out	0
WW Odell	did not bat
+AP Wickham	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 54 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-97, 2-99, 3-103, 4-111, 5-111, 6-127, 7-171

Players bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hirst	9	3	32	0	-	-
Rhodes	16	2	45	1	-	-
Braund	11	3	26	1	-	-
Haigh	15	1	55	5	-	-
Relf	3	0	3	0	-	-

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Play did not start until 3.00pm on the second day due to overnight rain. Hirst's 124* lasted less than two hours

 

 

 

 

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