List of Gentlemen v Players matches
This is a list of all first-class cricket matches played between the Gentlemen and Players between 1806 and 1962. Unless otherwise stated, games lasted three days and were eleven a side. For more details, please see Gentlemen v Players. Note that there is considerable disagreement about when first-class cricket as such began, and dates put forward vary widely, from 1772 to 1864; thus, some of the early matches in this list are not considered first-class by some authorities. (See the first-class cricket article for more discussion of this subject.)
Two matches were cancelled because of the outbreak of war: the first scheduled for 7 September 1914 and the second scheduled for 6 September 1939. Both these games had been due to take place at Scarborough. A further game, scheduled for 9 July 1930 at The Oval, was also cancelled.
List of matches
List of Gentlemen v Players matches | |||||||||||||
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No. | Date | Venue | Winners | Winning margin | Notes | Ref(s). | |||||||
1 | 7 July 1806 | Lord's Old Ground | Gentlemen | innings and 14 runs | [1] | ||||||||
2 | 21 July 1806 | Lord's Old Ground | Gentlemen | 82 runs | |||||||||
3 | 7 July 1819 | Lord's Cricket Ground | Players | six wickets | |||||||||
4 | 19 June 1820 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 70 runs | |||||||||
5 | 23 July 1821 | Lord's | Players | Gentlemen conceded defeat | Played to celebrate the coronation of George IV | ||||||||
6 | 8 July 1822 | Lord's | Gentlemen | six wickets | |||||||||
7 | 21 July 1823 | Lord's | Players | 345 runs | |||||||||
8 | 2 August 1824 | Lord's | Players | 101 runs | Gentlemen had 14 men. | ||||||||
9 | 4 July 1825 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 72 runs | Four-day match; Gentlemen had 16 men. | ||||||||
10 | 25 June 1827 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 29 runs | Gentlemen had 17 men. | ||||||||
11 | 9 July 1827 | Lord's | Players | innings and 42 runs | Gentlemen had 17 men. | ||||||||
12 | 22 June 1829 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 193 runs | Gentlemen had 12 men. | ||||||||
13 | 14 June 1830 | Lord's | Drawn | Gentlemen had 12 men. | |||||||||
14 | 25 June 1831 | Lord's | Players | five wickets | Players had only nine men, but the match was still considered first-class. | ||||||||
15 | 27 August 1832 | Lord's | Players | innings and 34 runs | Gentlemen defended a smaller-than-normal wicket of 22 by 6 inches. | ||||||||
16 | 8 July 1833 | Lord's | Players | nine wickets | Gentleman had 16 men. | ||||||||
17 | 28 July 1834 | Lord's | Players | innings and 21 runs | |||||||||
18 | 20 July 1835 | Lord's | Players | six wickets | |||||||||
19 | 25 July 1836 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 35 runs | Gentlemen had 18 men. | ||||||||
20 | 3 July 1837 | Lord's | Players | innings and 10 runs | Players defended a larger-than-normal wicket of four stumps measuring 36 by 12 inches. | ||||||||
21 | 17 July 1837 | Lord's | Players | innings and 38 runs | Gentlemen had 16 men. | ||||||||
22 | 30 July 1838 | Lord's | Players | 40 runs | |||||||||
23 | 29 July 1839 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
24 | 29 June 1840 | Lord's | Players | nine wickets | |||||||||
25 | 12 July 1841 | Lord's | Players | three wickets | |||||||||
26 | 25 July 1842 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 95 runs | |||||||||
27 | 31 July 1843 | Lord's | Gentlemen | innings and 20 runs | |||||||||
28 | 29 July 1844 | Lord's | Players | 38 runs | |||||||||
29 | 21 July 1845 | Lord's | Players | 67 runs | Four-day match. | ||||||||
30 | 15 September 1845 | Brighton | Drawn | ||||||||||
31 | 20 July 1846 | Lord's | Gentlemen | one wicket | |||||||||
32 | 19 July 1847 | Lord's | Players | 147 runs | |||||||||
33 | 31 July 1848 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 27 runs | |||||||||
34 | 23 July 1849 | Lord's | Gentlemen | innings and 40 runs | |||||||||
35 | 22 July 1850 | Lord's | Players | innings and 48 runs | |||||||||
36 | 23 June 1851 | Lord's | Players | innings and 14 runs | |||||||||
37 | 21 July 1851 | Lord's | Players | innings and 22 runs | |||||||||
38 | 19 July 1852 | Lord's | Players | five wickets | |||||||||
39 | 18 July 1853 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 60 runs | |||||||||
40 | 17 July 1854 | Lord's | Players | nine wickets | |||||||||
41 | 23 July 1855 | Lord's | Players | seven wickets | |||||||||
42 | 21 July 1856 | Lord's | Players | two wickets | |||||||||
43 | 2 July 1857 | The Oval | Players | ten wickets | |||||||||
44 | 13 July 1857 | Lord's | Players | 13 runs | |||||||||
45 | 1 July 1858 | The Oval | Players | three wickets | |||||||||
46 | 19 July 1858 | Lord's | Players | 285 runs | |||||||||
47 | 30 June 1859 | The Oval | Players | innings and 25 runs | |||||||||
48 | 18 July 1859 | Lord's | Players | 169 runs | |||||||||
49 | 5 July 1860 | The Oval | Players | eight wickets | |||||||||
50 | 9 July 1860 | Lord's | Players | innings and 181 runs | |||||||||
51 | 1 July 1861 | Lord's | Players | innings and 60 runs | |||||||||
52 | 4 July 1861 | The Oval | Players | innings and 68 runs | |||||||||
53 | 26 June 1862 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
54 | 14 July 1862 | Lord's | Players | 157 runs | |||||||||
55 | 29 July 1863 | Lord's | Players | eight wickets | |||||||||
56 | 2 July 1863 | The Oval | Players | nine wickets | |||||||||
57 | 23 June 1864 | The Oval | Players | 205 runs | |||||||||
58 | 27 June 1864 | Lord's | Players | innings and 68 runs | |||||||||
59 | 3 July 1865 | The Oval | Players | 118 runs | |||||||||
60 | 10 July 1865 | Lord's | Gentlemen | eight wickets | Gentlemen broke a winless streak of 20 matches (19 losses, 1 drawn). | ||||||||
61 | 25 June 1866 | Lord's | Players | 38 runs | |||||||||
62 | 28 June 1866 | The Oval | Gentlemen | 98 runs | |||||||||
63 | 8 July 1867 | Lord's | Gentlemen | eight wickets | |||||||||
64 | 15 July 1867 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
65 | 29 June 1868 | Lord's | Gentlemen | eight wickets | |||||||||
66 | 2 July 1868 | The Oval | Gentlemen | innings and 87 runs | |||||||||
67 | 24 June 1869 | The Oval | Gentlemen | 17 runs | |||||||||
68 | 28 June 1869 | Lord's | Gentlemen | three wickets | |||||||||
69 | 14 July 1870 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
70 | 18 July 1870 | Lord's | Gentlemen | four runs | |||||||||
71 | 3 July 1871 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
72 | 6 July 1871 | The Oval | Gentlemen | five wickets | |||||||||
73 | 14 August 1871 | Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove | Drawn | ||||||||||
74 | 1 July 1872 | Lord's | Gentlemen | seven wickets | |||||||||
75 | 4 July 1872 | The Oval | Gentlemen | nine wickets | |||||||||
76 | 30 June 1873 | Lord's | Gentlemen | innings and 55 runs | |||||||||
77 | 3 July 1873 | The Oval | Gentlemen | innings and 11 runs | |||||||||
78 | 17 July 1873 | Prince's Cricket Ground, London | Gentlemen | innings and 54 runs | |||||||||
79 | 2 July 1874 | The Oval | Gentlemen | 48 runs | |||||||||
80 | 6 July 1874 | Lord's | Players | two wickets | Players broke a winless streak of 19 matches (16 losses, 3 drawn). | ||||||||
81 | 23 July 1874 | Prince's Cricket Ground | Gentlemen | 60 runs | |||||||||
82 | 1 July 1875 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
83 | 5 July 1875 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 262 runs | |||||||||
84 | 22 July 1875 | Prince's Cricket Ground | Players | 43 runs | |||||||||
85 | 29 June 1876 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
86 | 3 July 1876 | Lord's | Gentlemen | innings and 98 runs | |||||||||
87 | 6 July 1876 | Prince's Cricket Ground | Gentlemen | five wickets | |||||||||
88 | 28 June 1877 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
89 | 2 July 1877 | Lord's | Gentlemen | one wicket | Gentlemen added 46 for the last wicket to win. | ||||||||
90 | 5 July 1877 | Prince's Cricket Ground | Gentlemen | nine wickets | |||||||||
91 | 4 July 1878 | The Oval | Gentlemen | 55 runs | |||||||||
92 | 8 July 1878 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 206 runs | |||||||||
93 | 3 July 1879 | The Oval | Gentlemen | innings and 126 runs | |||||||||
94 | 7 July 1879 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
95 | 1 July 1880 | The Oval | Players | 37 runs | |||||||||
96 | 5 July 1880 | Lord's | Gentlemen | five wickets | |||||||||
97 | 30 June 1881 | The Oval | Gentlemen | two wickets | |||||||||
98 | 11 July 1881 | Lord's | Gentlemen | five wickets | |||||||||
99 | 8 August 1881 | County Ground, Hove | Players | one run | Gentlemen, chasing 113 to win, went from 56/0 to 111 all out in second innings. | ||||||||
100 | 29 June 1882 | The Oval | Players | 87 runs | |||||||||
101 | 3 July 1882 | Lord's | Gentlemen | eight wickets | |||||||||
102 | 28 June 1883 | The Oval | Tied | Gentlemen, set 150 to win, were bowled out for 149. | |||||||||
103 | 9 July 1883 | Lord's | Gentlemen | seven wickets | |||||||||
104 | 3 July 1884 | The Oval | Players | nine wickets | |||||||||
105 | 7 July 1884 | Lord's | Gentlemen | six wickets | |||||||||
106 | 2 July 1885 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
107 | 6 July 1885 | Lord's | Players | four wickets | |||||||||
108 | 3 September 1885 | Scarborough | Gentlemen | innings and 25 runs | |||||||||
109 | 12 July 1886 | Lord's | Players | five wickets | |||||||||
110 | 15 July 1886 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
111 | 11 July 1887 | Lord's | Players | innings and 123 runs | |||||||||
112 | 14 July 1887 | The Oval | Players | innings and 16 runs | |||||||||
113 | 9 July 1888 | Lord's | Gentlemen | five runs | |||||||||
114 | 12 July 1888 | The Oval | Players | innings and 39 runs | |||||||||
115 | 4 July 1889 | The Oval | Players | nine wickets | |||||||||
116 | 8 July 1889 | Lord's | Players | ten wickets | |||||||||
117 | 6 September 1889 | Hastings | Gentlemen | one wicket | |||||||||
118 | 3 July 1890 | The Oval | Players | nine wickets | |||||||||
119 | 7 July 1890 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
120 | 2 July 1891 | The Oval | Gentlemen | innings and 54 runs | |||||||||
121 | 6 July 1891 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
122 | 14 September 1891 | Hastings | Players | innings and 128 runs | |||||||||
123 | 4 July 1892 | Lord's | Players | innings and 26 runs | |||||||||
124 | 11 July 1892 | The Oval | Players | ten wickets | |||||||||
125 | 1 September 1892 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
126 | 12 September 1892 | Hastings | Drawn | ||||||||||
127 | 6 July 1893 | The Oval | Players | eight runs | |||||||||
128 | 10 July 1893 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
129 | 5 July 1894 | The Oval | Players | innings and 27 runs | |||||||||
130 | 9 July 1894 | The Oval | Gentlemen | innings and 39 runs | |||||||||
131 | 10 September 1894 | Hastings | Drawn | ||||||||||
132 | 8 July 1895 | Lord's | Players | 32 runs | |||||||||
133 | 11 July 1895 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
134 | 6 July 1896 | The Oval | Gentlemen | one wicket | |||||||||
135 | 13 July 1896 | Lord's | Gentlemen | six wickets | |||||||||
136 | 8 July 1897 | The Oval | Players | eight wickets | |||||||||
137 | 12 July 1897 | Lord's | Players | 78 runs | |||||||||
138 | 30 August 1897 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
139 | 13 September 1897 | Hastings | Players | 175 runs | |||||||||
140 | 13 June 1891 | The Oval | Players | eight wickets | |||||||||
141 | 18 July 1898 | Lord's | Players | 137 runs | |||||||||
142 | 29 August 1898 | Scarborough | Gentlemen | eight wickets | |||||||||
143 | 6 July 1899 | The Oval | Players | innings and 36 runs | |||||||||
144 | 10 July 1899 | Lord's | Gentlemen | innings and 59 runs | Digby Jephson (Gentlemen) took 6–21 with underarm lobs. | ||||||||
145 | 9 July 1900 | The Oval | Players | 37 runs | The umpires were replaced at lunch on the first day after an objection from Gentlemen captain W. G. Grace. | ||||||||
146 | 16 July 1900 | Lord's | Players | two wickets | Tip Foster (102 & 136) was the first man to score a century in each innings in these matches. | ||||||||
147 | 30 August 1900 | Scarborough | Players | innings and 22 runs | |||||||||
148 | 8 July 1900 | Lord's | Players | 221 runs | |||||||||
149 | 11 July 1901 | The Oval | Players | ten wickets | |||||||||
150 | 9 September 1901 | Hastings | Drawn | ||||||||||
151 | 7 July 1902 | Lord's | Players | innings and 68 runs | |||||||||
152 | 10 July 1902 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
153 | 1 September 1902 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
154 | 6 July 1903 | Lord's | Drawn | Gentlemen made 500/2 declared following on (C. B. Fry 232*). | |||||||||
155 | 9 July 1903 | Scarborough | Gentlemen | 54 runs | |||||||||
156 | 31 August 1903 | Scarborough | Players | innings and eight runs | |||||||||
157 | 10 September 1903 | Hastings | Drawn | ||||||||||
158 | 4 July 1904 | Lord's | Gentlemen | two wickets | |||||||||
159 | 7 July 1904 | The Oval | Gentlemen | innings and 39 runs | |||||||||
160 | 10 July 1905 | Lord's | Players | 105 runs | |||||||||
161 | 17 July 1905 | The Oval | Players | 128 runs | |||||||||
162 | 9 July 1906 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 45 runs | |||||||||
163 | 16 July 1906 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
164 | 6 September 1906 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
165 | 8 July 1907 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
166 | 15 July 1907 | The Oval | Players | 54 runs | |||||||||
167 | 2 July 1908 | Lord's | Players | seven wickets | |||||||||
168 | 9 July 1908 | The Oval | Gentlemen | six wickets | |||||||||
169 | 3 September 1908 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
170 | 8 July 1909 | The Oval | Players | 64 runs | |||||||||
171 | 12 July 1909 | Lord's | Players | 200 runs | |||||||||
172 | 6 September 1909 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
173 | 7 July 1910 | The Oval | Players | innings and 22 runs | |||||||||
174 | 11 July 1910 | Lord's | Players | ten wickets | |||||||||
175 | 5 September 1910 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
176 | 6 July 1911 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
177 | 10 July 1911 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 130 runs | |||||||||
178 | 4 September 1911 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
179 | 11 July 1912 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
180 | 18 July 1912 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
181 | 10 July 1913 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
182 | 14 July 1913 | Lord's | Players | seven wickets | |||||||||
183 | 4 September 1913 | Scarborough | Gentlemen | six runs | |||||||||
184 | 9 July 1914 | The Oval | Players | 241 runs | |||||||||
185 | 13 July 1914 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 134 runs | |||||||||
186 | 3 July 1919 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
187 | 14 July 1919 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
188 | 4 September 1919 | Lord's | Players | innings and 110 runs | Jack Hobbs, uniquely, scored hundreds in all the three matches in 1919. | ||||||||
189 | 3 June 1920 | The Oval | Players | innings and 87 runs | |||||||||
190 | 14 July 1920 | Lord's | Players | seven wickets | |||||||||
191 | 6 September 1920 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
192 | 29 June 1921 | Lord's | Players | innings and three runs | |||||||||
193 | 13 July 1921 | Lord's | Players | nine wickets | |||||||||
194 | 5 September 1921 | Scarborough | Players | 198 runs | |||||||||
195 | 5 July 1922 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
196 | 19 July 1922 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
197 | 7 September 1922 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
198 | 4 July 1923 | The Oval | Players | six wickets | |||||||||
199 | 18 July 1923 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
200 | 6 September 1923 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
201 | 2 July 1924 | The Oval | Players | six wickets | |||||||||
202 | 16 July 1924 | Lord's | Players | innings and 231 runs | |||||||||
203 | 1 September 1924 | Blackpool | Players | nine wickets | The only Gentlemen v Players match at this venue. | ||||||||
204 | 6 September 1924 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
205 | 8 July 1925 | The Oval | Gentlemen | four wickets | Gentlemen broke a winless streak of 19 (10 losses, 9 drawn). | ||||||||
206 | 15 July 1925 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
207 | 2 September 1925 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
208 | 5 September 1925 | Folkestone | Players | nine wickets | |||||||||
209 | 7 July 1926 | The Oval | Players | seven wickets | |||||||||
210 | 14 July 1926 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
211 | 1 September 1926 | Scarborough | Drawn | Players captain Jack Hobbs scored 266, a record in Gentlemen v Players matches. | |||||||||
212 | 6 July 1927 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
213 | 13 July 1927 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
214 | 31 August 1927 | Folkestone | Players | innings and 81 runs | |||||||||
215 | 3 September 1927 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
216 | 6 June 1928 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
217 | 18 July 1928 | Lord's | Players | nine wickets | |||||||||
218 | 5 September 1928 | Bournemouth | Gentlemen | one wicket | The only Gentlemen v Players match at this venue. | ||||||||
219 | 8 September 1928 | Folkestone | Players | five wickets | |||||||||
220 | 10 July 1929 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
221 | 17 July 1929 | Lord's | Players | seven wickets | |||||||||
222 | 16 July 1930 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
223 | 10 September 1930 | Folkestone | Drawn | ||||||||||
224 | 10 June 1931 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
225 | 15 July 1931 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
226 | 2 September 1931 | Folkestone | Drawn | ||||||||||
227 | 5 September 1931 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
228 | 6 July 1932 | The Oval | Drawn | ||||||||||
229 | 13 July 1932 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
230 | 31 August 1932 | Folkestone | Players | 47 runs | |||||||||
231 | 19 July 1933 | Lord's | Players | ten wickets | |||||||||
232 | 6 September 1933 | Folkestone | Players | innings and 46 runs | |||||||||
233 | 11 July 1934 | The Oval | Players | innings and 305 runs | |||||||||
234 | 25 July 1934 | Lord's | Gentlemen | seven wickets | |||||||||
235 | 5 September 1934 | Scarborough | Drawn | Played simultaneously with the match below. | |||||||||
236 | 5 September 1934 | Folkestone | Gentlemen | three wickets | Played simultaneously with the match above. | ||||||||
237 | 17 July 1935 | Lord's | Players | nine wickets | |||||||||
238 | 4 September 1935 | Folkestone | Drawn | ||||||||||
239 | 15 July 1936 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
240 | 5 September 1936 | Folkestone | Drawn | ||||||||||
241 | 14 July 1937 | Lord's | Players | eight wickets | |||||||||
242 | 13 July 1938 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 133 runs | |||||||||
243 | 7 September 1938 | Scarborough | Players | five wickets | |||||||||
244 | 5 July 1939 | Lord's | Players | 160 runs | |||||||||
245 | 17 July 1946 | Lord's | Players | innings and 140 runs | Gentlemen collapsed from 138/4 to 144 all out in first innings. | ||||||||
246 | 16 July 1947 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
247 | 10 September 1947 | Scarborough | Players | innings and ten runs | |||||||||
248 | 14 July 1948 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
249 | 13 July 1949 | Lord's | Players | four wickets | |||||||||
250 | 26 July 1950 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
251 | 18 July 1951 | Lord's | Players | 21 runs | |||||||||
252 | 5 September 1951 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
253 | 23 July 1952 | Lord's | Players | two runs | |||||||||
254 | 6 September 1952 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
255 | 15 July 1953 | Lord's | Gentlemen | 95 runs | |||||||||
256 | 5 September 1953 | Scarborough | Gentlemen | five wickets | Gentlemen won after conceding 532/5 declared (Len Hutton 241) in first innings. | ||||||||
257 | 14 July 1954 | Lord's | Players | 49 runs | |||||||||
258 | 4 September 1954 | Scarborough | Players | 50 runs | |||||||||
259 | 13 July 1955 | Lord's | Players | 20 runs | |||||||||
260 | 3 September 1955 | Scarborough | Players | two wickets | |||||||||
261 | 18 July 1956 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
262 | 1 September 1956 | Scarborough | Players | seven wickets | |||||||||
263 | 17 July 1957 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
264 | 4 September 1957 | Scarborough | Players | six wickets | |||||||||
265 | 16 July 1958 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
266 | 6 September 1958 | Scarborough | Players | 55 runs | |||||||||
267 | 15 July 1959 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
268 | 5 September 1959 | Scarborough | Players | ten wickets | |||||||||
269 | 13 July 1960 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
270 | 3 September 1960 | Scarborough | Drawn | ||||||||||
271 | 19 July 1961 | Lord's | Players | 172 runs | |||||||||
272 | 2 September 1961 | Scarborough | Players | 54 runs | |||||||||
273 | 18 July 1962 | Lord's | Drawn | ||||||||||
274 | 8 September 1962 | Scarborough | Players | seven wickets | [2] | ||||||||