First-Class Cricket Matches 1920

GENTLEMEN OF THE SOUTH v PLAYERS OF THE SOUTH Played at Kennington Oval, July 3, 5, 6, 1920. Match drawn. PLAYERS OF THE SOUTH 1 J.B.Hobbs lbw b Wilson 115 2 C.A.G.Russell c and b Fender 71 3 J.W.Hearne c and b Fender 62 4 E.H.Hendren c Fender b Roberts 68 5 A.Ducat lbw b Haig 48 6 A.Sandham b Fender 89 7 A.E.Dipper b Haig 1 8 H.A.Peach not out 50 9 H.S.Harrison c Haig b Crawford 11 10 J.W.Hitch c Gunasekera b Crawford 16 11 †H.Strudwick Extras b 19, nb 1 20 —— (9 wickets) 551 FoW (1): 1-185, 2-185, 3-323, 4-332, 5-431, 6- , 7-499, 8- , 9-551 GENTLEMEN OF THE SOUTH 1 P.G.H.Fender 2 J.N.Crawford 3 †W.H.G.Heath 4 N.E.Haig 5 C.H.Gunasekera 6 L.R.V.Prentice 7 D.Roberts 8 B.W.Bullock 9 F.W.H.Nicholas 10 A.K.Wilson 11 P.Herbert Gentlemen of the South Bowling O M R W Haig 24 1 120 2 Gunasekera 21 3 77 0 Crawford 20.3 1 91 2 Fender 26 3 114 3 Prentice 20 2 87 0 Wilson 2 0 19 1 Roberts 4 0 23 1 Umpires: H.R.Butt and F.Parris. Toss: Players of the South Close of Play: 1st day: Players of the South (1) 551-9 (Peach 50*); 2nd day: No play. The match was played for the benefit of J.J.Reid, pavilion attendant at The Oval. There was no play on the final day. J.B.Hobbs’s 115 took 90 minutes and included 13 fours. 147