First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

GENTLEMEN v PLAYERS Played at Whitegate Park, Blackpool, September 1, 2, 1924. Players won by nine wickets. GENTLEMEN 1 B.H.Lyon c Whewell b Parker 33 (2) c Newman b McDonald 0 2 C.H.Titchmarsh c Newman b Parker 8 (1) c Newman b Parker 10 3 *†D.C.Robinson c Brown b McDonald 1 (7) b Brown 1 4 H.L.V.Day b McDonald 55 c Hammond b Mills 20 5 L.P.Hedges c Hammond b McDonald 12 st Whewell b Parker 5 6 R.S.Fowler lbw b Parker 21 b Mills 2 7 J.G.W.Hyndson c Mead b McDonald 17 (8) not out 2 8 R.J.O.Meyer b McDonald 0 (9) b Brown 0 9 P.A.Wright c Hutchinson b McDonald 0 (10) b Brown 2 10 J.J.Bridges not out 2 (3) b Parker 2 11 W.B.Haworth c Hammond b Parker 1 b Brown 0 Extras lb 1, nb 1 2 b 6, lb 2 8 —— —— 152 52 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-38, 3-49, 4-81, 5-121, 6-142, 7-146, 8-146, 9-151, 10-152 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-6, 3-25, 4-41, 5-47, 6-48, 7-48, 8-48, 9-50, 10-52 PLAYERS 1 W.R.Hammond c Robinson b Meyer 10 2 J.A.Newman c Lyon b Meyer 28 3 †J.W.Whewell c Fowler b Meyer 25 (1) b Lyon 0 4 H.Smith b Fowler 1 5 *C.P.Mead c Fowler b Bridges 24 6 N.Kilner lbw b Meyer 37 7 G.Brown c Bridges b Meyer 31 8 J.M.Hutchinson not out 13 9 P.T.Mills c and b Meyer 0 (2) not out 0 10 E.A.McDonald c Day b Meyer 5 11 C.W.L.Parker c Titchmarsh b Meyer 1 (3) not out 5 Extras b 14, lb 6, nb 5 25 —— —— 200 (1 wicket) 5 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-55, 3-63, 4-102, 5-106, 6-169, 7-183, 8-183, 9-189, 10-200 FoW (2): 1-0 Players Bowling O M R W O M R W McDonald 17 3 59 6 1nb (2) 9 3 16 1 Parker 22.3 2 70 4 (1) 9 1 20 3 Mills 7 2 21 0 3 1 3 2 Brown (4) 3 1 5 4 Gentlemen Bowling O M R W O M R W Bridges 24 8 55 1 Meyer 21.1 5 38 8 5nb Hyndson 2 1 4 0 Haworth 4 1 9 0 Fowler 11 3 43 1 Wright 7 0 26 0 Lyon (1) 1 0 5 1 Umpires: A.Warren and H.I.Young. Toss: Players Close of Play: 1st day: Players (1) 28-1 (Newman 8*, Whewell 7*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.