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GENTLEMEN V PLAYERS 1949 CRICKET SCORECARD

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Lord's, July 13 - 15, 1949. Players won by 4 wickets. They collapsed to 69 for 6 chasing victory but Jenkins and Evans added an unbroken 70 to see them home. After being dismissed for 105 in the first innings (Hollies 5 for 32), the Gentlemen made a fight of it, Brown taking 8 for 151 in the match.

24 x 12.5cm. Part printed, part entered in ink. Handwritten notes in margin. Sl stained. Good.

Date
1949

£4.00 (Code: X08299)

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