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, all matches were scheduled for three days' duration and eleven-a-side.

Note that there is considerable disagreement about when first-class cricket as such began, with various dates having been put forward between 1772 and 1895, while some definitions of first-class cricket require that such a match be arranged between teams of eleven-a-side.

Thus, some of the early matches in this list are not considered first-class by some authorities.

Three matches were cancelled:

The Gentlemen team, captained by W. G. Grace , which took on the Players at Lord's in 1899