f16156	Cambridge University v Free Foresters
	University Match 1938
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 11th, 13th, 14th June 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Free Foresters won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JJ Hills, W Wainwright
Close of play day 1	Free Foresters (1) 636/7 (Meyer 76*, Block 85*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (1) 422/4 (PA Gibb 144*, Studd 33*)

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Free Foresters first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GB Cuthbertson	c Thompson b Wild	17
WH Webster	lbw b RC Gibb	87
ET Killick	c RC Gibb b Hewan	124		125	21	-
BH Valentine	c Banister b Rees-Davies	111		100	13	3
JH Pawle	b Rees-Davies	76
HJ Enthoven	lbw b Rees-Davies	0
FR Brown	c PA Gibb b RC Gibb	36
RJO Meyer	not out	76
SA Block	not out	85
MJC Allom	did not bat
+MH Anderson	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 13 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	636
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-184, 3-288, 4-382, 5-386, 6-449, 7-485

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rees-Davies	28	1	175	3	-	-
RC Gibb	22	2	85	2	-	-
Wild	19	0	121	1	-	-
Hewan	21	3	150	1	-	-
Banister	12	0	81	0	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PA Gibb	c Meyer b Brown	204		380	23	-
BD Carris	lbw b Enthoven	22
JR Thompson	b Allom	191		300	27	-
JDA Langley	c Block b Brown	4
FG Mann	lbw b Allom	10
*PM Studd	lbw b Meyer	34
GE Hewan	b Enthoven	10
JV Wild	b Meyer	28
RC Gibb	lbw b Meyer	0
SMA Banister	not out	4
WR Rees-Davies	b Brown	0
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 6 w)	26
Total	(all out, 168.3 overs)	533
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-66, 3-95, 4-360, 5-427, 6-448, 7-513, 8-515, 9-533, 10-533 (168.3 ov)

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allom	32	9	82	2	-	-
Meyer	53	9	161	3	-	-
Enthoven	33	3	80	2	-	-
Brown	37.3	6	142	3	-	-
Valentine	13	1	42	0	-	-

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Free Foresters second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJC Allom	c Wild b RC Gibb	32
+MH Anderson	b Carris	60
ET Killick	not out	53
GB Cuthbertson	b Carris	2
WH Webster	b Carris	6
BH Valentine	b Hewan	6
JH Pawle	b Carris	52
HJ Enthoven	not out	5
FR Brown	did not bat
RJO Meyer	did not bat
SA Block	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 w)	7
Total	(6 wickets, 39 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-95, 3-97, 4-107, 5-116, 6-210

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rees-Davies	3	0	35	0	-	-
RC Gibb	7	2	30	1	-	-
Hewan	5	0	22	1	-	-
Banister	3	1	10	0	-	-
Carris	17	0	77	4	-	-
Mann	4	0	42	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GE Hewan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RC Gibb made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MJC Allom made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BH Valentine (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> RJO Meyer (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> PA Gibb (1) passed his previous highest score of 157 in First-Class matches
--> PA Gibb (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 183
--> JR Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in First-Class matches
--> JR Thompson (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MH Anderson (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> BD Carris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Free Foresters second innings
--> PA Gibb retired hurt in the Cambridge University first innings having scored 7 (team had lost 0 wickets) - he returned when the score was 95/3

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Free Foresters scored 636 on the first day, hitting eight 6's and eighty 4's. It was the fourth highest number of runs scored in one day's play in England and only nine short of the record number in England of 645 by Surrey in 1909.

 

 

 

 

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