f16089	Cambridge University v Northamptonshire
	University Match 1938
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 14th, 16th, 17th May 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JJ Hills, W Wainwright
Scorer	PRS Piggott (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 96/4 (Grimshaw 12*, PJM Nelson 8*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 341/5 (Mann 22*, Studd 2*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PA Gibb	lbw b Herbert	18
JR Thompson	c RP Nelson b Buswell	18
P Sherrard	b Herbert	5
*NWD Yardley	c Snowden b Herbert	33
MS Packe	b Herbert	33
FG Mann	run out	29
PM Studd	st James b Timms	41
JV Wild	lbw b O'Brien	0
DW Gillespie	c and b Partridge	15
WR Rees-Davies	b O'Brien	2
SMA Banister	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-39, 3-45, 4-110, 5-110, 6-183, 7-186, 8-190, 9-198, 10-209 (71.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	15	4	37	1	-	-
Partridge	14.4	4	35	1	-	-
Herbert	18	3	57	4	-	-
O'Brien	8	2	17	2	-	-
PJM Nelson	6	2	7	0	-	-
Grimshaw	4	0	25	0	-	-
Timms	6	0	18	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RP Nelson	c Yardley b Rees-Davies	3
D Brookes	st Gibb b Gillespie	29
AW Snowden	c Yardley b Rees-Davies	33
JE Timms	c Thompson b Gillespie	1
FN Grimshaw	st Gibb b Wild	31
PJM Nelson	c Yardley b Wild	32
FP O'Brien	c Banister b Wild	15
+KC James	c Rees-Davies b Yardley	0
RJ Partridge	not out	9
EJ Herbert	st Gibb b Gillespie	2
JE Buswell	absent hurt
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-59, 3-71, 4-75, 5-134, 6-157, 7-157, 8-161, 9-168 (54 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rees-Davies	18	5	63	2	-	-
Gillespie	18	2	52	3	-	-
Wild	11	4	27	3	-	-
Yardley	7	2	13	1	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PA Gibb	run out	141		170	17	-
JR Thompson	c and b Partridge	96
P Sherrard	lbw b Partridge	2
*NWD Yardley	c Brookes b Herbert	15
MS Packe	c sub b PJM Nelson	56
FG Mann	c O'Brien b Herbert	41
PM Studd	not out	22
JV Wild	c Partridge b Herbert	0
DW Gillespie	did not bat
WR Rees-Davies	did not bat
SMA Banister	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 108.5 overs)	379
Fall of wickets:
1-241, 2-241, 3-244, 4-262, 5-338, 6-378, 7-379 (108.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	35	6	119	2	-	-
Herbert	34.5	6	110	3	-	-
O'Brien	3	0	20	0	-	-
PJM Nelson	12	3	35	1	-	-
Grimshaw	4	0	20	0	-	-
Timms	11	2	31	0	-	-
RP Nelson	9	2	38	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RP Nelson	b Rees-Davies	2
D Brookes	c Yardley b Rees-Davies	1
AW Snowden	st Gibb b Banister	37
JE Timms	lbw b Wild	58
FN Grimshaw	not out	52
PJM Nelson	not out	20
FP O'Brien	did not bat
+KC James	did not bat
RJ Partridge	did not bat
EJ Herbert	did not bat
JE Buswell	did not bat
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 37 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-7, 3-61, 4-129

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rees-Davies	10	4	18	2	-	-
Gillespie	6	0	37	0	-	-
Wild	9	1	51	1	-	-
Banister	7	0	32	1	-	-
Mann	5	0	32	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JR Thompson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> P Sherrard made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DW Gillespie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PJM Nelson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NWD Yardley (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> JE Timms (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> FP O'Brien made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> FP O'Brien made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> EJ Herbert achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Cambridge University first innings (previous best was 2-33)

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Buswell was absent on Day 2, owing to a strained thigh and did not bowl in the University's second innings.
Rain prevented any play on the third day between 1.00 and 4.30pm.

 

 

 

 

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