f16144	Oxford University v Free Foresters
	University Match 1938
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 4th, 6th, 7th June 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Free Foresters won by 5 wickets
Umpires	N Harris, E Rushbridge
Close of play day 1	Free Foresters (1) 24/0 (Kingsley 14*, Wilkinson 9*)
Close of play day 2	Free Foresters (2) 4/0 (Kingsley 3*, Scott 1*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJH Dixon	lbw b Meyer	0
JM Lomas	c Griffith b Meyer	124
JKG Webb	st Griffith b Meyer	0
EDR Eagar	b Meyer	2
GRJ de Soysa	c Meyer b Bettington	39
PMW Whitehouse	c Magill b Marriott	45
+RE Luyt	st Griffith b Meyer	17
DE Young	b Marriott	25
G Evans	lbw b Marriott	11
EK Scott	not out	22
WJ Pershke	lbw b Marriott	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 109.4 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-4, 3-15, 4-88, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-288 (109.4 ov)

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meyer	26	8	63	5	-	-
Magill	15	3	63	0	-	-
Marriott	36.4	11	61	4	-	-
Dyson	16	3	37	0	-	-
Bettington	10	1	42	1	-	-
Scott	6	1	19	0	-	-

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Free Foresters first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PGT Kingsley	b Evans	18
*WAC Wilkinson	c Eagar b Pershke	64
AL Hosie	lbw b Young	7
HT Bartlett	b Evans	76
+SC Griffith	c Evans b Pershke	1
RJO Meyer	b Whitehouse	26
RHB Bettington	c Lomas b Whitehouse	7
RSG Scott	c Luyt b Young	1
MDP Magill	not out	0
JH Dyson	b Young	1
CS Marriott	lbw b Young	2
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 88.5 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-208 (88.5 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pershke	36	10	79	2	-	-
Evans	25	10	50	2	-	-
Young	14.5	5	38	4	-	-
Scott	6	1	21	0	-	-
Whitehouse	7	1	15	2	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Lomas	c and b Meyer	4
JKG Webb	b Meyer	5
GRJ de Soysa	b Marriott	15
EDR Eagar	c Meyer b Marriott	29
DE Young	b Meyer	8
PMW Whitehouse	not out	15
+RE Luyt	c Meyer b Marriott	1
G Evans	c Bettington b Marriott	10
EK Scott	lbw b Meyer	2
WJ Pershke	st Griffith b Marriott	4
*EJH Dixon	absent hurt
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-97 (47.4 ov)

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meyer	24	12	44	4	-	-
Marriott	18.4	6	40	5	-	-
Scott	5	1	9	0	-	-

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Free Foresters second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PGT Kingsley	c Luyt b Whitehouse	29
RSG Scott	c Lomas b Whitehouse	99
*WAC Wilkinson	c Lomas b Whitehouse	8
AL Hosie	c Lomas b Whitehouse	9
HT Bartlett	c Pershke b Whitehouse	0
+SC Griffith	not out	26
RHB Bettington	not out	5
RJO Meyer	did not bat
MDP Magill	did not bat
JH Dyson	did not bat
CS Marriott	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 54.3 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-?, 3-106, 4-106, 5-162

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pershke	11	1	44	0	-	-
Evans	14	3	35	0	-	-
Young	8	1	35	0	-	-
Scott	5	0	29	0	-	-
Whitehouse	16.3	6	33	5	-	-

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Notes
--> JKG Webb made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JKG Webb made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RE Luyt made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PGT Kingsley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JH Dyson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CS Marriott made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JM Lomas (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in First-Class matches
--> JM Lomas (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> DE Young (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> WAC Wilkinson (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> HT Bartlett (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> RSG Scott (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 93
--> PMW Whitehouse achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Free Foresters second innings (previous best was 3-49)
--> PMW Whitehouse achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Free Foresters second innings

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Dixon fractured a bone in his foot when he was lbw to the fifth ball of the match. Whitehouse took over as captain.
Lomas 124, ten 4's in of 225 minutes. He was awarded his blue.
Bartlett batted with a runner in the second innings, having pulled a muscle.
Rain interfered on the third day, play commencing at 3.00pm.

 

 

 

 

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