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| Venue | Magdalen Ground, Oxford on 8th, 9th May 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Oxford University Freshmen: 16; Oxford University Undergraduates: 11 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Oxford University Undergraduates won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | A Bowles, WH Scotton |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Oxford University Undergraduates first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *HR Webbe | b Thornton | 8 | |||||
| JHM Hare | c Ridley b Thornton | 16 | |||||
| AH Heath | b Thornton | 0 | |||||
| AD Greene | b MacLachlan | 1 | |||||
| AH Trevor | not out | 66 | |||||
| ET Hirst | c Lubbock b Parr | 7 | |||||
| AH Evans | b Ridley | 7 | |||||
| RL Knight | b Mallam | 0 | |||||
| AG Pearson | c Thornton b Ridley | 10 | |||||
| H Fowler | c Lubbock b Nares | 59 | |||||
| FGG Jellicoe | b Mallam | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 103 overs) | 178 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-178 (103 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University Freshmen bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| MacLachlan | 28.2 | ? | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thornton | 35 | ? | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Parr | 12 | ? | 39 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Ridley | 13 | ? | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Nares | 10 | ? | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mallam | 4.2 | ? | 10 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oxford University Freshmen first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GG Gutteres | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| GS Rogers | c Greene b Jellicoe | 1 | |||||
| CGC Mallam | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| WE Dunsford | b Evans | 18 | |||||
| TG Ridley | b Evans | 1 | |||||
| N MacLachlan | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| EK Douglas | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| AW Moon | c Hare b Evans | 0 | |||||
| BJH FitzGerald | b Jellicoe | 5 | |||||
| WA Thornton | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| CM Smith | c Evans b Jellicoe | 0 | |||||
| PC Parr | c Webbe b Jellicoe | 10 | |||||
| WH Manfield | c Knight b Jellicoe | 14 | |||||
| JB Lubbock | b Evans | 10 | |||||
| WO Nares | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| AJ Chitty | not out | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 1 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.2 overs) | 81 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-81 (65.2 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University Undergraduates bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Evans | 33 | ? | 13 | 10 | - | - | |
| Jellicoe | 32.2 | ? | 18 | 5 | - | - | |
| Oxford University Freshmen second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GG Gutteres | b Hare | 6 | |||||
| GS Rogers | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| CGC Mallam | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| WE Dunsford | b Knight | 5 | |||||
| TG Ridley | b Greene | 28 | |||||
| N MacLachlan | b Knight | 7 | |||||
| EK Douglas | retired not out | 17 | |||||
| AW Moon | b Evans | 31 | |||||
| BJH FitzGerald | c and b Hare | 2 | |||||
| WA Thornton | lbw b Evans | 4 | |||||
| CM Smith | b Evans | 13 | |||||
| PC Parr | b Evans | 33 | |||||
| WH Manfield | c Webbe b Knight | 5 | |||||
| JB Lubbock | run out | 1 | |||||
| WO Nares | not out | 7 | |||||
| AJ Chitty | b Evans | 11 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 79.2 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-81 | |||||||
| Oxford University Undergraduates bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hare | 20 | ? | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Knight | 31 | ? | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Evans | 13.2 | ? | 20 | 7 | - | - | |
| Greene | 5 | ? | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pearson | 3 | ? | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jellicoe | 7 | ? | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oxford University Undergraduates second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Heath | b Thornton | 26 | |||||
| AD Greene | not out | 28 | |||||
| JHM Hare | not out | 4 | |||||
| *HR Webbe | did not bat | ||||||
| AH Trevor | did not bat | ||||||
| ET Hirst | did not bat | ||||||
| AH Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| RL Knight | did not bat | ||||||
| AG Pearson | did not bat | ||||||
| H Fowler | did not bat | ||||||
| FGG Jellicoe | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 25 overs) | 65 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Heath) | |||||||
| Oxford University Freshmen bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thornton | 13 | ? | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| MacLachlan | 7 | ? | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nares | 5 | ? | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Bowling in the Oxford University Freshmen first innings adds 38 runs under
--> Oxford University Freshmen second innings batting adds 10 runs over
--> Bowling in the Oxford University Freshmen second innings adds 7 runs under
--> Bowling in the Oxford University Undergraduates second innings adds 2 runs under
Our thanks to Arthur Haygarth for collecting the information and to Roger Heavens for providing this scorecard which was first published in Arthur Haygarth's Cricket Scores and Biographies Volume 16. Copies of the book can be obtained from http://booksoncricket.net . Additions or corrections to this scorecard would be gratefully received.
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