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| Venue | Magdalen Ground, Oxford on 15th, 16th, 17th May 1879 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Oxford University: 11; Oxford University Next XVI: 16 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | Knight, W Petty |
| Close of play day 1 | |
| Close of play day 2 |
| Oxford University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Heath | c Gutteres b Horner | 15 | |||||
| AD Greene | c Manfield b Thornton | 24 | |||||
| JHM Hare | c and b MacLachlan | 24 | |||||
| *HR Webbe | b Thornton | 0 | |||||
| ET Hirst | c and b Thornton | 8 | |||||
| AH Trevor | b Thornton | 0 | |||||
| H Fowler | c Manfield b Thornton | 2 | |||||
| AG Pearson | b Thornton | 5 | |||||
| RL Knight | c Gutteres b MacLachlan | 12 | |||||
| RPS Higgs | b Horner | 0 | |||||
| FGG Jellicoe | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93.2 overs) | 94 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-94 (93.2 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University Next XVI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Horner | 34 | ? | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Druitt | 18 | ? | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thornton | 21 | ? | 16 | 6 | - | - | |
| Rogers | 10 | ? | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| MacLachlan | 10.2 | ? | 6 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oxford University Next XVI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WA Thornton | c Fowler b Jellicoe | 14 | |||||
| EL Colebrooke | run out | 0 | |||||
| TG Ridley | b Knight | 10 | |||||
| WE Dunsford | b Higgs | 0 | |||||
| GS Foljambe | b Knight | 50 | |||||
| WE Martyn | c Fowler b Hare | 2 | |||||
| A Haskett-Smith | c Hirst b Higgs | 27 | |||||
| GG Gutteres | b Knight | 34 | |||||
| PJM Rogers | b Knight | 3 | |||||
| EH Hill | c Fowler b Higgs | 0 | |||||
| JW Ewing | b Jellicoe | 0 | |||||
| N MacLachlan | not out | 20 | |||||
| WH Manfield | b Hare | 7 | |||||
| AW Moon | b Knight | 3 | |||||
| MJ Druitt | b Higgs | 6 | |||||
| CE Horner | b Higgs | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 3 lb, 4 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 141 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-191 (141 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jellicoe | 36 | ? | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 52 | ? | 59 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hare | 12 | ? | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Knight | 33 | ? | 43 | 5 | - | - | |
| Heath | 8 | ? | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oxford University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AD Greene | c Hill b Horner | 19 | |||||
| JHM Hare | b Thornton | 3 | |||||
| *HR Webbe | b Thornton | 11 | |||||
| ET Hirst | c Haskett-Smith b MacLachlan | 31 | |||||
| AH Trevor | not out | 46 | |||||
| H Fowler | b Foljambe | 12 | |||||
| AG Pearson | c Rogers b Druitt | 8 | |||||
| RL Knight | b Foljambe | 6 | |||||
| RPS Higgs | run out | 6 | |||||
| FGG Jellicoe | b Horner | 4 | |||||
| AH Heath | absent | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 117.1 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-146 (117.1 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University Next XVI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thornton | 29 | ? | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Horner | 34.1 | ? | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Druitt | 27 | ? | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| MacLachlan | 12 | ? | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Foljambe | 15 | ? | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oxford University Next XVI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Foljambe | not out | 18 | |||||
| A Haskett-Smith | not out | 18 | |||||
| WA Thornton | did not bat | ||||||
| EL Colebrooke | did not bat | ||||||
| TG Ridley | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Dunsford | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Martyn | did not bat | ||||||
| GG Gutteres | did not bat | ||||||
| PJM Rogers | did not bat | ||||||
| EH Hill | did not bat | ||||||
| JW Ewing | did not bat | ||||||
| N MacLachlan | did not bat | ||||||
| WH Manfield | did not bat | ||||||
| AW Moon | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Druitt | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Horner | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket) | 36 | |||||
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.
Source records that in another account of this match Mr. Gutteres is run out 26. Mr. A.H. Evans was unable, being in "the schools," to play for the eleven.
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