f32599	Cambridge University v Lancashire
	University Match 1979
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 20th, 21st, 22nd June 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	R Aspinall, A Jepson
Scorers	HF Shipp (Cambridge University), MD Taylor (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 70/2 (Popplewell 15*, Cottrell 0*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 27/0 (Wood 16*, Trim 5*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Popplewell b Pringle	32
GE Trim	lbw b Popplewell	22
*D Lloyd	b Crawford	16
J Abrahams	c Popplewell b Russom	19
BW Reidy	b Crawford	65
G Fowler	c Holliday b Pringle	20
DP Hughes	c Cottrell b Pringle	11
GF Lawson	c Pringle b Crawford	17
RM Ratcliffe	run out	9
+CJ Scott	b Popplewell	16
R Arrowsmith	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-69, 3-83, 4-107, 5-176, 6-182, 7-200, 8-210, 9-233, 10-236 (77 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	12	3	39	0	-	-
Popplewell	9	2	33	2	-	-
Greig	9	0	32	0	-	-
Pringle	23	5	43	3	-	-
Crawford	17	5	44	3	-	-
Russom	6	1	28	1	-	-
Holliday	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Mubarak	c Scott b Lawson	5
JPC Mills	c Scott b Arrowsmith	46
NFM Popplewell	c sub b Wood	92
+PR Cottrell	c sub b Lawson	5
AR Dewes	lbw b Lawson	0
DR Pringle	lbw b Wood	53
*IA Greig	run out	0
DC Holliday	c Abrahams b Wood	12
NC Crawford	c Wood b Lawson	15
N Russom	not out	8
D Surridge	c Lloyd b Wood	3
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 91.3 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-65, 3-92, 4-98, 5-197, 6-204, 7-218, 8-237, 9-245, 10-252 (91.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawson	26	5	81	4	-	-
Ratcliffe	24	7	62	0	-	-
Reidy	3	1	4	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	3	0	12	1	-	-
Wood	23.3	4	58	4	-	-
Hughes	12	3	22	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Greig b Surridge	18
GE Trim	lbw b Surridge	8
*D Lloyd	lbw b Pringle	19
J Abrahams	c Cottrell b Popplewell	69
DP Hughes	c Pringle b Crawford	19
GF Lawson	c Surridge b Crawford	2
RM Ratcliffe	b Surridge	44
G Fowler	b Popplewell	0
+CJ Scott	not out	8
BW Reidy	did not bat
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 76.5 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-35, 3-55, 4-110, 5-122, 6-166, 7-166, 8-205 (76.5 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	18.5	4	59	3	-	-
Popplewell	10	4	17	2	-	-
Greig	7	2	21	0	-	-
Pringle	23	8	47	1	-	-
Crawford	10	3	30	2	-	-
Russom	5	2	7	0	-	-
Holliday	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Mubarak	not out	29
DC Holliday	c Lloyd b Lawson	0
NFM Popplewell	c sub b Hughes	13
AR Dewes	not out	35
JPC Mills	did not bat
+PR Cottrell	did not bat
DR Pringle	did not bat
*IA Greig	did not bat
NC Crawford	did not bat
N Russom	did not bat
D Surridge	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 33 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-22

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawson	4	1	7	1	-	-
Ratcliffe	3	1	7	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	11	2	24	0	-	-
Hughes	11	2	23	1	-	-
Abrahams	2	1	3	0	-	-
Trim	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CJ Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> JPC Mills (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> GF Lawson made his debut for Lancashire in First-Class matches
--> GF Lawson made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> B Wood reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Cambridge University first innings

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