| f23730 | |
| Venue | Christ Church Ground, Oxford on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | JS Buller, JF Crapp |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 62/0 (Lawry 30*, Simpson 32*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australians (1) 281/5 (Mackay 43*, McKenzie 0*) |
| Oxford University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DR Worsley | b McKenzie | 0 | |||||
| DB Pithey | b Misson | 15 | |||||
| AA Baig | c Quick b Kline | 95 | |||||
| *Nawab of Pataudi | c Simpson b Misson | 0 | |||||
| CA Fry | b McKenzie | 4 | |||||
| CD Drybrough | b McKenzie | 88 | |||||
| FW Neate | c Misson b Benaud | 78 | |||||
| +RHC Waters | lbw b Mackay | 23 | |||||
| JD Piachaud | c Burge b Benaud | 4 | |||||
| NP Thompson | not out | 2 | |||||
| EW Anderson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 109.1 overs) | 320 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-34, 3-34, 4-51, 5-157, 6-243, 7-314, 8-314, 9-320 (109.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Misson | 22 | 5 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| McKenzie | 20 | 4 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 18 | 5 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 21 | 7 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kline | 13 | 4 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Quick | 12 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 3.1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Lawry | c Fry b Piachaud | 72 | |||||
| RB Simpson | c Waters b Piachaud | 148 | |||||
| KD Mackay | c Pataudi b Pithey | 54 | |||||
| PJP Burge | b Pithey | 17 | |||||
| BC Booth | c Pataudi b Pithey | 0 | |||||
| *R Benaud | b Pithey | 0 | |||||
| GD McKenzie | b Pithey | 16 | |||||
| +BN Jarman | not out | 29 | |||||
| FM Misson | c and b Pithey | 15 | |||||
| IW Quick | c Baig b Pithey | 9 | |||||
| LF Kline | c Pataudi b Piachaud | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 142.4 overs) | 362 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-202, 2-229, 3-274, 4-280, 5-280, 6-305, 7-312, 8-338, 9-360, 10-362 (142.4 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thompson | 19 | 2 | 71 | 0 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 11 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Piachaud | 46.4 | 14 | 102 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pithey | 27 | 15 | 47 | 7 | - | - | |
| Drybrough | 39 | 6 | 107 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oxford University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DR Worsley | c McKenzie b Quick | 80 | |||||
| DB Pithey | st Jarman b Quick | 38 | |||||
| AA Baig | c Booth b Simpson | 73 | |||||
| *Nawab of Pataudi | lbw b Benaud | 8 | |||||
| CA Fry | not out | 19 | |||||
| CD Drybrough | run out | 8 | |||||
| JD Piachaud | not out | 1 | |||||
| FW Neate | did not bat | ||||||
| +RHC Waters | did not bat | ||||||
| NP Thompson | did not bat | ||||||
| EW Anderson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 74 overs) | 235 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-56, 2-173, 3-182, 4-213, 5-230 | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Misson | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKenzie | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kline | 23 | 4 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Quick | 24 | 4 | 98 | 2 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 13 | 1 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> CD Drybrough (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> CD Drybrough (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 86
--> FW Neate (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in First-Class matches
--> RB Simpson (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> DB Pithey (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> DB Pithey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Australians first innings (previous best was 6-58)
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