Middlesex Cricket Archive

f20002	Oxford University v Middlesex
	University Match 1953
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 27th, 28th, 29th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 15 runs
Umpires	HG Baldwin, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 241/7 (JT Murray 2, Warr 0)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 40/1 (Sharp 25, Thompson 0)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	lbw b Fasken	8
HPH Sharp	lbw b Jowett	70
AW Thompson	c Walshe b Jowett	97
MP Murray	c Birrell b Jowett	44
D Bennett	b Fasken	8
R Routledge	run out	1
LH Compton	lbw b Fellows-Smith	10
+JT Murray	st Walshe b Allan	4
*JJ Warr	c Dowding b Allan	1
RV Bell	not out	4
RP Deller	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 102.4 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-163, 3-178, 4-195, 5-207, 6-222, 7-241, 8-243, 9-248 (102.4 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fasken	17	4	62	2	-	-
Arenhold	12	3	49	0	-	-
Fellows-Smith	17	4	40	1	-	-
Allan	27.4	13	26	2	-	-
Cowdrey	2	0	11	0	-	-
Jowett	27	7	59	3	-	-

Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HB Birrell	c MP Murray b Thompson	39
JC Marshall	c Brown b Deller	31
CCP Williams	lbw b Thompson	9
MC Cowdrey	c Bennett b Routledge	69
*AL Dowding	c MP Murray b Warr	39
JP Fellows-Smith	b Warr	8
JA Arenhold	c Sharp b Warr	2
+AP Walshe	c Bennett b Routledge	4
DCPR Jowett	c Bennett b Routledge	6
DK Fasken	b Routledge	4
JM Allan	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-80, 3-91, 4-188, 5-194, 6-197, 7-205, 8-211, 9-211, 10-217 (87.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bennett	10	2	24	0	-	-
Deller	12	4	39	1	-	-
Bell	21	7	50	0	-	-
Warr	22	6	33	3	-	-
Routledge	14.3	3	29	4	-	-
Thompson	7	0	35	2	-	-
Compton	1	0	3	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	c Walshe b Allan	15
HPH Sharp	c and b Allan	109
AW Thompson	c Dowding b Arenhold	0
MP Murray	c Birrell b Arenhold	18
D Bennett	b Jowett	9
R Routledge	b Fasken	1
LH Compton	c and b Allan	7
+JT Murray	b Jowett	12
*JJ Warr	b Allan	6
RV Bell	c Dowding b Jowett	0
RP Deller	not out	3
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 87.2 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-41, 3-73, 4-95, 5-102, 6-122, 7-165, 8-174, 9-183, 10-187 (87.2 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fasken	8	2	15	1	-	-
Arenhold	13	3	44	2	-	-
Allan	36	12	70	4	-	-
Jowett	30.2	9	51	3	-	-

Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HB Birrell	c Compton b Bennett	0
JC Marshall	run out	63
CCP Williams	b Bell	9
MC Cowdrey	c Warr b Bennett	47
*AL Dowding	c JT Murray b Bennett	4
JP Fellows-Smith	c Brown b Bell	40
JA Arenhold	c Bell b Thompson	0
DCPR Jowett	c Routledge b Bell	12
+AP Walshe	st JT Murray b Bell	11
DK Fasken	c and b Thompson	2
JM Allan	not out	13
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-30, 3-112, 4-116, 5-136, 6-140, 7-142, 8-168, 9-184, 10-203 (60.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bennett	10	1	29	3	-	-
Deller	6	2	21	0	-	-
Bell	16.1	1	66	4	-	-
Warr	2	1	2	0	-	-
Routledge	13	4	32	0	-	-
Thompson	12	2	48	2	-	-
Sharp	1	0	3	0	-	-

Notes
--> MP Murray (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in first-class matches
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 46
--> JM Allan (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in first-class matches
--> R Routledge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Oxford University first innings (previous best was 4-63)
--> JM Allan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 2-26)
--> RV Bell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Oxford University second innings (previous best was 4-118)