f20839	Oxford University v Middlesex
	University Match 1955
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	F Chester, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 71/3 (Allan 34*, Delisle 19*)
Close of play day 2	Oxford University (2) 22/3 (Smith 9*, Walshe 0*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJK Smith	b Warr	0
JM Allan	b Titmus	54
AC Walton	b Moss	3
*CCP Williams	b Bick	5
GPS Delisle	b Titmus	30
JP Fellows-Smith	b Titmus	8
I Gibson	c Titmus b Warr	0
+AP Walshe	st LH Compton b Hurst	4
JA Arenhold	run out	2
DCPR Jowett	not out	1
JB Phillips	c Moss b Hurst	2
Extras	(14 b, 1 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9, 3-31, 4-107, 5-112, 6-113, 7-115, 8-122, 9-122, 10-124 (57 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	11	5	9	2	-	-
Moss	4	1	11	1	-	-
Bick	12	3	32	1	-	-
Hurst	18	9	38	2	-	-
Titmus	12	6	19	3	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Arenhold	22
AW Thompson	b Phillips	14
DO Baldry	b Phillips	1
DCS Compton	b Phillips	0
FJ Titmus	c Gibson b Jowett	24
DA Bick	lbw b Fellows-Smith	14
*WJ Edrich	b Jowett	14
+LH Compton	c Smith b Phillips	6
JJ Warr	c Gibson b Jowett	36
RJ Hurst	c Phillips b Jowett	7
AE Moss	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 63.4 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-25, 3-25, 4-37, 5-75, 6-76, 7-85, 8-106, 9-139, 10-145 (63.4 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arenhold	13	4	39	1	-	-
Phillips	17	9	24	4	-	-
Fellows-Smith	13	3	26	1	-	-
Jowett	14.4	4	45	4	-	-
Allan	6	4	5	0	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJK Smith	b Warr	17
JM Allan	c Warr b Titmus	0
AC Walton	c and b Titmus	10
I Gibson	b Titmus	0
+AP Walshe	hit wkt b Bick	77
*CCP Williams	c Baldry b Bick	80
JP Fellows-Smith	c Moss b Hurst	20
GPS Delisle	not out	8
JA Arenhold	c Titmus b Bick	0
DCPR Jowett	c DCS Compton b Bick	4
JB Phillips	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 66.3 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-20, 4-35, 5-189, 6-214, 7-221, 8-225, 9-231 (66.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	16	2	50	1	-	-
Moss	14	1	38	0	-	-
Bick	9.3	1	40	4	-	-
Hurst	13	3	40	1	-	-
Titmus	7	2	14	3	-	-
DCS Compton	2	0	13	0	-	-
Baldry	5	1	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AP Walshe (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in first-class matches
--> JB Phillips achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 4-34)
--> DA Bick achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Oxford University second innings (previous best was 3-59)

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