f11559	Oxford University v Army
	University Match 1926
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 2nd, 3rd, 4th June 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Army won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WH Caldow, C Marshall
Close of play day 1	Army (1) 32/2 (Wilkinson 24*, Williams 3*)
Close of play day 2	Oxford University (1) 116/0 (Stewart-Brown 65*, Nunn 39*)

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Army first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WAC Wilkinson	c McCanlis b Greenstock	103			12	-
TEM Battersby	b McCanlis	4			-	-
JL Carr	b McCanlis	0			-	-
L Williams	c Legge b Butterworth	26			1	-
+GJ Bryan	lbw b Butterworth	8			1	-
CLS Tudor	c McCanlis b Butterworth	0			-	-
F Ward	b McCanlis	1			-	-
JGW Hyndson	b McCanlis	29			4	-
RGW Melsome	c Taylor b Greenstock	17			1	-
DV Hill	c Legge b Greenstock	0			-	-
FG Arnold	not out	2			-	-
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 72.1 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Battersby), 2-25 (Carr), 3-61 (Williams), 4-71 (Bryan), 5-71 (Tudor), 6-74 (Ward), 7-133 (Hyndson), 8-173 (Wilkinson), 9-188 (Melsome), 10-199 (Hill, 72.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Butterworth	27	8	55	3	-	-
McCanlis	23	9	49	4	-	-
Greenstock	9.1	0	32	3	-	-
Taylor	2	0	11	0	-	-
Richardson	8	0	26	0	-	-
Holmes	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PH Stewart-Brown	c Tudor b Hyndson	99			10	-
JA Nunn	c Hill b Arnold	83			3	-
ERT Holmes	c Bryan b Melsome	30			2	-
CH Taylor	b Melsome	2			-	-
*GB Legge	b Melsome	22			2	-
JS Stephenson	b Melsome	2			-	-
JV Richardson	b Melsome	0			-	-
+GEB Abell	c Hill b Melsome	12			1	-
REC Butterworth	c Bryan b Melsome	35			4	-
MA McCanlis	c Arnold b Melsome	16			-	-
JW Greenstock	not out	5			1	-
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	18
Total	(all out, 121.1 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-193 (Nunn), 2-224 (Holmes), 3-231 (Stewart-Brown), 4-231 (Taylor), 5-233 (Stephenson), 6-233 (Richardson), 7-259 (Legge), 8-283 (Abell), 9-310 (Butterworth), 10-324 (McCanlis, 121.1 ov)

Army bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hyndson	28	4	73	1	-	1
Hill	11	1	35	0	2	-
Melsome	39.1	5	103	8	1	-
Arnold	24	7	53	1	-	-
Ward	8	1	20	0	-	-
Battersby	11	3	22	0	2	-

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Army second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WAC Wilkinson	b Stephenson	45			5	-
TEM Battersby	b McCanlis	8			-	-
JL Carr	c Richardson b Greenstock	46			4	-
L Williams	c Stephenson b Greenstock	16			1	-
+GJ Bryan	c Butterworth b Greenstock	1			-	-
CLS Tudor	c and b Greenstock	1			-	-
F Ward	c Stephenson b Greenstock	6			-	-
JGW Hyndson	not out	1			-	-
RGW Melsome	did not bat
DV Hill	did not bat
FG Arnold	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(7 wickets, 41.4 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Battersby), 2-101 (Wilkinson), 3-101 (Carr), 4-105 (Bryan), 5-117 (Williams), 6-121 (Tudor), 7-126 (Ward, 41.4 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Butterworth	5	1	12	0	-	-
McCanlis	9	1	19	1	-	-
Greenstock	11.4	2	36	5	-	-
Richardson	6	0	23	0	-	-
Stephenson	10	2	34	1	-	-

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Notes
--> F Ward made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FG Arnold made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JA Nunn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TEM Battersby made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PH Stewart-Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 93 in First-Class matches
--> PH Stewart-Brown (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> JL Carr (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> TEM Battersby made his debut for Army in First-Class matches
--> L Williams made his debut for Army in First-Class matches
--> JL Carr made his debut for Army in First-Class matches
--> RGW Melsome made his debut for Army in First-Class matches
--> TEM Battersby made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> REC Butterworth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed CLS Tudor in the Army first innings (previous best was 2-27)
--> RGW Melsome achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JS Stephenson in the Oxford University first innings (previous best was 2-48)
--> RGW Melsome achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Oxford University first innings
--> JW Greenstock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed F Ward in the Army second innings (previous best was 4-39)
--> JW Greenstock achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Army second innings

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