f11903	Cambridge University v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1927
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Cambridge University won by 5 wickets
Umpires	LC Braund, GH Watts
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 10/1 (Dawson 5*)
Close of play day 2	New Zealanders (2) 151/4 (Dempster 16*, James 21*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Blunt	c Machin b Allom	0
JE Mills	c Morgan b Lowe	14
CS Dempster	b Allom	0
*TC Lowry	b Allom	46
+KC James	b Longfield	3
ML Page	c and b Longfield	134
CJ Oliver	lbw b Longfield	18
HM McGirr	c Cobbold b Lowe	39
EHL Bernau	lbw b Longfield	10
WE Merritt	c Robins b Morgan	34
ED Blundell	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 101.1 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-59, 4-64, 5-72, 6-116, 7-198, 8-223, 9-315, 10-315 (101.1 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allom	27	7	79	3	-	-
Longfield	29	12	71	4	-	-
Morgan	7.1	0	33	1	-	-
Cobbold	14	3	48	0	-	-
Lowe	15	3	38	2	-	-
Robins	9	2	29	0	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	run out	57
JT Morgan	lbw b Merritt	3
ET Killick	c McGirr b Bernau	0
EF Longrigg	c James b Blunt	34
RH Cobbold	b Merritt	5
RWV Robins	lbw b Blunt	0
FJ Seabrook	c James b Bernau	106
TC Longfield	c Dempster b Merritt	7
MJC Allom	b Merritt	6
+RS Machin	b Blunt	24
RGH Lowe	not out	2
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 74 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-100, 4-101, 5-101, 6-121, 7-137, 8-147, 9-253, 10-255 (74 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blundell	11	1	33	0	-	-
Blunt	16	6	44	3	-	-
Merritt	21	2	77	4	-	-
Bernau	17	2	46	2	-	-
McGirr	7	1	28	0	-	-
Lowry	2	0	16	0	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Blunt	b Longfield	72
JE Mills	c Robins b Allom	17
*TC Lowry	b Robins	7
ML Page	c Longrigg b Morgan	9
+KC James	c Longrigg b Cobbold	26
CS Dempster	run out	44
HM McGirr	b Longfield	9
CJ Oliver	b Robins	1
WE Merritt	not out	5
EHL Bernau	lbw b Longfield	1
ED Blundell	c Machin b Longfield	3
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-86, 3-112, 4-114, 5-157, 6-172, 7-195, 8-197, 9-198, 10-205 (69.4 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allom	17	4	46	1	-	-
Longfield	19.4	4	55	4	-	-
Lowe	4	0	14	0	-	-
Robins	17	4	64	2	-	-
Cobbold	9	5	6	1	-	-
Morgan	3	0	9	1	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	c Mills b McGirr	107
EF Longrigg	lbw b Blunt	26
ET Killick	lbw b Merritt	1
RWV Robins	b McGirr	29
RH Cobbold	st James b Merritt	29
FJ Seabrook	not out	42
TC Longfield	not out	22
JT Morgan	did not bat
MJC Allom	did not bat
+RS Machin	did not bat
RGH Lowe	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 69.2 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-77, 3-127, 4-193, 5-209

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGirr	19	2	70	2	-	-
Bernau	7	2	19	0	-	-
Merritt	18	3	72	2	-	-
Blunt	18	1	73	1	-	-
Blundell	4	1	5	0	-	-
Dempster	2	0	8	0	-	-
Lowry	1.2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ED Blundell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> ML Page (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in First-Class matches
--> ML Page (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> HM McGirr (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> RS Machin (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> TC Longfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the New Zealanders first innings (previous best was 3-78)
--> TC Longfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the New Zealanders second innings (previous best was 4-71)

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ED Blundell, a New Zealand-born Cambridge University student, was included in the New Zealand team for this match

 

 

 

 

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