misc31960	Oxford University v Army
	University Match 1956
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 6th, 7th, 8th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Army won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	D Hendren, AED Smith
Scorers	J Henby (Oxford University), GA Tyler (Army)
Close of play day 1	Army (1) 282/4 (Barr 21*, Atkinson 12*)
Close of play day 2	Army (2) 15/2 (Edrich 4*, Williams 7*)

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Army first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Sharpe	run out	68			9	-
ABD Parsons	c Scott b Hindley	121			15	1
JH Edrich	c Eagar b Branston	26			2	-
CCP Williams	run out	21			1	-
D Barr	not out	24			1	-
CRM Atkinson	not out	12			2	-
DJ Mordaunt	did not bat
HJ Rhodes	did not bat
*JHG Deighton	did not bat
+CB Howland	did not bat
CS Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-149 (Sharpe), 2-211 (Parsons), 3-225 (Edrich), 4-253 (Williams)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kentish	20	7	51	0	-	-
Branston	30	6	92	1	-	-
Napier	10	4	28	0	-	-
Woodcock	26	5	85	0	-	-
Melville	3	1	5	0	-	-
Hindley	9	5	11	1	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC Walton	c Matthews b Barr	113			14	1
JEW Kirby	c Barr b Matthews	4			1	-
JM Kumleben	c and b Mordaunt	70			6	2
CDM Melville	b Atkinson	34			1	-
RG Woodcock	c Barr b Atkinson	32			5	1
MA Eagar	not out	9			1	-
+MD Scott	not out	4			-	-
JRM Branston	did not bat
CS Hindley	did not bat
RS Napier	did not bat
ESM Kentish	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Kirby), 2-154 (Kumleben), 3-196 (Walton), 4-257 (Woodcock), 5-257 (Melville)

Army bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matthews	18	4	69	1	-	-
Rhodes	26	5	52	0	-	-
Deighton	15	3	37	0	-	-
Atkinson	23	5	75	2	-	-
Barr	5	1	14	1	-	-
Mordaunt	8	1	19	1	-	-

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Army second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Sharpe	c Kirby b Kentish	2			-	-
ABD Parsons	c Scott b Kentish	1			-	-
JH Edrich	not out	4			-	-
CCP Williams	not out	7			-	-
D Barr	did not bat
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
DJ Mordaunt	did not bat
HJ Rhodes	did not bat
*JHG Deighton	did not bat
+CB Howland	did not bat
CS Matthews	did not bat
Extras		1
Total	(2 wickets, 11 overs)	15
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Parsons), 2-4 (Sharpe)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kentish	6	3	7	2	-	-
Branston	5	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.

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