| f16093 | |
| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 14th, 16th, 17th May 1938 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | JJ Hills, W Wainwright |
| Scorer | PRS Piggott (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Northamptonshire (1) 96/4 (Grimshaw 12*, PJM Nelson 8*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Cambridge University (2) 341/5 (Mann 22*, Studd 2*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +PA Gibb | lbw b Herbert | 18 | |||||
| JR Thompson | c RP Nelson b Buswell | 18 | |||||
| P Sherrard | b Herbert | 5 | |||||
| *NWD Yardley | c Snowden b Herbert | 33 | |||||
| MS Packe | b Herbert | 33 | |||||
| FG Mann | run out | 29 | |||||
| PM Studd | st James b Timms | 41 | |||||
| JV Wild | lbw b O'Brien | 0 | |||||
| DW Gillespie | c and b Partridge | 15 | |||||
| WR Rees-Davies | b O'Brien | 2 | |||||
| SMA Banister | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.4 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-39, 3-45, 4-110, 5-110, 6-183, 7-186, 8-190, 9-198, 10-209 (71.4 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Buswell | 15 | 4 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Partridge | 14.4 | 4 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Herbert | 18 | 3 | 57 | 4 | - | - | |
| O'Brien | 8 | 2 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| PJM Nelson | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grimshaw | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Timms | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RP Nelson | c Yardley b Rees-Davies | 3 | |||||
| D Brookes | st Gibb b Gillespie | 29 | |||||
| AW Snowden | c Yardley b Rees-Davies | 33 | |||||
| JE Timms | c Thompson b Gillespie | 1 | |||||
| FN Grimshaw | st Gibb b Wild | 31 | |||||
| PJM Nelson | c Yardley b Wild | 32 | |||||
| FP O'Brien | c Banister b Wild | 15 | |||||
| +KC James | c Rees-Davies b Yardley | 0 | |||||
| RJ Partridge | not out | 9 | |||||
| EJ Herbert | st Gibb b Gillespie | 2 | |||||
| JE Buswell | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-59, 3-71, 4-75, 5-134, 6-157, 7-157, 8-161, 9-168 (54 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rees-Davies | 18 | 5 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gillespie | 18 | 2 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wild | 11 | 4 | 27 | 3 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 7 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +PA Gibb | run out | 141 | 170 | 17 | - | ||
| JR Thompson | c and b Partridge | 96 | |||||
| P Sherrard | lbw b Partridge | 2 | |||||
| *NWD Yardley | c Brookes b Herbert | 15 | |||||
| MS Packe | c sub b PJM Nelson | 56 | |||||
| FG Mann | c O'Brien b Herbert | 41 | |||||
| PM Studd | not out | 22 | |||||
| JV Wild | c Partridge b Herbert | 0 | |||||
| DW Gillespie | did not bat | ||||||
| WR Rees-Davies | did not bat | ||||||
| SMA Banister | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 108.5 overs) | 379 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-241, 2-241, 3-244, 4-262, 5-338, 6-378, 7-379 (108.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Partridge | 35 | 6 | 119 | 2 | - | - | |
| Herbert | 34.5 | 6 | 110 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Brien | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| PJM Nelson | 12 | 3 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grimshaw | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Timms | 11 | 2 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| RP Nelson | 9 | 2 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RP Nelson | b Rees-Davies | 2 | |||||
| D Brookes | c Yardley b Rees-Davies | 1 | |||||
| AW Snowden | st Gibb b Banister | 37 | |||||
| JE Timms | lbw b Wild | 58 | |||||
| FN Grimshaw | not out | 52 | |||||
| PJM Nelson | not out | 20 | |||||
| FP O'Brien | did not bat | ||||||
| +KC James | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Partridge | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Herbert | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Buswell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 37 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-7, 3-61, 4-129 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rees-Davies | 10 | 4 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gillespie | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wild | 9 | 1 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Banister | 7 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mann | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JR Thompson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> P Sherrard made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DW Gillespie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PJM Nelson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NWD Yardley (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> JE Timms (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> FP O'Brien made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> FP O'Brien made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> EJ Herbert achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Cambridge University first innings (previous best was 2-33)
Buswell was absent on Day 2, owing to a strained thigh and did not bowl in the University's second innings.
Rain prevented any play on the third day between 1.00 and 4.30pm.
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