f21311	Oxford University v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1956
Venue	Christ Church Ground, Oxford on 30th, 31st May, 1st June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by 8 wickets
Umpires	JS Buller, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 108/5 (McDonald 64*, Benaud 0*)
Close of play day 2	Oxford University (2) 158/7 (Eagar 41*, Bailey 0*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Metcalfe	c and b Johnson	40
I Gibson	b Crawford	8
AC Walton	b Crawford	18
*MJK Smith	c Langley b Johnson	6
GPS Delisle	b Crawford	4
MA Eagar	st Langley b Benaud	35
+MD Scott	run out	9
SVM Clube	b Benaud	4
JA Bailey	b Johnson	2
JB Phillips	b Crawford	25
ESM Kentish	not out	1
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-53, 3-63, 4-76, 5-77, 6-124, 7-128, 8-130, 9-143, 10-157 (74.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	5	1	17	0	-	-
Crawford	20.4	8	28	4	-	-
Benaud	22	10	47	2	-	-
Johnson	27	8	60	3	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	c Smith b Kentish	7
CC McDonald	c Clube b Kentish	112
RN Harvey	c and b Kentish	4
KD Mackay	c Metcalfe b Kentish	0
KR Miller	c and b Phillips	0
PJP Burge	st Scott b Clube	32
R Benaud	c Clube b Phillips	23
*IWG Johnson	b Clube	0
WPA Crawford	b Phillips	4
+GRA Langley	c Scott b Phillips	41
JW Wilson	not out	8
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-21, 3-23, 4-34, 5-107, 6-146, 7-147, 8-156, 9-206, 10-234 (84.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillips	26.1	3	69	4	-	-
Kentish	11	5	23	4	-	-
Bailey	10	0	32	0	-	-
Gibson	12	3	36	0	-	-
Clube	25	2	71	2	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Metcalfe	c Langley b Crawford	64
I Gibson	b Johnson	7
AC Walton	lbw b Johnson	12
*MJK Smith	c Crawford b Wilson	24
GPS Delisle	b Crawford	3
MA Eagar	b Miller	58
+MD Scott	lbw b Wilson	1
SVM Clube	b Miller	2
JA Bailey	b Miller	11
JB Phillips	lbw b Miller	0
ESM Kentish	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 85.4 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-65, 3-106, 4-112, 5-113, 6-116, 7-158, 8-182, 9-183, 10-191 (85.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	14.4	5	30	4	-	-
Crawford	23	4	43	2	-	-
Johnson	19	3	54	2	-	-
Wilson	29	11	60	2	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	not out	67
KD Mackay	b Kentish	7
RN Harvey	c Smith b Bailey	31
PJP Burge	not out	5
CC McDonald	did not bat
KR Miller	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
WPA Crawford	did not bat
+GRA Langley	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 40.2 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-100

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillips	6	2	14	0	-	-
Kentish	10	2	25	1	-	-
Bailey	13	4	23	1	-	-
Gibson	2	0	18	0	-	-
Clube	9	2	26	0	-	-
Smith	0.2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JB Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> JW Rutherford (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3

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