| f21395 | |
| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 4th, 5th, 6th July 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Marylebone Cricket Club won by 2 wickets |
| Umpires | WJR Harrington, GD Morton |
| Close of play day 1 | Oxford University (1) 257/4 (Delisle 26*, Smith 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Oxford University (2) 27/1 (McInerny 12*, Metcalfe 5*) |
| Oxford University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JM Allan | c Haynes b Ilsley | 26 | |||||
| I Gibson | c Shepherd b Ilsley | 85 | |||||
| SG Metcalfe | c Shepherd b Smith | 70 | |||||
| MA Eagar | lbw b Jowett | 31 | |||||
| GPS Delisle | not out | 26 | |||||
| *MJK Smith | not out | 5 | |||||
| JJ McInerny | did not bat | ||||||
| +AP Walshe | did not bat | ||||||
| SVM Clube | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Phillips | did not bat | ||||||
| ESM Kentish | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 93.3 overs) | 257 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-162, 3-201, 4-245 | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fasken | 11 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 19 | 6 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ilsley | 24.3 | 4 | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 16 | 4 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jowett | 23 | 7 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | c Delisle b Allan | 62 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | c Delisle b Allan | 82 | |||||
| DM Haynes | run out | 8 | |||||
| CCP Williams | c Delisle b Allan | 7 | |||||
| AL Dowding | not out | 53 | |||||
| *W Murray-Wood | b Allan | 0 | |||||
| +WW Davidson | c Smith b Allan | 31 | |||||
| DK Fasken | not out | 17 | |||||
| DJ Shepherd | did not bat | ||||||
| DCPR Jowett | did not bat | ||||||
| ST Ilsley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 6 lb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 95 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-106, 2-141, 3-163, 4-174, 5-174, 6-240 | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kentish | 16 | 4 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 13 | 2 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clube | 19 | 7 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allan | 37 | 16 | 66 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gibson | 10 | 1 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oxford University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| I Gibson | c Jowett b Smith | 6 | |||||
| JJ McInerny | run out | 22 | |||||
| SG Metcalfe | c Shepherd b Smith | 75 | |||||
| MA Eagar | b Jowett | 24 | |||||
| GPS Delisle | b Smith | 8 | |||||
| *MJK Smith | b Smith | 1 | |||||
| +AP Walshe | lbw b Smith | 0 | |||||
| SVM Clube | b Smith | 0 | |||||
| JM Allan | b Smith | 29 | |||||
| JB Phillips | b Jowett | 12 | |||||
| ESM Kentish | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 3 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.5 overs) | 190 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-46, 3-113, 4-144, 5-146, 6-146, 7-146, 8-147, 9-180, 10-190 (81.5 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fasken | 13 | 3 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 28.5 | 16 | 40 | 7 | - | - | |
| Ilsley | 7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 14 | 4 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jowett | 19 | 4 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | lbw b Allan | 46 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | c Gibson b Kentish | 56 | |||||
| DM Haynes | b Allan | 0 | |||||
| CCP Williams | c Delisle b Clube | 19 | |||||
| AL Dowding | b Allan | 10 | |||||
| *W Murray-Wood | b Clube | 4 | |||||
| +WW Davidson | c Smith b Allan | 1 | |||||
| DK Fasken | not out | 28 | |||||
| DJ Shepherd | b Clube | 1 | |||||
| DCPR Jowett | not out | 2 | |||||
| ST Ilsley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 43.4 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-104, 2-108, 3-109, 4-127, 5-137, 6-142, 7-146, 8-149 | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kentish | 11 | 3 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clube | 11 | 2 | 27 | 3 | - | - | |
| Allan | 17.4 | 5 | 50 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DM Haynes made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JJ McInerny made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DM Haynes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AL Dowding made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WW Davidson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ST Ilsley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> I Gibson (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in First-Class matches
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> WW Davidson (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> SG Metcalfe (2) passed his previous highest score of 73 in First-Class matches
--> SG Metcalfe (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> DV Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Oxford University second innings (previous best was 6-29)
--> DV Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Oxford University second innings
--> DV Smith completed a hat-trick in the Oxford University second innings (Smith, Walshe, Clube)
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