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| Venue | The University Parks, Oxford on 23rd, 24th May 1898 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | J Moss, H Pickett |
| Close of play day 1 | Oxford University (1) 67/7 (Fane 28*, Bosanquet 4*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *HGP Owen | b Lee | 39 | |||||
| HA Carpenter | c Fox b Bosanquet | 3 | |||||
| PA Perrin | c Foster b Lee | 38 | |||||
| JW Bonner | b Lee | 0 | |||||
| CJ Kortright | c Eccles b Cunliffe | 32 | |||||
| G Tosetti | st Fox b Cunliffe | 22 | |||||
| +TM Russell | b Bosanquet | 25 | |||||
| W Reeves | c Fox b Lee | 17 | |||||
| JH Inns | c Bosanquet b Cunliffe | 5 | |||||
| W Mead | c Fane b Cunliffe | 38 | |||||
| FG Bull | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (15 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 99.1 overs) | 245 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-80, 3-80, 4-85, 5-136, 6-161, 7-190, 8-199, 9-230, 10-245 (99.1 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cunliffe | 39.1 | 10 | 81 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bosanquet | 30 | 11 | 67 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lee | 27 | 6 | 67 | 4 | - | - | |
| More | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oxford University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FL Fane | c Kortright b Mead | 41 | |||||
| BD Bannon | c Russell b Bull | 1 | |||||
| FH Bateman-Champain | c Kortright b Bull | 1 | |||||
| A Eccles | b Mead | 3 | |||||
| RE Foster | b Mead | 11 | |||||
| GE Bromley-Martin | b Mead | 6 | |||||
| *FHE Cunliffe | b Bull | 4 | |||||
| EC Lee | c Russell b Mead | 1 | |||||
| BJT Bosanquet | c Perrin b Mead | 15 | |||||
| RE More | st Russell b Mead | 27 | |||||
| +RW Fox | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 58 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-11, 3-16, 4-30, 5-42, 6-51, 7-58, 8-80, 9-100, 10-125 (58 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bull | 29 | 7 | 57 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mead | 29 | 11 | 60 | 7 | - | - | |
| Oxford University second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BD Bannon | b Mead | 1 | |||||
| FL Fane | c and b Mead | 36 | |||||
| FH Bateman-Champain | b Mead | 40 | |||||
| A Eccles | st Russell b Mead | 10 | |||||
| RE Foster | c Carpenter b Mead | 16 | |||||
| GE Bromley-Martin | b Bull | 3 | |||||
| EC Lee | b Bull | 6 | |||||
| *FHE Cunliffe | c Owen b Bull | 25 | |||||
| BJT Bosanquet | st Russell b Mead | 11 | |||||
| RE More | not out | 4 | |||||
| +RW Fox | st Russell b Bull | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.1 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-66, 3-83, 4-94, 5-97, 6-105, 7-119, 8-142, 9-152, 10-160 (65.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bull | 24.1 | 5 | 58 | 4 | - | - | |
| Mead | 32 | 10 | 65 | 6 | - | - | |
| Tosetti | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kortright | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *HGP Owen | c Bromley-Martin b Bosanquet | 1 | |||||
| HA Carpenter | not out | 10 | |||||
| PA Perrin | lbw b Cunliffe | 7 | |||||
| JW Bonner | c Bromley-Martin b Cunliffe | 14 | |||||
| CJ Kortright | not out | 1 | |||||
| G Tosetti | did not bat | ||||||
| +TM Russell | did not bat | ||||||
| W Reeves | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Inns | did not bat | ||||||
| W Mead | did not bat | ||||||
| FG Bull | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 22.3 overs) | 41 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-9, 3-40 | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cunliffe | 11.3 | 3 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bosanquet | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> G Tosetti made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JH Inns made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BJT Bosanquet (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> EC Lee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-0)
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