f3246	Oxford University v Lancashire
	University Match 1888
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 28th, 29th May 1888 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 221 runs
Umpires	C Coward, GW Webb
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 101/9 (Croome 10*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	c Simpson b Smith	12
*GE Jowett	run out	28
J Eccles	c Rashleigh b Fowler	75
J Briggs	c Philipson b Croome	1
CL Jones	b Forster	2
SM Crosfield	b Croome	4
WH Robinson	b Forster	1
A Knowles	c Nepean b Forster	0
F Ward	c Fowler b Forster	15
+R Pilling	not out	12
A Watson	c and b Croome	18
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 101.1 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-41, 3-75, 4-94, 5-107, 6-110, 7-114, 8-148, 9-150, 10-179 (101.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forster	33	16	45	4	-	-
Fowler	12	4	27	1	-	-
Nepean	18	6	30	0	-	-
Smith	18	8	31	1	-	-
Croome	20.1	9	35	3	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gresson	c Robinson b Barlow	12
ETB Simpson	b Barlow	3
AK Watson	c Pilling b Briggs	4
*W Rashleigh	b Briggs	0
FJN Thesiger	run out	5
HW Forster	run out	4
EA Nepean	b Ward	29
+H Philipson	b Ward	21
ACM Croome	not out	11
E Smith	b Barlow	6
G Fowler	b Barlow	1
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 93.1 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-15, 3-23, 4-26, 5-35, 6-35, 7-82, 8-89, 9-101, 10-103 (93.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	40	27	31	2	-	-
Barlow	31.1	16	33	4	-	-
Watson	15	7	22	0	-	-
Ward	7	3	10	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	c Forster b Smith	5
*GE Jowett	run out	53
J Eccles	c Forster b Smith	5
J Briggs	c Fowler b Croome	58
CL Jones	c Nepean b Croome	6
SM Crosfield	c Fowler b Croome	0
A Knowles	b Smith	6
WH Robinson	st Philipson b Nepean	51
F Ward	not out	23
+R Pilling	c Rashleigh b Forster	20
A Watson	c Thesiger b Croome	13
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 91.2 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-24, 3-124, 4-139, 5-139, 6-152, 7-197, 8-199, 9-228, 10-255 (91.2 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forster	24	6	59	1	-	-
Fowler	7	2	19	0	-	-
Nepean	8	2	29	1	-	-
Smith	24	5	66	3	-	-
Croome	28.2	15	67	4	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gresson	c and b Briggs	15
ETB Simpson	b Barlow	9
*W Rashleigh	b Watson	22
AK Watson	b Ward	16
FJN Thesiger	lbw b Ward	8
HW Forster	c Knowles b Ward	0
EA Nepean	not out	18
ACM Croome	b Watson	5
+H Philipson	c Briggs b Barlow	5
E Smith	st Pilling b Briggs	9
G Fowler	c Jowett b Barlow	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-25, 3-59, 4-67, 5-67, 6-76, 7-81, 8-81, 9-106, 10-110 (98.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	37	27	24	2	-	-
Barlow	29.3	17	42	3	-	-
Watson	20	11	22	2	-	-
Ward	12	7	19	3	-	-

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Notes
--> A Knowles made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GE Jowett (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> ACM Croome achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 2-25)
--> ACM Croome achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 3-35)
--> F Ward achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Oxford University second innings (previous best was 3-20)

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