f1675	Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club
	University Match 1872
Venue	Magdalen Ground, Oxford on 16th, 17th, 18th May 1872 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	A Bowles, T Hearne
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 21/4 (Coote 8*, Isherwood 1*)
Close of play day 2	Oxford University (2) 27/2 (Townshend 11*, Harris 7*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Townshend	hit wkt b Shaw	0
CJ Ottaway	b Wootton	17
WH Hadow	c Clayton b Shaw	43
GRC Harris	c and b Wootton	11
CA Wallroth	lbw b Wootton	25
AW Ridley	c and b Wootton	2
W Law	b Wootton	3
CK Francis	b Wootton	4
TS Pearson	lbw b Wootton	0
SE Butler	st Biddulph b Shaw	2
S Pelham	not out	10
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 144.3 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-51, 3-74, 4-76, 5-84, 6-90, 7-96, 8-98, 9-101, 10-121 (144.3 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	70	39	44	3	-	-
Wootton	57.3	31	54	7	-	-
Clayton	17	10	19	0	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Smith	b Butler	0
JG Crowdy	c Ottaway b Pelham	11
W Evetts	c and b Pelham	0
C Marriott	b Butler	1
CP Coote	c and b Butler	20
FWR Isherwood	c and b Butler	4
A Shaw	b Francis	9
AF Jeffreys	run out	1
+S Biddulph	c Townshend b Francis	0
G Wootton	b Francis	1
RO Clayton	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	50
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-12, 4-16, 5-27, 6-46, 7-47, 8-47, 9-47, 10-50 (57.3 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Butler	29	18	25	4	1	-
Pelham	16	7	15	2	-	-
Francis	12.3	7	8	3	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Townshend	not out	11
CJ Ottaway	b Shaw	3
WH Hadow	c and b Shaw	4
GRC Harris	not out	7
CA Wallroth	did not bat
AW Ridley	did not bat
W Law	did not bat
CK Francis	did not bat
TS Pearson	did not bat
SE Butler	did not bat
S Pelham	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 41 overs)	27
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-11

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	21	10	17	2	-	-
Wootton	20	14	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> AW Ridley made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TS Pearson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JG Crowdy made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FWR Isherwood made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AF Jeffreys made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CA Wallroth made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> G Wootton reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Oxford University first innings

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