f13548	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University
	University Match 1931
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 1st, 2nd, 3rd July 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Oxford University won by 260 runs
Umpires	A Morton, HI Young
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 52/9 (Howlett 4*, Bowes 0*)
Close of play day 2	Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 102/5 (Gilligan 15*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Hone	c Wood b Bowes	60
WO Lindsay	lbw b Sims	25
DL Russell	st Wood b Howlett	27
*A Melville	lbw b Bowes	1
FGH Chalk	c Wood b Bowes	0
HGO Owen-Smith	c Gibson b Howlett	4
TM Hart	b Howlett	3
RSG Scott	c Welch b Howlett	5
EM Wellings	c Smith b Howlett	9
WH Bradshaw	not out	21
+DCG Raikes	b Gibson	37
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb, 5 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-120, 3-122, 4-123, 5-124, 6-130, 7-131, 8-145, 9-146, 10-215 (76.4 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	17.4	2	41	1	-	-
Bowes	25	7	68	3	-	-
Smith	9	3	20	0	-	-
Sims	8	0	24	1	-	-
Howlett	17	3	39	5	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NVH Riches	b Owen-Smith	14
JM Sims	b Owen-Smith	13
GN Foster	lbw b Owen-Smith	0
TBG Welch	b Wellings	1
*AER Gilligan	b Owen-Smith	4
RA Ingle	b Owen-Smith	11
+GEC Wood	c Melville b Wellings	1
CH Gibson	b Owen-Smith	0
B Howlett	b Wellings	12
CIJ Smith	c Owen-Smith b Wellings	1
WE Bowes	not out	3
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 44.5 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-28, 3-31, 4-31, 5-39, 6-40, 7-45, 8-48, 9-51, 10-63 (44.5 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bradshaw	6	3	4	0	-	-
Wellings	17.5	9	25	4	-	-
Scott	7	3	4	0	-	-
Owen-Smith	14	5	27	6	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Hone	c Foster b Gibson	23
WO Lindsay	c Smith b Gibson	25
DL Russell	b Howlett	12
*A Melville	c and b Gibson	69
FGH Chalk	c Gibson b Bowes	23
HGO Owen-Smith	run out	8
TM Hart	c Wood b Smith	57
RSG Scott	c Howlett b Gilligan	2
EM Wellings	c Smith b Sims	10
WH Bradshaw	not out	1
+DCG Raikes	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 74.2 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-70, 3-70, 4-114, 5-153, 6-195, 7-201, 8-232, 9-250 (74.2 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	20	4	44	3	-	-
Bowes	6	1	11	1	-	-
Smith	12.2	2	39	1	-	-
Sims	15	0	67	1	-	-
Howlett	9	0	40	1	-	-
Gilligan	12	3	29	1	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NVH Riches	b Melville	28
+GEC Wood	c and b Owen-Smith	25
GN Foster	c Raikes b Wellings	10
JM Sims	c Owen-Smith b Melville	12
RA Ingle	run out	3
*AER Gilligan	b Wellings	20
TBG Welch	c Raikes b Owen-Smith	22
CH Gibson	b Wellings	0
B Howlett	st Raikes b Owen-Smith	5
CIJ Smith	b Bradshaw	1
WE Bowes	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-66, 3-68, 4-71, 5-102, 6-110, 7-127, 8-141, 9-142, 10-142 (64.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bradshaw	6.1	0	13	1	-	-
Wellings	20	8	32	3	-	-
Scott	8	3	13	0	-	-
Owen-Smith	23	3	50	3	-	-
Melville	7	0	18	2	-	-

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Notes
--> GN Foster made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BW Hone (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> TM Hart (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> B Howlett reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Oxford University first innings

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