f2759	Lancashire v Oxford University
	University Match 1884
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 16th, 17th June 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Oxford University won by 5 wickets
Umpires	J Ricketts, VA Titchmarsh
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (2) 42/2 (Barlow 21*, Lancashire 7*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	b Bastard	0
WH Robinson	c Kemp b Whitby	12
*E Roper	c Nicholls b Page	12
F Taylor	b Whitby	41
OP Lancashire	b Whitby	21
J Briggs	c O'Brien b Page	30
S Haggas	run out	8
F Ward	b Whitby	0
A Watson	c Page b Whitby	0
J Crossland	b Page	1
+R Pilling	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-16, 3-35, 4-85, 5-88, 6-130, 7-131, 8-131, 9-131, 10-132 (66.3 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bastard	12	3	34	1	-	-
Whitby	22	7	40	5	-	-
Page	21.3	12	32	3	-	-
Nicholls	7	2	18	0	-	-
Buckland	4	3	1	0	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Brain	b Watson	2
TR Hine-Haycock	b Crossland	0
TC O'Brien	not out	91
HV Page	b Crossland	1
*+MC Kemp	b Watson	3
AR Cobb	b Crossland	17
KJ Key	c and b Crossland	16
EH Buckland	b Crossland	10
BE Nicholls	b Watson	0
HO Whitby	st Pilling b Watson	7
EW Bastard	b Crossland	0
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-6, 3-13, 4-20, 5-73, 6-94, 7-138, 8-139, 9-151, 10-160 (71.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	27	12	47	4	-	-
Crossland	31.2	9	81	6	-	-
Barlow	13	7	19	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	b Buckland	48
WH Robinson	b Nicholls	20
*E Roper	c Whitby b Nicholls	0
OP Lancashire	b Bastard	65
J Briggs	b Nicholls	25
F Taylor	c Kemp b Bastard	23
S Haggas	b Whitby	13
F Ward	b Whitby	5
A Watson	c Kemp b Buckland	11
J Crossland	not out	5
+R Pilling	c Bastard b Whitby	0
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 97 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-30, 3-100, 4-139, 5-172, 6-187, 7-198, 8-209, 9-209, 10-220 (97 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bastard	25	8	44	2	-	-
Whitby	27	7	72	3	-	-
Page	17	5	40	0	-	-
Nicholls	11	3	20	3	-	-
Buckland	17	6	39	2	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Brain	b Crossland	8
TR Hine-Haycock	c Pilling b Briggs	34
TC O'Brien	c Robinson b Watson	57
HV Page	b Crossland	24
*+MC Kemp	c Robinson b Ward	35
AR Cobb	not out	15
KJ Key	not out	6
EH Buckland	did not bat
BE Nicholls	did not bat
HO Whitby	did not bat
EW Bastard	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb)	16
Total	(5 wickets, 93.2 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-91, 3-123, 4-146, 5-185

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	29.2	11	58	1	-	-
Crossland	33	11	54	2	-	-
Barlow	18	8	30	0	-	-
Briggs	9	4	18	1	-	-
Ward	4	0	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> S Haggas (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RG Barlow (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> OP Lancashire (2) passed his previous highest score of 60 in First-Class matches
--> A Watson (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> A Watson reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Oxford University first innings

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