f2889	Lancashire v Oxford University
	University Match 1885
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 15th, 16th, 17th June 1885 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 9 wickets
Umpires	C Coward, S Webb
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 165/3 (Barlow 61*, Robinson 41*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Brain	b Watson	20
P Coles	c Pilling b Watson	25
KJ Key	c Briggs b Watson	39
FJ Barmby	st Pilling b Watson	0
*HV Page	b Briggs	52
TC O'Brien	c Barlow b Watson	12
EH Buckland	b Briggs	6
+AE Newton	c Robinson b Briggs	0
AHJ Cochrane	not out	12
CJM Godfrey	c Pilling b Briggs	0
EW Bastard	c Whittaker b Briggs	2
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 113 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-56, 3-58, 4-117, 5-141, 6-162, 7-162, 8-162, 9-170, 10-176 (113 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barlow	25	15	22	0	-	-
Watson	57	32	97	5	-	-
Crossland	15	3	27	0	-	-
Jowett	8	4	11	0	-	-
Briggs	8	4	11	5	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	c Barmby b Cochrane	62
WE Leach	c Newton b Page	15
F Taylor	b Godfrey	26
J Briggs	b Godfrey	10
WH Robinson	b Cochrane	44
*OP Lancashire	c Buckland b Godfrey	42
D Whittaker	b Godfrey	5
A Watson	c Page b Cochrane	37
J Crossland	c Brain b Godfrey	10
+R Pilling	not out	0
GE Jowett	absent hurt
Extras	(13 b, 7 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 137 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-87, 3-101, 4-168, 5-175, 6-188, 7-261, 8-261, 9-271 (137 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bastard	39	18	55	0	-	-
Godfrey	37	15	71	5	-	-
Cochrane	38	19	48	3	-	-
Page	11	0	52	1	-	-
Buckland	12	7	25	0	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Coles	c Barlow b Watson	0
KJ Key	lbw b Watson	12
TC O'Brien	c Barlow b Watson	23
JH Brain	run out	39
*HV Page	c Robinson b Briggs	11
EH Buckland	b Briggs	0
FJ Barmby	st Pilling b Briggs	6
+AE Newton	b Briggs	0
AHJ Cochrane	c Crossland b Briggs	25
CJM Godfrey	st Pilling b Briggs	12
EW Bastard	not out	0
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-46, 4-67, 5-72, 6-82, 7-82, 8-112, 9-129, 10-129 (73.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barlow	21	5	33	0	-	-
Watson	35	19	46	3	-	-
Briggs	17.2	2	49	6	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	not out	16
GE Jowett	b Cochrane	3
WE Leach	not out	14
F Taylor	did not bat
J Briggs	did not bat
WH Robinson	did not bat
*OP Lancashire	did not bat
D Whittaker	did not bat
A Watson	did not bat
J Crossland	did not bat
+R Pilling	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 16 overs)	35
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Jowett)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bastard	6	4	3	0	-	-
Cochrane	7	1	25	1	-	-
Page	1	0	1	0	-	-
Buckland	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FJ Barmby made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GE Jowett made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FJ Barmby made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CJM Godfrey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 3-27)
--> CJM Godfrey achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings
--> J Briggs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Oxford University second innings (previous best was 6-54)

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