f3238	Oxford University v Gentlemen of England
	University Match 1888
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 21st, 22nd, 23rd May 1888 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	Henwood, A Pink
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 290/8 (Scott 12*, Smith 0*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen of England (2) 178/4 (Watson 87*, Rawlin 7*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gresson	c Rawlin b Hedley	53
ETB Simpson	c Walker b Hedley	82
*W Rashleigh	c Friend b Robertson	10
FJN Thesiger	lbw b Webbe	41
HW Forster	b Webbe	53
GL Wilson	c and b Leatham	11
EA Nepean	b Rawlin	3
Lord GW Scott	b Rawlin	12
+H Philipson	b Hedley	11
E Smith	b Hedley	0
H Bassett	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 202 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-87, 3-169, 4-216, 5-233, 6-263, 7-265, 8-286, 9-294, 10-294 (202 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rawlin	62	41	54	2	-	-
Robertson	29	16	57	1	-	-
Hedley	40	20	66	4	-	-
Leatham	33	12	72	1	-	-
Webbe	38	25	27	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJC Studd	st Philipson b Forster	10
AK Watson	b Forster	11
JG Walker	not out	99
LB Friend	b Smith	5
*AJ Webbe	st Philipson b Nepean	9
JT Rawlin	b Bassett	9
PJT Henery	b Bassett	0
WC Hedley	b Smith	14
AE Leatham	b Smith	1
+MJ Dauglish	b Smith	10
J Robertson	b Forster	14
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 99.3 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-30, 3-61, 4-79, 5-98, 6-98, 7-142, 8-144, 9-160, 10-190 (99.3 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forster	29.3	14	45	3	-	-
Bassett	27	14	48	2	-	-
Nepean	19	6	43	1	-	-
Smith	24	8	46	4	-	-

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Gentlemen of England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AJ Webbe	b Forster	2
EJC Studd	lbw b Forster	5
JG Walker	b Forster	0
AK Watson	b Bassett	91
LB Friend	c Simpson b Bassett	72
JT Rawlin	b Forster	30
PJT Henery	not out	138
WC Hedley	b Forster	11
AE Leatham	c Philipson b Forster	22
+MJ Dauglish	c Scott b Forster	6
J Robertson	b Forster	49
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 190.1 overs)	447
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-8, 4-172, 5-183, 6-260, 7-305, 8-357, 9-369, 10-447 (190.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forster	72.1	25	119	8	-	-
Bassett	50	21	99	2	-	-
Nepean	19	2	63	0	-	-
Smith	38	13	81	0	-	-
Gresson	2	0	12	0	-	-
Wilson	3	0	15	0	-	-
Thesiger	6	0	37	0	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*W Rashleigh	not out	56
FH Gresson	c Webbe b Hedley	6
GL Wilson	c and b Hedley	2
FJN Thesiger	c Hedley b Webbe	47
HW Forster	b Hedley	15
E Smith	c Dauglish b Webbe	14
ETB Simpson	not out	8
EA Nepean	did not bat
Lord GW Scott	did not bat
+H Philipson	did not bat
H Bassett	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 104 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-30, 3-102, 4-129, 5-147

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rawlin	28	19	23	0	-	-
Robertson	14	4	38	0	-	-
Hedley	36	24	36	3	-	-
Leatham	10	2	31	0	-	-
Webbe	16	10	20	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Gentlemen of England (2) ?/? (Henery 101*, [unknown] ?*)
--> FJN Thesiger made his debut in First-Class matches
--> E Smith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EJC Studd made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JG Walker (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> AK Watson (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> LB Friend (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> PJT Henery (2) passed his previous highest score of 76 in First-Class matches
--> PJT Henery (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> HW Forster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gentlemen of England second innings (previous best was 5-76)
--> HW Forster reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gentlemen of England second innings

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