f3275	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University
	University Match 1888
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 28th, 29th June 1888 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	12 per side
Toss	Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Marylebone Cricket Club won by 62 runs
Umpires	W Price, F Wyld
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 63/7 (Wreford-Brown 2*)

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	b Cochrane	25
AJ Webbe	b Cochrane	15
W Chatterton	c Fowler b Croome	34
TC O'Brien	c Cochrane b Fowler	1
CW Wright	c Forster b Fowler	0
HT Coventry	b Fowler	0
HT Hewett	c Rashleigh b Cochrane	8
RB Abdy	b Fowler	0
CP Foley	c Rashleigh b Croome	23
J Phillips	b Cochrane	1
AD Pougher	c Philipson b Fowler	26
+M Sherwin	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 93.1 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-41, 3-46, 4-46, 5-50, 6-61, 7-70, 8-103, 9-107, 10-113, 11-140 (93.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forster	10	4	20	0	-	-
Wreford-Brown	15	7	21	0	-	-
Nepean	6	1	15	0	-	-
Cochrane	31	13	38	4	-	2
Fowler	15.1	5	25	5	-	-
Croome	16	7	16	2	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ETB Simpson	c Sherwin b Grace	8
FH Gresson	c Sherwin b Grace	1
*W Rashleigh	b Grace	0
FJN Thesiger	b Pougher	13
Lord GW Scott	c Pougher b Chatterton	20
HW Forster	c O'Brien b Pougher	10
EA Nepean	b Pougher	3
C Wreford-Brown	b Pougher	3
ACM Croome	b Chatterton	14
+H Philipson	b Pougher	4
AHJ Cochrane	not out	2
G Fowler	b Chatterton	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-25, 4-25, 5-57, 6-59, 7-63, 8-70, 9-82, 10-87, 11-91 (96 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillips	16	11	6	0	-	-
Grace	29	16	40	3	-	-
Pougher	32	22	21	5	-	-
Chatterton	19	11	15	3	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	b Forster	39
AJ Webbe	c Forster b Croome	9
W Chatterton	b Croome	0
TC O'Brien	c Forster b Croome	0
CW Wright	c Forster b Wreford-Brown	5
HT Coventry	b Wreford-Brown	11
HT Hewett	c Nepean b Wreford-Brown	0
RB Abdy	lbw b Fowler	6
CP Foley	c Cochrane b Forster	0
J Phillips	b Cochrane	17
AD Pougher	b Croome	13
+M Sherwin	not out	6
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-40, 3-40, 4-50, 5-50, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-111 (86.3 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forster	22	11	25	2	-	-
Wreford-Brown	10	5	12	3	-	-
Cochrane	11.3	3	27	1	-	-
Fowler	16	7	27	1	-	-
Croome	27	18	15	4	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ETB Simpson	c Grace b Pougher	9
*W Rashleigh	c Foley b Grace	7
FH Gresson	b Grace	4
FJN Thesiger	b Pougher	2
Lord GW Scott	b Chatterton	41
HW Forster	b Phillips	6
EA Nepean	b Pougher	0
C Wreford-Brown	lbw b Pougher	3
ACM Croome	b Pougher	2
+H Philipson	b Chatterton	11
AHJ Cochrane	st Sherwin b Chatterton	4
G Fowler	not out	0
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 94.2 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-26, 4-26, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-98 (94.2 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillips	21	9	22	1	-	-
Grace	26	17	24	2	-	-
Pougher	43	24	43	5	-	-
Chatterton	4.2	4	0	3	-	-

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Notes
--> HT Coventry made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RB Abdy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> W Chatterton (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> CP Foley (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> Lord GW Scott (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> G Fowler achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings (previous best was 1-27)
--> G Fowler achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings

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