f4661	Oxford University v Somerset
	University Match 1897
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 27th, 28th, 29th May 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Oxford University won by 7 wickets
Umpires	D Eastwood, TK Veitch
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 60/3 (Bannon 9*, Eccles 19*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 104/5 (Nichols 34*, Hook 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RCN Palairet	b Cunliffe	24
MAS Sturt	c Henderson b Wright	28
HT Stanley	c Fox b Cunliffe	15
E Robson	b Henderson	14
GB Nichols	b Cunliffe	35
*SMJ Woods	c Bateman-Champain b Cunliffe	40
AJ Hook	c Bardswell b Cunliffe	7
EJ Tyler	c Bardswell b Henderson	18
RB Porch	c Fox b Waddy	10
+AE Newton	not out	6
FJ Portman	b Waddy	0
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 87.4 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-67, 3-75, 4-87, 5-139, 6-175, 7-175, 8-203, 9-213, 10-213 (87.4 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunliffe	34	7	70	5	-	1
Wright	24	10	45	1	-	1
Waddy	13.4	4	32	2	-	-
Henderson	15	4	45	2	-	-
Bardswell	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c Newton b Nichols	20
FH Bateman-Champain	lbw b Tyler	10
BD Bannon	c Sturt b Tyler	28
RE Foster	b Nichols	2
A Eccles	b Robson	67
*GR Bardswell	st Newton b Tyler	38
TB Henderson	c Stanley b Robson	49
PS Waddy	c Porch b Robson	8
EC Wright	not out	31
FHE Cunliffe	b Nichols	12
+RW Fox	b Nichols	3
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 94.3 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-36, 3-38, 4-116, 5-156, 6-174, 7-213, 8-230, 9-263, 10-270 (94.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robson	15	2	50	3	-	-
Tyler	43	11	122	3	-	-
Nichols	29.3	6	71	4	-	-
Woods	7	1	25	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RCN Palairet	b Cunliffe	21
MAS Sturt	c Henderson b Waddy	6
HT Stanley	c Bardswell b Waddy	0
E Robson	c Foster b Henderson	28
GB Nichols	b Wright	54
*SMJ Woods	c Bateman-Champain b Wright	9
AJ Hook	b Wright	15
EJ Tyler	c Henderson b Wright	19
+AE Newton	b Cunliffe	8
RB Porch	not out	13
FJ Portman	c Bateman-Champain b Wright	1
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 80.4 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-30, 3-30, 4-72, 5-91, 6-141, 7-163, 8-172, 9-176, 10-189 (80.4 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunliffe	28	10	45	2	-	-
Wright	14.4	5	44	5	-	-
Waddy	30	8	60	2	-	5
Henderson	8	2	25	1	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c Portman b Tyler	37
FH Bateman-Champain	b Portman	46
RE Foster	c Hook b Stanley	25
BD Bannon	not out	15
A Eccles	not out	11
*GR Bardswell	did not bat
TB Henderson	did not bat
PS Waddy	did not bat
EC Wright	did not bat
FHE Cunliffe	did not bat
+RW Fox	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 52.1 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-84, 3-120

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robson	13	2	30	0	-	-
Tyler	14	2	38	1	-	-
Nichols	6	2	14	0	-	-
Portman	14	5	30	1	-	-
Sturt	1	1	0	0	-	-
Stanley	3	0	15	1	-	-
Porch	1.1	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AJ Hook made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FJ Portman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BD Bannon (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> TB Henderson (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> EC Wright (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> GB Nichols (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> BD Bannon made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> EC Wright achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 1-45)
--> EC Wright achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings

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