f27245	Oxford University v Leicestershire
	University Match 1968
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 29th, 30th, 31st May 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RSM Lay, H Yarnold
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), GA Tyler (Oxford University)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 358/8 (Birkenshaw 40*, Spencer 1*)
Close of play day 2	Oxford University (1) 256 all out

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Westley b Watson	28
MEJC Norman	b Asad Jahangir	100
BJ Booth	c Williams b Asad Jahangir	106
CC Inman	c Wilson b Niven	31
PT Marner	c and b Heard	15
BR Knight	c Wilson b Niven	2
J Birkenshaw	not out	40
+RW Tolchard	c Ridley b Heard	23
RJ Barratt	b Asad Jahangir	6
CT Spencer	not out	1
J Cotton	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 114 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-233, 3-238, 4-259, 5-276, 6-291, 7-331, 8-340

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	24	9	56	1	-	-
Asad Jahangir	32	4	91	3	-	-
Niven	26	5	79	2	-	-
Williams	11	0	52	0	-	-
Heard	21	3	74	2	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FS Goldstein	b Birkenshaw	60
RM Ridley	c and b Birkenshaw	79
RL Burchnall	c Barratt b Birkenshaw	0
AR Garofall	c Barratt b Birkenshaw	15
Asad Jahangir	c Tolchard b Booth	45
PRB Wilson	c Spencer b Cotton	28
AGM Watson	c Tolchard b Cotton	4
+SA Westley	not out	11
D Williams	b Spencer	4
H Heard	b Spencer	0
RA Niven	b Marner	0
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 102.5 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-84, 3-110, 4-207, 5-221, 6-221, 7-244, 8-255, 9-255, 10-256 (102.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	17	3	47	2	-	-
Knight	18	6	28	0	-	-
Spencer	13	3	24	2	-	-
Barratt	11	7	20	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	26	8	62	4	-	-
Booth	9	1	40	1	-	-
Marner	8.5	2	25	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Westley b Niven	21
MEJC Norman	not out	65
BJ Booth	c Niven b Asad Jahangir	51
CC Inman	did not bat
PT Marner	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
RJ Barratt	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
J Cotton	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 35.3 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-140 (35.3 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	11	2	47	0	-	-
Asad Jahangir	10.3	0	55	1	-	-
Niven	7	0	15	1	-	-
Heard	7	1	20	0	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FS Goldstein	c Marner b Spencer	78
RM Ridley	run out	13
RL Burchnall	c Barratt b Birkenshaw	9
AR Garofall	c Tolchard b Barratt	18
Asad Jahangir	c Tolchard b Barratt	5
PRB Wilson	lbw b Barratt	9
AGM Watson	not out	34
+SA Westley	b Barratt	1
D Williams	lbw b Barratt	0
H Heard	c Barratt b Birkenshaw	5
RA Niven	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, 77 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-98, 3-111, 4-120, 5-132, 6-137, 7-143, 8-143, 9-177

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	11	1	37	0	-	-
Spencer	12	2	20	1	-	-
Barratt	25	9	54	5	-	-
Birkenshaw	28	8	61	2	-	-
Marner	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RM Ridley (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> CT Spencer reached 1250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Oxford University first innings

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