f2999	Oxford University v Lancashire
	University Match 1886
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 10th, 11th, 12th June 1886 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CR Ford, J Rowbotham
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 81/8 (Cobb 0*)
Close of play day 2	Oxford University (2) 134/5 (Rashleigh 35*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Brain	c Pilling b Watson	0
KJ Key	b Watson	6
LD Hildyard	b Barlow	12
*HV Page	b Briggs	29
W Rashleigh	b Barlow	4
AK Watson	c Watson b Briggs	13
HT Hewett	c Pilling b Briggs	0
EH Buckland	b Watson	14
+AR Cobb	st Pilling b Briggs	1
AHJ Cochrane	lbw b Briggs	0
HO Whitby	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-17, 3-19, 4-29, 5-57, 6-57, 7-79, 8-81, 9-82, 10-82 (65.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	33	17	32	3	-	-
Barlow	23	10	33	2	-	-
Briggs	9.1	5	14	5	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*OP Lancashire	b Cochrane	3
RG Barlow	b Whitby	4
HB Steel	b Cochrane	0
P Dobell	c Cobb b Whitby	3
J Briggs	st Cobb b Page	33
EC Hornby	c Cochrane b Whitby	82
H Eccles	c Hildyard b Whitby	4
CH Haigh	lbw b Whitby	11
A Watson	not out	11
G Yates	c Hildyard b Whitby	0
+R Pilling	b Whitby	6
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 70.1 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-9, 4-18, 5-105, 6-131, 7-134, 8-147, 9-147, 10-162 (70.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitby	31.1	12	74	7	-	-
Cochrane	22	11	34	2	-	-
Page	15	4	34	1	-	-
Buckland	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KJ Key	st Pilling b Briggs	6
LD Hildyard	b Watson	9
JH Brain	b Hornby	27
AK Watson	c Steel b Briggs	3
*HV Page	b Barlow	52
W Rashleigh	b Barlow	63
HT Hewett	c Pilling b Yates	49
EH Buckland	c Pilling b Briggs	10
+AR Cobb	c Pilling b Watson	37
AHJ Cochrane	b Yates	7
HO Whitby	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 143 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-30, 4-66, 5-134, 6-204, 7-226, 8-226, 9-231, 10-277 (143 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	45	19	77	2	-	-
Barlow	27	8	65	2	-	-
Briggs	44	24	65	3	-	-
Hornby	14	8	29	1	-	-
Yates	13	1	28	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*OP Lancashire	b Cochrane	49
RG Barlow	not out	34
HB Steel	retired hurt	1
P Dobell	not out	12
J Briggs	did not bat
EC Hornby	did not bat
H Eccles	did not bat
CH Haigh	did not bat
A Watson	did not bat
G Yates	did not bat
+R Pilling	did not bat
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(1 wicket, 78 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-84 (Lancashire)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitby	15	7	27	0	-	-
Cochrane	27	14	33	1	-	-
Page	14	7	14	0	-	-
Buckland	15	9	13	0	-	-
Brain	5	0	6	0	-	-
Hewett	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HV Page (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> EC Hornby (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> W Rashleigh (2) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> AR Cobb (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> RG Barlow (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> HT Hewett made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> RG Barlow reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Oxford University second innings
--> HB Steel retired hurt in the Lancashire second innings having scored 1 (team had lost 1 wickets)

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