f3139	Lancashire v Oxford University
	University Match 1887
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 20th, 21st, 22nd June 1887 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 117 runs
Umpires	C Coward, GW Webb
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 56/3 (Briggs 30*, Robinson 5*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 271/8 (HB Steel 58*, Pilling 2*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Buckland	b Barlow	22
FH Gresson	b Watson	0
W Rashleigh	c Jowett b Briggs	30
HW Forster	c Pilling b Watson	2
KJ Key	c Briggs b Barlow	56
*JH Brain	c Watson b Briggs	7
EA Nepean	b Briggs	8
GW Ricketts	c Hornby b Watson	92
+H Philipson	not out	27
C Wreford-Brown	lbw b Watson	2
HO Whitby	c Pilling b Barlow	24
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 172.3 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-38, 3-43, 4-70, 5-73, 6-100, 7-164, 8-226, 9-228, 10-273 (172.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barlow	40.3	11	73	3	-	-
Watson	79	47	82	4	-	-
Briggs	37	15	71	3	-	-
Yates	5	0	23	0	-	-
Hornby	11	3	21	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	lbw b Forster	8
GE Jowett	c sub b Forster	12
J Briggs	st Philipson b Nepean	68
*HB Steel	st Philipson b Forster	0
WH Robinson	b Nepean	54
DQ Steel	st Philipson b Nepean	0
F Ward	c Forster b Nepean	0
G Yates	b Nepean	6
A Watson	not out	1
+R Pilling	st Philipson b Nepean	0
EC Hornby	b Whitby	7
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-28, 3-38, 4-139, 5-?, 6-?, 7-152, 8-153, 9-153, 10-164 (79.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitby	27.1	12	62	1	-	-
Forster	25	11	43	3	-	-
Nepean	13	7	16	6	-	-
Buckland	8	1	22	0	-	-
Wreford-Brown	6	1	13	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	b Whitby	53
GE Jowett	c and b Ricketts	58
J Briggs	b Forster	63
*HB Steel	b Forster	67
WH Robinson	c Key b Whitby	4
DQ Steel	b Whitby	0
F Ward	b Whitby	3
G Yates	c and b Nepean	12
A Watson	c Buckland b Ricketts	9
+R Pilling	c and b Whitby	3
EC Hornby	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 137.1 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-181, 3-185, 4-?, 5-?, 6-206, 7-231, 8-263, 9-278, 10-284 (137.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitby	34	11	78	5	-	-
Forster	39.1	18	67	2	-	-
Nepean	23	7	46	1	-	-
Buckland	21	10	31	0	-	-
Wreford-Brown	4	1	6	0	-	-
Ricketts	10	3	21	2	-	-
Gresson	6	0	24	0	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KJ Key	b Watson	13
W Rashleigh	b Watson	8
FH Gresson	c and b Watson	18
HW Forster	b Watson	0
EH Buckland	c Watson b Briggs	4
EA Nepean	st Pilling b Briggs	1
GW Ricketts	b Briggs	4
+H Philipson	not out	7
C Wreford-Brown	b Briggs	0
HO Whitby	c Yates b Briggs	0
*JH Brain	b Briggs	3
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 45.1 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-21, 3-21, 4-32, 5-44, 6-44, 7-55, 8-55, 9-55, 10-58 (45.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	23	13	27	4	-	-
Briggs	22.1	8	31	6	-	-

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Notes
--> GW Ricketts made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DQ Steel made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> H Philipson (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> HO Whitby (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> GE Jowett (2) equalled his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> J Briggs (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> EA Nepean achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 4-78)
--> EA Nepean achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings

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