Lancashire Cricket Club

f3269	Lancashire v Oxford University
	University Match 1888
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 21st, 22nd, 23rd June 1888 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 20 runs
Umpires	C Coward, GW Webb
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 315 all out
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 138/9 (Kentfield 7*)

Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ETB Simpson	c Pilling b Watson	5
FH Gresson	c Briggs b Watson	114
AK Watson	c Pilling b Watson	4
*W Rashleigh	b Briggs	41
Lord GW Scott	c Robinson b Kentfield	97
FJN Thesiger	c Watson b Barlow	5
HW Forster	c Barchard b Kentfield	11
EA Nepean	run out	8
ACM Croome	not out	14
+H Philipson	lbw b Watson	0
AHJ Cochrane	lbw b Watson	2
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 217.3 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-22, 3-110, 4-238, 5-253, 6-274, 7-296, 8-299, 9-?, 10-315 (217.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	63	39	60	1	-	-
Watson	70.3	40	87	5	-	-
Barlow	33	16	49	1	-	-
Ward	10	4	32	0	-	-
Kentfield	34	11	52	2	-	-
Crosfield	4	0	12	0	-	-
Sugg	3	0	9	0	-	-

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	c Croome b Cochrane	2
*OP Lancashire	c Nepean b Forster	9
FH Sugg	c Forster b Croome	58
J Briggs	c Cochrane b Croome	33
SM Crosfield	b Forster	21
F Ward	c Cochrane b Nepean	5
WH Robinson	c Simpson b Forster	41
+R Pilling	c Simpson b Forster	18
HG Barchard	st Philipson b Nepean	5
RW Kentfield	c Thesiger b Forster	3
A Watson	not out	4
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 129.2 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-38, 3-87, 4-106, 5-113, 6-150, 7-192, 8-193, 9-201, 10-205 (129.2 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cochrane	39	20	53	1	-	-
Croome	32	11	63	2	-	-
Forster	43.2	23	57	5	-	-
Nepean	15	6	26	2	-	-

Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	c Forster b Cochrane	1
*OP Lancashire	c Forster b Cochrane	32
FH Sugg	c Rashleigh b Forster	3
J Briggs	c Scott b Croome	26
SM Crosfield	b Nepean	5
F Ward	b Cochrane	1
WH Robinson	st Philipson b Nepean	10
+R Pilling	c Simpson b Cochrane	9
HG Barchard	c Scott b Forster	40
RW Kentfield	c Rashleigh b Forster	18
A Watson	not out	22
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-10, 3-47, 4-60, 5-69, 6-80, 7-80, 8-93, 9-138, 10-172 (98.3 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cochrane	34	14	63	4	-	-
Croome	19	3	41	1	-	-
Forster	37.3	16	45	3	-	-
Nepean	8	1	18	2	-	-

Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ETB Simpson	b Watson	13
AK Watson	b Briggs	2
ACM Croome	lbw b Briggs	0
HW Forster	b Watson	2
FJN Thesiger	c Pilling b Watson	0
Lord GW Scott	b Briggs	4
*W Rashleigh	st Pilling b Briggs	16
FH Gresson	c Robinson b Watson	5
EA Nepean	run out	0
+H Philipson	b Watson	0
AHJ Cochrane	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-14, 4-15, 5-19, 6-23, 7-42, 8-42, 9-42, 10-42 (52.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	26.2	14	25	4	-	-
Watson	26	19	17	5	-	-

Notes
--> HG Barchard made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RW Kentfield made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HG Barchard made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FH Gresson (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> FH Gresson (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> FH Sugg (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36