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| Venue | Christ Church Ground, Oxford on 15th, 16th, 17th May 1884 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Australians won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Oxford University won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | L Greenwood, GW Webb |
| Close of play day 1 | Oxford University (1) 105/4 (O'Brien 51*, Page 30*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australians (2) 168 all out |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Bannerman | c Hine-Haycock b Whitby | 32 | |||||
| PS McDonnell | c Nicholls b Whitby | 5 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | c Nicholls b Whitby | 11 | |||||
| G Giffen | c Nicholls b Page | 14 | |||||
| GJ Bonnor | c Nicholls b Whitby | 2 | |||||
| +JM Blackham | b Whitby | 20 | |||||
| WE Midwinter | c Asher b Whitby | 20 | |||||
| HJH Scott | c Nicholls b Whitby | 10 | |||||
| GE Palmer | b Page | 8 | |||||
| HF Boyle | b Whitby | 5 | |||||
| FR Spofforth | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 4 lb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-36, 3-63, 4-65, 5-67, 6-101, 7-118, 8-136, 9-138, 10-148 (82 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bastard | 25 | 12 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Whitby | 41 | 14 | 82 | 8 | - | - | |
| Page | 16 | 10 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oxford University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TR Hine-Haycock | c Boyle b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| *+MC Kemp | run out | 13 | |||||
| AR Cobb | b Palmer | 0 | |||||
| JH Brain | c Giffen b Spofforth | 8 | |||||
| TC O'Brien | b Boyle | 92 | |||||
| HV Page | b Palmer | 33 | |||||
| AGG Asher | run out | 2 | |||||
| KJ Key | b Scott | 30 | |||||
| BE Nicholls | not out | 16 | |||||
| HO Whitby | c Bonnor b Boyle | 10 | |||||
| EW Bastard | b Palmer | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 110.1 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-3, 3-14, 4-25, 5-117, 6-124, 7-165, 8-167, 9-209, 10-209 (110.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spofforth | 30 | 9 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 34.1 | 11 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 27 | 13 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Giffen | 14 | 3 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Scott | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Bannerman | c Nicholls b Bastard | 0 | |||||
| PS McDonnell | st Kemp b Nicholls | 36 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | b Bastard | 0 | |||||
| G Giffen | c Cobb b Bastard | 9 | |||||
| GJ Bonnor | c Nicholls b Page | 11 | |||||
| +JM Blackham | c and b Bastard | 18 | |||||
| WE Midwinter | c Brain b Whitby | 45 | |||||
| HJH Scott | c Kemp b Whitby | 21 | |||||
| GE Palmer | c O'Brien b Page | 7 | |||||
| HF Boyle | not out | 8 | |||||
| FR Spofforth | c Key b Bastard | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 1 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-2, 3-30, 4-60, 5-60, 6-102, 7-136, 8-145, 9-163, 10-168 (93 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bastard | 28 | 12 | 44 | 5 | - | - | |
| Whitby | 25 | 8 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Page | 19 | 13 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Nicholls | 21 | 7 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Oxford University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TR Hine-Haycock | not out | 25 | |||||
| TC O'Brien | b Spofforth | 13 | |||||
| AR Cobb | c sub b Boyle | 6 | |||||
| HV Page | c Palmer b Boyle | 1 | |||||
| *+MC Kemp | not out | 63 | |||||
| JH Brain | did not bat | ||||||
| AGG Asher | did not bat | ||||||
| KJ Key | did not bat | ||||||
| BE Nicholls | did not bat | ||||||
| HO Whitby | did not bat | ||||||
| EW Bastard | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 73.1 overs) | 110 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-20, 3-34 | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spofforth | 28 | 11 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 11.1 | 4 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 29 | 14 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Giffen | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Oxford University full substitute: JH Brain for WET Bolitho (Brain allowed to replace Bolitho who was injured in the field)
--> AR Cobb made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HO Whitby made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AC Bannerman (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> TC O'Brien (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> HV Page (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> KJ Key made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> BE Nicholls made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> JH Brain made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> TC O'Brien made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> HO Whitby achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Australians first innings
--> EW Bastard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Australians second innings (previous best was 4-47)
--> EW Bastard achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Australians second innings
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