f20526	Oxford University v Cambridge University
	University Match 1954
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 3rd, 5th, 6th July 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	EG Canning, P Corrall
Scorers	W Mavins, J Tyler (Oxford University)
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 401/3 (Smith 201*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (1) 281/4 (Pretlove 68*, Goonesena 15*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJK Smith	not out	201		340	21	1
JM Allan	c Smith b Goonesena	86
HB Birrell	c Parsons b Smith	27
*MC Cowdrey	c Smith b Goonesena	66
JP Fellows-Smith	did not bat
GP Marsland	did not bat
CCP Williams	did not bat
DK Fasken	did not bat
JA Arenhold	did not bat
+A Kamm	did not bat
DCPR Jowett	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	21
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	401
Fall of wickets:
1-145, 2-221, 3-401 (107 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	38	3	144	1	-	-
Morgan	6	1	20	0	-	-
Goonesena	31	10	79	2	-	-
Estcourt	7	2	31	0	-	-
Pretlove	17	2	71	0	-	-
Silk	8	1	35	0	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MH Bushby	c Smith b Allan	24
DRW Silk	b Allan	118
JKE Slack	lbw b Birrell	12
VR Lumsden	lbw b Jowett	20
JF Pretlove	c Smith b Fasken	73
G Goonesena	c Williams b Fasken	39
ABD Parsons	c Marsland b Birrell	1
CS Smith	c Fellows-Smith b Jowett	3
NSD Estcourt	not out	20
+MEL Melluish	b Allan	8
MN Morgan	not out	2
Extras	(15 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 143 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-90, 3-140, 4-242, 5-305, 6-310, 7-314, 8-315, 9-337

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arenhold	14	3	32	0	-	-
Fasken	21	2	65	2	-	-
Fellows-Smith	4	3	3	0	-	-
Birrell	38	11	89	2	-	-
Allan	39	16	64	3	-	-
Jowett	26	9	62	2	-	-
Cowdrey	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJK Smith	c Goonesena b Estcourt	20
JM Allan	c Parsons b Morgan	0
HB Birrell	b Pretlove	64
*MC Cowdrey	st Melluish b Goonesena	5
JP Fellows-Smith	c Silk b Goonesena	30
GP Marsland	c Melluish b Goonesena	2
CCP Williams	b Goonesena	14
DK Fasken	c Silk b Goonesena	2
JA Arenhold	st Melluish b Goonesena	2
+A Kamm	not out	0
DCPR Jowett	did not bat
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-38, 3-54, 4-106, 5-114, 6-136, 7-138, 8-146, 9-148 (46 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	4	1	8	0	-	-
Morgan	3	2	6	1	-	-
Goonesena	19	3	71	6	-	-
Estcourt	4	1	16	1	-	-
Pretlove	16	4	38	1	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MH Bushby	b Birrell	15
DRW Silk	lbw b Birrell	15
JKE Slack	b Arenhold	0
VR Lumsden	c Smith b Jowett	47
G Goonesena	c Fasken b Allan	26
JF Pretlove	c Smith b Birrell	7
NSD Estcourt	c Cowdrey b Birrell	19
CS Smith	c Allan b Birrell	10
ABD Parsons	not out	1
+MEL Melluish	not out	1
MN Morgan	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb)	19
Total	(8 wickets, 53 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-32, 3-35, 4-98, 5-116, 6-122, 7-157, 8-158

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arenhold	7	2	17	1	-	-
Fasken	3	1	11	0	-	-
Birrell	14	7	20	5	-	-
Allan	16	4	59	1	-	-
Jowett	8	3	18	1	-	-
Cowdrey	3	0	6	0	-	-
Smith	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GP Marsland made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JKE Slack made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NSD Estcourt made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MJK Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in First-Class matches
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 156
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 151
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> NSD Estcourt (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> G Goonesena reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Oxford University first innings
--> HB Birrell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Cambridge University second innings (previous best was 5-33)

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