f3279	Oxford University v Cambridge University
	University Match 1888
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th July 1888 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J West, J Wheeler
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Oxford University (1) 77/3 (Rashleigh 11*, Scott 1*)
Close of play day 3	Cambridge University (2) 170 all out

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Mordaunt	c and b Croome	14
E Crawley	b Cochrane	0
G Kemp	b Cochrane	8
F Thomas	b Cochrane	36
EM Butler	b Cochrane	37
*CD Buxton	c Simpson b Forster	3
SMJ Woods	c Rashleigh b Cochrane	12
RC Gosling	not out	29
FGJ Ford	c Philipson b Cochrane	2
FM Meyrick-Jones	b Fowler	16
+G MacGregor	b Fowler	3
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	11
Total	(all out, 152.1 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-22, 3-24, 4-85, 5-95, 6-107, 7-127, 8-129, 9-165, 10-171 (152.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cochrane	64	34	62	6	-	-
Croome	36	20	33	1	-	-
Fowler	12.1	4	13	2	-	-
Forster	33	16	33	1	-	-
Nepean	7	0	19	0	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ETB Simpson	st MacGregor b Ford	2
FH Gresson	c and b Woods	30
FJN Thesiger	b Buxton	26
*W Rashleigh	b Woods	12
Lord GW Scott	c Mordaunt b Woods	32
HW Forster	b Woods	1
EA Nepean	b Woods	1
ACM Croome	b Mordaunt	2
+H Philipson	c Crawley b Woods	10
AHJ Cochrane	b Mordaunt	1
G Fowler	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-56, 3-75, 4-78, 5-94, 6-98, 7-105, 8-122, 9-123, 10-124 (88 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woods	39	23	48	6	-	-
Ford	20	8	26	1	-	-
Buxton	8	3	13	1	-	-
Mordaunt	21	8	30	2	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Mordaunt	c Forster b Croome	7
*CD Buxton	b Cochrane	30
G Kemp	c Simpson b Croome	9
F Thomas	b Fowler	18
EM Butler	c Forster b Cochrane	26
E Crawley	b Fowler	1
SMJ Woods	b Fowler	7
RC Gosling	not out	18
FGJ Ford	c Fowler b Croome	3
FM Meyrick-Jones	c Nepean b Forster	36
+G MacGregor	lbw b Cochrane	9
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 148.2 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-37, 3-51, 4-75, 5-81, 6-91, 7-105, 8-108, 9-151, 10-170 (148.2 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cochrane	46.2	26	43	3	-	-
Croome	35	19	41	3	-	-
Fowler	23	9	35	3	-	-
Forster	36	18	36	1	-	-
Gresson	8	5	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but extended to four.
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> AHJ Cochrane made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AHJ Cochrane reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Cambridge University first innings

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