f4678	Oxford University v Gentlemen of Philadelphia
	Gentlemen of Philadelphia in England 1897
Venue	Christ Church Ground, Oxford on 7th, 8th, 9th June 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	D Eastwood, G Glossop
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of Philadelphia (1) 6/0 (Ralston 1*, Baily 5*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen of Philadelphia (1) 163/7 (Lester 72*, King 6*; 107 overs)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Bateman-Champain	c Ralston b Baily	63
BD Bannon	lbw b King	5
GE Bromley-Martin	b Cregar	33
RE Foster	c King b Baily	33
A Eccles	run out	22
TB Henderson	c Ralston b Clark	15
PS Waddy	c Ralston b Clark	20
EC Wright	b Patterson	83
JC Hartley	b Clark	49
*FHE Cunliffe	not out	23
+LHS Mathews	c King b Cregar	0
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 5 w)	17
Total	(all out, 131 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-96, 3-120, 4-154, 5-186, 6-191, 7-200, 8-294, 9-362, 10-363 (131 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	43	14	79	1	-	-
Baily	29	6	87	2	-	-
Clark	29	11	69	3	-	-
Patterson	9	1	36	1	-	-
Cregar	12	0	40	2	-	-
Lester	3	0	16	0	-	-
Coates	4	2	8	0	-	-
Wood	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+FW Ralston	c Hartley b Cunliffe	17
HP Baily	b Hartley	13
*GS Patterson	c Hartley b Wright	5
JA Lester	not out	72
AM Wood	b Cunliffe	2
HC Coates	c Eccles b Hartley	15
HC Thayer	b Cunliffe	14
L Biddle	c Mathews b Cunliffe	11
JB King	not out	6
PH Clark	did not bat
EM Cregar	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(7 wickets, 107 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-30, 3-54, 4-57, 5-90, 6-116, 7-144

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunliffe	40	17	59	4	-	-
Hartley	31	9	63	2	-	-
Waddy	13	6	16	0	-	-
Wright	19	13	12	1	-	-
Henderson	4	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> EC Wright (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in first-class matches
--> JC Hartley (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in first-class matches
--> JC Hartley (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> FHE Cunliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in first-class matches
--> LHS Mathews made his debut in first-class matches
--> JA Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in first-class matches

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