f11569	Oxford University v Free Foresters
	University Match 1926
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 5th, 7th, 8th June 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WH Caldow, C Marshall
Close of play day 1	Free Foresters (1) 46/0 (MacBryan 15*, MK Foster 27*)
Close of play day 2	Oxford University (2) 68/2 (Holmes 36*, Welch 7*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Butterworth	c Patten b Haig	8
WN McBride	c GN Foster b Heathcoat-Amory	41
JA Nunn	b Haig	8
ERT Holmes	c Patten b Haig	31
*GB Legge	c Crutchley b Heathcoat-Amory	60
TBG Welch	lbw b Pearse	13
JS Stephenson	b Dury	34
REC Butterworth	lbw b Haig	8
+GEB Abell	not out	40
MA McCanlis	c Patten b Haig	16
JW Greenstock	b Ritchie	1
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 95.2 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-32, 3-94, 4-94, 5-126, 6-197, 7-208, 8-220, 9-256, 10-275 (95.2 ov)

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	39	12	64	5	-	-
Ritchie	16.2	3	45	1	-	-
Heathcoat-Amory	27	7	70	2	-	-
Pearse	9	1	54	1	-	-
Dury	4	0	27	1	-	-

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Free Foresters first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JCW MacBryan	c Holmes b McBride	25
MK Foster	c Abell b McBride	86
GV Pearse	c REC Butterworth b McBride	53
GEV Crutchley	c REC Butterworth b McBride	3
FT Mann	c Abell b REC Butterworth	44
GN Foster	c Nunn b Welch	40
NE Haig	c Welch b McBride	3
GAI Dury	b Holmes	51
J Heathcoat-Amory	not out	67
M Patten	b McCanlis	51
DM Ritchie	not out	6
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	450
Fall of wickets:
1-112, 2-137, 3-141, 4-208, 5-253, 6-273, 7-273, 8-345, 9-431

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
REC Butterworth	26	3	121	1	-	-
McCanlis	31	7	89	1	-	-
Greenstock	17	2	81	0	-	-
Holmes	7	0	20	1	-	-
McBride	16	4	57	5	-	-
Stephenson	6	0	35	0	-	-
Welch	4	0	26	1	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Butterworth	b Haig	3
JA Nunn	lbw b Haig	15
ERT Holmes	b Haig	100
TBG Welch	c Patten b Crutchley	69
*GB Legge	c Mann b Ritchie	27
JS Stephenson	c Pearse b Heathcoat-Amory	16
WN McBride	b Heathcoat-Amory	0
REC Butterworth	b Heathcoat-Amory	3
+GEB Abell	c Pearse b Heathcoat-Amory	0
MA McCanlis	not out	3
JW Greenstock	c Heathcoat-Amory b Haig	0
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-39, 3-170, 4-217, 5-237, 6-240, 7-245, 8-248, 9-252, 10-253 (78.3 ov)

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haig	27.3	6	71	4	-	-
Ritchie	10	1	40	1	-	-
Heathcoat-Amory	26	7	52	4	-	-
Pearse	9	0	48	0	-	-
Crutchley	6	0	25	1	-	-

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Free Foresters second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JCW MacBryan	c McCanlis b McBride	2
MK Foster	not out	16
M Patten	not out	5
GV Pearse	did not bat
GEV Crutchley	did not bat
FT Mann	did not bat
GN Foster	did not bat
NE Haig	did not bat
GAI Dury	did not bat
J Heathcoat-Amory	did not bat
DM Ritchie	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 5.2 overs)	25
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (MacBryan)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
REC Butterworth	3	3	0	0	-	-
McBride	2.2	0	23	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GAI Dury made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DM Ritchie made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WN McBride (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> GV Pearse (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> J Heathcoat-Amory (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> M Patten (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> TBG Welch (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> JC Butterworth made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> TBG Welch made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> WN McBride achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Free Foresters first innings (previous best was 1-21)
--> WN McBride achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Free Foresters first innings
--> J Heathcoat-Amory achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Oxford University second innings (previous best was 3-34)

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