f16438	Cambridge University v Northamptonshire
	University Match 1939
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 3rd, 4th, 5th May 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 78 runs
Umpires	JJ Hills, W Wainwright
Scorer	PRS Piggott (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 356/9 (O'Brien 52*, Buswell 3*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 131/2 (Snowden 43*, Timms 74*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Snowden	hit wkt b Carris	72
HW Greenwood	c Shirreff b Wilson	49
D Brookes	c and b Carris	114
JE Timms	c Shirreff b Bhalindra Singh	20
*RP Nelson	b Shirreff	23
+KC James	b Shirreff	4
FP O'Brien	not out	53
SM Nasiruddin	b Wilson	0
WE Merritt	b Wilson	1
RJ Partridge	b Wilson	3
JE Buswell	c Blake b Shirreff	7
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 92.7 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-156, 3-189, 4-248, 5-260, 6-321, 7-322, 8-324, 9-350, 10-361 (92.7 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ruane	15	1	67	0	-	-
Shirreff	26.7	7	98	3	-	-
Bhalindra Singh	18	2	86	1	-	-
Wilson	18	2	50	4	-	-
Carris	15	3	45	2	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BD Carris	c James b Timms	16
JR Thompson	st James b Merritt	21
+MS Glennie	c James b Merritt	11
AH Brodhurst	c James b Merritt	42
FG Mann	st James b Merritt	8
*PM Studd	b Partridge	0
AC Shirreff	c and b Nelson	47
DC Wilson	lbw b Merritt	0
Bhalindra Singh	c Greenwood b Merritt	2
JP Blake	not out	82
JD Ruane	c Greenwood b Merritt	19
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-45, 3-54, 4-74, 5-87, 6-125, 7-127, 8-141, 9-179, 10-254 (55 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	6	0	28	0	-	-
Partridge	16	0	87	1	-	-
Timms	9	1	41	1	-	-
Merritt	17	2	69	7	-	-
Nelson	7	1	23	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Snowden	c and b Shirreff	63
HW Greenwood	b Ruane	8
D Brookes	b Ruane	3
JE Timms	not out	103
WE Merritt	not out	32
*RP Nelson	did not bat
+KC James	did not bat
FP O'Brien	did not bat
SM Nasiruddin	did not bat
RJ Partridge	did not bat
JE Buswell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-22, 3-164

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ruane	12	1	41	2	-	-
Shirreff	13	1	60	1	-	-
Bhalindra Singh	3	0	25	0	-	-
Wilson	13	0	53	0	-	-
Carris	6	0	25	0	-	-
Mann	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BD Carris	b Merritt	40
JR Thompson	b Nelson	21
JP Blake	c Greenwood b Nelson	60
AH Brodhurst	c Greenwood b Merritt	26
FG Mann	b Timms	29
*PM Studd	lbw b Merritt	27
AC Shirreff	lbw b Merritt	8
+MS Glennie	b Timms	1
DC Wilson	not out	17
Bhalindra Singh	c James b Timms	7
JD Ruane	c and b Merritt	7
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-101, 3-131, 4-155, 5-195, 6-205, 7-208, 8-215, 9-229, 10-244 (58.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	7	2	35	0	-	-
Partridge	6	1	18	0	-	-
Timms	13	0	51	3	-	-
Merritt	21.2	1	92	5	-	-
Nelson	7	2	30	2	-	-
O'Brien	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MS Glennie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AC Shirreff made his debut in First-Class matches
--> Bhalindra Singh made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JD Ruane made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> D Brookes (1) passed his previous highest score of 113 in First-Class matches
--> FP O'Brien (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> AH Brodhurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> JP Blake (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> JE Timms (2) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> BD Carris (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35

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