f21826	Essex v Oxford University
	University Match 1957
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 29th June, 1st, 2nd July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 3 wickets
Umpires	JS Buller, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 118/8 (Ralph 23*, Preston 9*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 166/3 (Savill 12*, Milner 12*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JAD Hobbs	c Greensmith b Preston	1
I Gibson	b Preston	0
MA Eagar	c Taylor b King	99
CDM Melville	c Taylor b Greensmith	23
JM Kumleben	c Ralph b Preston	6
RL Jowett	run out	6
RG Woodcock	c Bear b Preston	20
+MD Scott	c Savill b Preston	3
R Bowman	b Greensmith	0
RW Wilson	not out	8
*JA Bailey	c Savill b King	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 64.5 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-33, 4-45, 5-138, 6-140, 7-143, 8-144, 9-147, 10-170 (64.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	19	5	41	5	-	-
Ralph	10	1	40	0	-	-
King	22	8	35	2	-	-
Greensmith	13.5	6	52	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TC Dodds	b Bowman	30
G Barker	c Hobbs b Bailey	7
+B Taylor	c Bailey b Bowman	16
LA Savill	c Wilson b Woodcock	6
J Milner	c Jowett b Bowman	16
MJ Bear	c Hobbs b Bailey	0
GJ Smith	b Bowman	6
WT Greensmith	c Gibson b Bowman	5
LHR Ralph	c Gibson b Bowman	27
KC Preston	c Scott b Bowman	14
IM King	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 51.3 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-53, 3-53, 4-69, 5-69, 6-80, 7-81, 8-94, 9-126, 10-127 (51.3 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	20	7	39	2	-	-
Bowman	19.3	5	60	7	-	-
Woodcock	12	3	28	1	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JAD Hobbs	c Preston b Ralph	0
I Gibson	lbw b Ralph	11
MA Eagar	c Ralph b Preston	16
JM Kumleben	c Taylor b Preston	0
RL Jowett	c Taylor b Preston	7
RG Woodcock	c King b Preston	12
CDM Melville	c Bear b Greensmith	17
+MD Scott	c Barker b Greensmith	9
R Bowman	c Preston b Ralph	75
RW Wilson	c Taylor b King	2
*JA Bailey	not out	23
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-27, 3-27, 4-32, 5-37, 6-50, 7-72, 8-85, 9-118, 10-182 (70 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	19	9	32	4	-	-
Ralph	16	5	39	3	-	-
King	16	5	43	1	-	-
Greensmith	19	5	58	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TC Dodds	c Scott b Bowman	62
G Barker	lbw b Bailey	7
+B Taylor	c sub b Bailey	68
LA Savill	c Wilson b Bailey	19
J Milner	c Wilson b Bailey	27
MJ Bear	run out	3
GJ Smith	c Woodcock b Bailey	0
WT Greensmith	not out	19
LHR Ralph	not out	13
KC Preston	did not bat
IM King	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(7 wickets, 65.5 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-129, 3-146, 4-176, 5-186, 6-186, 7-193

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	29	9	71	5	-	-
Bowman	17.5	3	80	1	-	-
Woodcock	15	2	38	0	-	-
Wilson	4	0	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Milner made his debut in First-Class matches
--> R Bowman (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> R Bowman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-44)
--> CDM Melville retired not out in the Oxford University first innings having scored 7 (team had lost 2 wickets) - he returned when the score was 147/9

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