f3156	Oxford University v Cambridge University
	University Match 1887
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 4th, 5th, 6th July 1887 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Oxford University won by 7 wickets
Umpires	J West, J Wheeler
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 113/3 (Key 35*, Gresson 24*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 134/6 (Crawley 44*, Bridgeman 2*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*F Marchant	c Whitby b Buckland	49
CD Buxton	b Forster	2
F Thomas	b Buckland	22
E Crawley	c Ricketts b Buckland	35
AM Sutthery	c Gresson b Nepean	73
FGJ Ford	b Buckland	4
WC Bridgeman	lbw b Gresson	9
L Martineau	not out	6
+LA Orford	b Gresson	0
H Hale	b Gresson	0
C Toppin	c and b Nepean	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 123.3 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-54, 3-89, 4-155, 5-165, 6-199, 7-199, 8-203, 9-203, 10-207 (123.3 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitby	8	0	38	0	-	-
Forster	41	6	55	1	-	-
Buckland	43	18	62	4	-	-
Nepean	20.3	5	43	2	-	-
Gresson	11	9	3	3	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gresson	c and b Sutthery	33
EA Nepean	b Hale	0
W Rashleigh	c Sutthery b Hale	12
Lord GW Scott	c Bridgeman b Ford	100		275	7	-
KJ Key	c Orford b Ford	64
*JH Brain	c Orford b Toppin	15
EH Buckland	c Orford b Toppin	0
HW Forster	not out	60
GW Ricketts	b Hale	17
+H Philipson	b Hale	0
HO Whitby	c Ford b Hale	0
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 176.2 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-12, 3-67, 4-171, 5-196, 6-196, 7-272, 8-313, 9-313, 10-313 (176.2 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hale	39.2	12	63	5	-	-
Ford	56	19	97	2	-	-
Sutthery	36	13	58	1	-	-
Toppin	38	18	61	2	-	-
Martineau	6	0	20	0	-	-
Buxton	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*F Marchant	st Philipson b Nepean	32
L Martineau	b Whitby	5
F Thomas	b Forster	13
E Crawley	not out	103		275	8	-
AM Sutthery	c Key b Buckland	21
FGJ Ford	b Nepean	8
CD Buxton	b Buckland	1
WC Bridgeman	b Buckland	3
+LA Orford	c Brain b Gresson	13
H Hale	st Philipson b Forster	21
C Toppin	c Whitby b Nepean	18
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 185.1 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-34, 3-56, 4-109, 5-130, 6-131, 7-147, 8-171, 9-203, 10-252 (185.1 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitby	42	21	64	1	-	-
Forster	40	25	32	2	-	-
Buckland	50	25	68	3	-	-
Nepean	25.1	11	40	3	-	-
Gresson	24	15	30	1	-	-
Ricketts	4	2	4	0	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Gresson	b Toppin	8
EA Nepean	not out	58
W Rashleigh	c Martineau b Ford	6
Lord GW Scott	c Hale b Marchant	66
KJ Key	not out	8
*JH Brain	did not bat
EH Buckland	did not bat
HW Forster	did not bat
GW Ricketts	did not bat
+H Philipson	did not bat
HO Whitby	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 71 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-23, 3-135

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hale	5	2	16	0	-	-
Ford	20	7	31	1	-	-
Sutthery	6	2	20	0	-	-
Toppin	21	5	40	1	-	-
Martineau	4	1	13	0	-	-
Buxton	11	4	16	0	-	-
Marchant	4	1	10	1	-	-

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Notes
--> LA Orford made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HO Whitby made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> E Crawley (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> AM Sutthery (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in First-Class matches
--> Lord GW Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> Lord GW Scott (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KJ Key (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> HW Forster (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> E Crawley (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> E Crawley (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> EA Nepean (2) passed his previous highest score of 45 in First-Class matches
--> FH Gresson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Cambridge University first innings (previous best was 3-35)

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