First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v KENT Played at The Parks, Oxford, May 25, 26, 27, 1914. Match drawn. OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 M.Howell c Hardinge b Blythe 123 lbw b Freeman 38 2 D.J.Knight c Troughton b Blythe 3 b Fairservice 63 3 G.R.R.Colman lbw b Blythe 0 c Huish b Hardinge 61 4 †R.A.Boddington c Huish b Fairservice 0 c Seymour b Sarel 69 5 *F.H.Knott b Blythe 49 not out 60 6 W.A.C.Wilkinson c Seymour b Fairservice 15 lbw b Freeman 7 7 F.C.G.Naumann c Huish b Fairservice 26 not out 13 8 O.C.Bristowe b Fairservice 8 9 R.C.Burton c Humphreys b Fairservice 9 10 P.H.Davies st Huish b Freeman 55 11 C.E.S.Rucker not out 26 Extras b 16, lb 7 23 b 10, lb 2 12 —— —— 337 (5 wickets) 323 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-17, 3-18, 4-122, 5-154, 6-222, 7-240, 8-241, 9-254, 10-337 FoW (2): 1-77, 2-134, 3-218, 4-248, 5-260 KENT 1 E.Humphreys c Wilkinson b Burton 9 2 H.T.W.Hardinge c Wilkinson b Rucker 32 3 J.Seymour b Rucker 122 4 F.E.Woolley b Burton 75 5 J.C.Hubble c Knight b Burton 18 6 *L.H.W.Troughton c Knott b Davies 104 7 W.G.M.Sarel c Boddington b Davies 93 8 †F.H.Huish c Davies b Bristowe 34 9 W.J.Fairservice lbw b Bristowe 33 10 C.Blythe not out 17 11 A.P.Freeman b Bristowe 0 Extras b 29, lb 5 34 —— 571 FoW (1): 1-90, 2-215, 3-259, 4-277, 5-461, 6-464, 7-482, 8-546, 9-565, 10-571 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Fairservice 29 7 75 5 27 9 41 1 Blythe 25 10 59 4 25 11 38 0 Freeman 18.2 1 88 1 29 3 109 2 Woolley 20 7 62 0 20 7 46 0 Humphreys 10 0 30 0 Hardinge (5) 12 2 54 1 Sarel (6) 2 1 8 1 Seymour (7) 2 0 15 0 Oxford University Bowling O M R W Davies 28 2 148 2 Rucker 35 7 97 2 Burton 31 3 149 3 Bristowe 16.5 4 57 3 Naumann 14 1 65 0 Wilkinson 4 0 21 0 Umpires: H.B.Daft and Davis. Toss: Oxford University Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 62-0 (Hardinge 12*, Seymour 35*); 2nd day: Kent (1) 571 all out. M.Howell’s 123 took 210 minutes and included 14 fours. J.Seymour’s 122 took 170 minutes and included 17 fours. L.H.W.Troughton’s 104 took 150 minutes and included 11 fours. E.Humphreys retired hurt in the Kent first innings having scored 7 (team score 9-0) - he returned when the score was 461-5 (forearm hit by a ball from Rucker). 92