First-Class Cricket Matches 1920

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v ESSEX Played at The Parks, Oxford, May 19, 20, 21, 1920. Oxford University won by 235 runs. OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 F.A.Waldock b Dixon 2 c McIver b Reeves 25 2 D.R.Jardine c Russell b Dixon 11 lbw b McGahey 32 3 R.L.Holdsworth b Reeves 32 b Douglas 30 4 L.P.Hedges st McIver b Douglas 1 not out 101 5 H.P.Ward c Scoulding b Dixon 98 b Douglas 4 6 *†F.W.Gilligan c Scoulding b Reeves 110 lbw b Douglas 9 7 G.T.S.Stevens c Freeman b Reeves 22 not out 92 8 C.H.L.Skeet b Douglas 5 9 R.H.B.Bettington c McIver b Dixon 26 10 V.R.Price c Dixon b Reeves 1 11 R.C.Robertson-Glasgow not out 5 Extras b 11, lb 5, nb 2 18 b 13, lb 1, w 3, nb 1 18 —— —— 331 (5 wickets, declared) 311 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-16, 3-21, 4-89, 5-172, 6-206, 7-224, 8-290, 9-295, 10-331 FoW (2): 1-61, 2-83, 3-102, 4-106, 5-125 ESSEX 1 C.P.McGahey b Price 25 b Robertson-Glasgow 26 2 C.A.G.Russell c Bettington b Jardine 117 c and b Stevens 56 3 J.R.Freeman b Jardine 40 b Robertson-Glasgow 30 4 P.A.Perrin b Jardine 0 lbw b Bettington 9 5 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Price 5 b Bettington 0 6 N.H.Saint b Jardine 0 lbw b Bettington 0 7 F.L.Fane c and b Jardine 2 b Price 1 8 †C.D.McIver c Hedges b Price 4 b Bettington 50 9 J.G.Dixon c Skeet b Price 0 lbw b Jardine 3 10 W.Reeves not out 0 b Bettington 2 11 F.J.Scoulding c Waldock b Jardine 0 not out 2 Extras b 19, lb 5, w 2, nb 1 27 b 3, lb 4, w 1 8 —— —— 220 187 FoW (1): 1-96, 2-201, 3-201, 4-206, 5-208, 6-208, 7-218, 8-218, 9-220, 10-220 FoW (2): 1-68, 2-93, 3-114, 4-114, 5-114, 6-115, 7-146, 8-177, 9-184, 10-187 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 19 3 79 2 26 6 65 3 1w Dixon 20 3 79 4 2nb 11 2 44 0 1w,1nb Scoulding 9 0 43 0 (5) 5 0 39 0 Reeves 22.5 1 99 4 (3) 17 2 69 1 McGahey 2 0 6 0 (4) 15 2 47 1 Russell 3 0 7 0 Freeman (6) 5 0 29 0 1w Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Price 25 6 65 4 2w,1nb 19 7 44 1 Robertson-Glasgow 12 4 27 0 16 3 45 2 Bettington 15 5 32 0 18 2 48 5 Stevens 10 0 29 0 (6) 6 1 22 1 Jardine 12.3 4 28 6 6 3 8 1 Waldock 5 1 10 0 (4) 3 0 12 0 1w Skeet 1 0 2 0 Umpires: A.R.Ayres and T.W.Hayward. Toss: Oxford University Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 18-0 (McGahey 13*, Russell 10*); 2nd day: Oxford University (2) 98-2 (Holdsworth 27*, Hedges 4*). F.W.Gilligan’s 110 took 150 minutes. C.A.G.Russell’s 117 took 165 minutes and included 12 fours. L.P.Hedges’ 101 not out included 10 fours. R.H.B.Bettington took a hat-trick in the Essex second innings (Perrin, Saint, Douglas). 59