First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, July 9, 10, 1923. Oxford University won by an innings and 227 runs. OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 G.T.S.Stevens c Lowry b Wright 14 2 C.H.Taylor c Lowry b Wright 109 3 D.R.Jardine c Ashton b Wright 39 4 B.H.Lyon lbw b Tomlinson 14 5 H.O.Hopkins run out 42 6 C.H.Knott b Tomlinson 42 7 *R.H.B.Bettington lbw b Wright 12 8 R.C.Robertson-Glasgow c Allen b Enthoven 53 9 E.P.Hewetson c Aird b Ashton 57 10 T.B.Raikes c Aird b Enthoven 16 11 †M.Patten not out 0 Extras b 23, nb 1 24 —— 422 FoW (1): 1-29, 2-130, 3-167, 4-205, 5-254, 6-266, 7-308, 8-373, 9-422, 10-422 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 C.T.Bennett b Stevens 5 b Bettington 5 2 H.F.Bagnall b Stevens 9 (5) b Bettington 4 3 G.O.B.Allen b Raikes 8 (7) lbw b Stevens 28 4 T.C.Lowry c Lyon b Stevens 1 c Stevens b Bettington 3 5 *C.T.Ashton b Stevens 15 (3) b Bettington 21 6 R.Aird c Lyon b Stevens 1 b Bettington 5 7 L.G.Crawley st Patten b Bettington 1 (2) c Bettington b Robertson-Glasgow 20 8 H.J.Enthoven b Bettington 2 c and b Bettington 16 9 W.J.V.Tomlinson c Knott b Bettington 4 c Taylor b Bettington 19 10 †N.B.Sherwell c and b Stevens 8 b Bettington 0 11 P.A.Wright not out 1 not out 5 Extras lb 2, nb 2 4 b 10 10 —— —— 59 136 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-19, 3-23, 4-28, 5-29, 6-38, 7-40, 8-50, 9-50, 10-59 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-38, 3-48, 4-55, 5-62, 6-71, 7-109, 8-127, 9-129, 10-136 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W Allen 15 2 37 0 1nb Wright 38 11 113 4 Enthoven 14 3 45 2 Ashton 28 6 92 1 Tomlinson 23 4 79 2 Aird 7 1 32 0 Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Robertson-Glasgow 3 2 4 0 10 5 22 1 Raikes 7 2 12 1 2nb 6 0 18 0 Stevens 14.3 5 20 6 11 2 20 1 Bettington 10 3 19 3 14.4 2 66 8 Umpires: T.M.Russell and H.I.Young. Toss: Oxford University Close of Play: 1st day: Oxford University (1) 422 all out. The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. C.H.Taylor’s 109 took 195 minutes and included 13 fours. 225