First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v MIDDLESEX Played at The Parks, Oxford, May 16, 17, 18, 1923. Middlesex won by 16 runs. MIDDLESEX 1 H.W.Lee lbw b Stevens 19 lbw b Stevens 3 2 R.H.Hill c Lyon b Stevens 30 (6) c Stevens b Robertson-Glasgow 15 3 J.W.Hearne c Blaikie b Stevens 1 lbw b Bettington 67 4 E.H.Hendren c Lyon b Robertson-Glasgow 56 c Robertson-Glasgow b Stevens 11 5 *F.T.Mann c Blaikie b Robertson-Glasgow 25 lbw b Bettington 54 6 G.E.V.Crutchley b Robertson-Glasgow 0 (2) c Bettington b Robertson-Glasgow 10 7 A.R.Tanner c Hedges b Blaikie 50 b Robertson-Glasgow 15 8 †H.R.Murrell c Patten b Blaikie 16 run out 0 9 L.R.V.Prentice c and b Bettington 0 run out 0 10 C.B.Sharpe run out 0 not out 0 11 F.J.Durston not out 4 b Bettington 0 Extras b 9, lb 2, nb 1 12 b 12, lb 3, nb 1 16 —— —— 213 191 FoW (1): 1-44, 2-46, 3-75, 4-116, 5-116, 6-153, 7-209, 8-209, 9-209, 10-213 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-35, 3-48, 4-117, 5-165, 6-187, 7-187, 8-187, 9-191, 10-191 OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 G.T.S.Stevens c Hill b Hearne 41 c Prentice b Durston 39 2 C.H.Taylor b Durston 114 b Durston 0 3 H.O.Hopkins b Tanner 5 b Hearne 11 4 L.P.Hedges c Hendren b Tanner 0 c Murrell b Durston 1 5 K.G.Blaikie b Lee 6 b Durston 6 6 B.H.Lyon c Hendren b Tanner 4 b Durston 5 7 *R.H.B.Bettington b Tanner 66 b Durston 0 8 P.E.Lawrie c Hearne b Prentice 39 b Durston 0 9 E.P.Hewetson c Hearne b Prentice 17 run out 0 10 †M.Patten b Hearne 2 b Durston 4 11 R.C.Robertson-Glasgow not out 2 not out 0 Extras b 16, w 2 18 b 8 8 —— —— 314 74 FoW (1): 1-71, 2-89, 3-89, 4-104, 5-109, 6-219, 7-272, 8-310, 9-310, 10-314 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-20, 3-29, 4-37, 5-53, 6-53, 7-53, 8-55, 9-69, 10-74 Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Robertson-Glasgow 22 4 72 3 1nb 16 2 49 3 1nb Stevens 20 6 47 3 16 7 39 2 Bettington 11 2 49 1 19.2 5 56 3 Blaikie 7.3 2 17 2 (5) 5 0 15 0 Hewetson 6 3 16 0 (4) 4 0 16 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Prentice 6 1 24 2 2w Tanner 21 0 70 4 Lee 13 2 68 1 Hearne 23.2 7 63 2 (2) 13 1 39 1 Durston 21 5 51 1 (1) 13.2 5 27 8 Hendren 5 0 20 0 Umpires: H.F.Aldworth and H.Barrett. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Oxford University (1) 51-0 (Stevens 28*, Taylor 21*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 141-4 (Hill 6*, Mann 39*). C.H.Taylor’s 114 included 11 fours and 2 sixes. F.J.Durston took a hat-trick in the Oxford University second innings (Lyon, Bettington, Lawrie). 85