First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v FREE FORESTERS Played at The Parks, Oxford, May 24, 26, 27, 1947. Match drawn. OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 W.G.Keighley b Shaddick 6 b Henley 3 2 †A.B.Harcourt b G.O.B.Allen 0 b Brocklebank 8 3 H.A.Pawson c G.O.B.Allen b Shaddick 47 (9) not out 15 4 R.J.L.Altham c Wheatley b Brocklebank 14 (3) lbw b Henley 0 5 *M.P.Donnelly c Mann b Peebles 114 (8) not out 43 6 P.A.Whitcombe c A.W.Allen b Brocklebank 2 (4) c Barton b Brocklebank 16 7 H.C.Munro lbw b Peebles 0 (5) b Henley 0 8 A.J.vanRyneveld st Wheatley b Peebles 50 (7) c Barton b Brocklebank 19 9 R.I.Gray b Brocklebank 0 (6) b Shaddick 11 10 N.C.F.Bloy not out 46 11 A.W.H.Mallett b Shaddick 20 Extras b 14, lb 12, nb 4 30 b 5, lb 1 6 —— —— 329 (7 wickets, declared) 121 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-10, 3-60, 4-82, 5-92, 6-95, 7-218, 8-219, 9-288, 10-329 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-12, 3-14, 4-14, 5-37, 6-39, 7-81 FREE FORESTERS 1 M.R.Barton b Pawson 23 b Mallett 43 2 R.Sale c Altham b Donnelly 95 c Whitcombe b Mallett 9 3 A.W.Allen c Harcourt b Mallett 13 c Harcourt b Whitcombe 2 4 D.C.H.Townsend st Harcourt b Donnelly 2 c Harcourt b Mallett 25 5 J.P.Mann b Mallett 21 run out 0 6 D.F.Henley b Donnelly 49 b Mallett 5 7 G.O.B.Allen c Munro b Mallett 6 not out 45 8 †G.A.Wheatley c Pawson b Whitcombe 30 c Mallett b Whitcombe 7 9 R.A.Shaddick c Gray b Mallett 4 (10) not out 4 10 I.A.R.Peebles b Mallett 0 (9) c Altham b Whitcombe 0 11 J.M.Brocklebank not out 1 Extras b 8, lb 2, w 2, nb 1 13 b 2, lb 5, nb 1 8 —— —— 257 (8 wickets) 148 FoW (1): 1-58, 2-86, 3-91, 4-127, 5-208, 6-221, 7-221, 8-225, 9-239, 10-257 FoW (2): 1-25, 2-40, 3-84, 4-86, 5-86, 6-107, 7-132, 8-136 Free Foresters Bowling O M R W O M R W G.O.B.Allen 11 5 16 1 Henley 14 2 42 0 (1) 10 3 28 3 Shaddick 22.4 4 66 3 4nb (4) 9 1 17 1 Brocklebank 33 5 99 3 (3) 18 2 51 3 Peebles 30 7 76 3 5 0 15 0 Townsend (2) 3 1 4 0 Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Mallett 21 8 29 5 24 3 63 4 1nb Gray 20 7 45 0 1w (3) 3 0 12 0 Whitcombe 21.1 5 60 1 (2) 14 2 45 3 Pawson 11 1 33 1 1nb van Ryneveld 3 2 2 0 1w Donnelly 21 5 57 3 (4) 8 2 20 0 Keighley 3 1 18 0 Umpires: D.Hendren and C.V.Tarbox. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Oxford University (1) 231-8 (Donnelly 82*, Bloy 6*); 2nd day: Free Foresters (1) 239-9 (Wheatley 14*, Brocklebank 0*). M.P.Donnelly’s 114 took 240 minutes. 155